Festival Countdown: Meet The Roses On ‘Pub Twinning Day’

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WITH the Festival just days away, publicans and hotels can look forward to a bonanza with thousands of visitors expected to descend on the town over the five days.

As always, each Rose is twinned with a bar or hotel which their families and supporters use as a base to meet and gather for a few beverages.

The Roses themselves will visit their ‘twin’ on Sunday between 3.30pm and 5.30pm for photos, fun and signing of autographs. The full list of the Roses and their twin pubs is below, so head along next Sunday for a fun afternoon…

• Cavan / Newfoundland and Labrador — The Greyhound Bar, Pembroke St
• Clare / Melbourne — The Blasket, Castle St
• Cork — Paddy Macs, 
• Derry / Dublin / Carolina — The James Hotel, Bridge St
• Donegal / Galway — J. Turners, Castle St
• Kerry / San Francisco — An Cearnóg, The Square
• Kildare / New Zealand — The Ashe Hotel, Maine St
• Kilkenny / Louth — Seán Óg’s, Bridge St
• Leitrim / New York — The Castle Bar, Rock St
• London — Jack Mac’s, Ashe St
• Monaghan / Chicago — The Grand Hotel, Denny St
• Perth — Linnane’s Bar, Rock St
• Roscommon / Toronto — Kirby’s Brogue Inn, Rock St
• Sligo / Yorkshire — Baily’s Corner, Castle St
• Texas / UAE — The Munster Bar, Ballymullen
• Tipperary — Val O’Shea’s, Dominick St
• Waterford — The Imperial Hotel, Denny St
• Westmeath — Bettys, Strand St
• Wicklow — Hennessy’s, Castle St