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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

‘We’re publicans’: County Limerick community forms syndicate to save village’s last pub

Five men of varying ages stand in front of a yellow-painted pub under a sign reading The Street Bar; there are hanging baskets of flowers and the pub looks newly painted.
The last pub in Kilteely, County Limerick, was saved from closure after villagers clubbed together to buy it. Photograph: Johnny Savage/The Guardian

A century ago, the County Limerick village of Kilteely had seven pubs but one by one they shut. This year, it braced to lose the last.

The economic and social trends that have shuttered family-run pubs across Ireland appear remorseless, leaving many communities with nowhere to meet, have a drink and share stories.

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