Still in the Wash
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Won a bit earlier I think. Remember driving over with him to a challenge match against Meath U21s in Cashel in the early 90ās. I was minding the car.
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he didnāt get in with the montgomerys did he?
No. Himself and Tom Kingston and a few more in the GAA circle
Were they the Reardons crowd?
Yeah. He married well now gone separate ways and her and old man took reardons back afaik and he has a few spots around cork himself. Built massive amounts of student accom around the college as well
Thinking of The Wash?
The Courthouse never had a GAA crowd in my memory,
Iāve a cousin used to be in with them
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Heās going up the aisle again soon I think
Jesus would you be well
Youād definitely deserve all the pain that comes with it for sure
The Courthouse is UCC GAA going back 20 years in the very least. Youāre a bit older than me so i canāt veryify pre 2000s
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I didnāt know that, it used to be the Wash and the Western Star, two places to be avoided 
Although the Star had its charms in fairness
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The star was iconic. 05/06 it finished?
Star mentioned in one of Frank o Connor stories
He was being marched to prison
and the escort stopped at the star and they all had a few pints,
Gave their word they wouldnāt try and escape etc,
Irony of it , O Connors own brother was part of the prison escort.
Earlier than that Iād have thought.
They used to have a bus outside to bring people into town. The bus driver went in to the pub to sound the klaxon one night that it was ready to go and when he came out one of my buddies was driving it down the roadā¦he parked it up nicely inside near the mercy he didnāt chance the courthouse cornerā¦
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Except youāre wrong here. Completely wrong. Sometimes early intervention makes things worse.
The Star was iconic in the Crowey era. A crncky bollix but he needed to be.
A nice couple that used to run an establishment (maybe the Bull mcCabes ) bought it around 88, 89. They ran it well for a few years but yer man had an accident and not long after herself got cancer and passed away fairly quickly. It went downhil fair quick then.
How old are you?
I would have been in and out of the Western Star between 92 and 96 but I wouldnāt have a clue about the ownership etc
It was a great spot to set up for the day in after a Quarry cup match