O’Hanlon’s Pub
This mural by artist Andrea Redmond of Cailleach Moon Cottage is dedicated to memories of O’Hanlon’s Pub. The pub/inn was run by the Caulfield and O’Hanlon families during the 20th Century.
Notable Individuals
Some of the most notable people with links to Doochary include a poet and postman, a renowned historian and writer, a famous Gaelic footballer and manager and a Commandant General who was executed without trial during the Irish Civil War.
‘In the musical waters of the river lurks the salmon
And nearby the lark makes her nest
Come the birds of the flock, the starling and the blackbird
To your refuge unstinting Gweebarra of the Waves’
from an English translation of Gaoth Barra na dTonn by local poet Dónal Mac Diarmada
Villagers on Video
Visit Doochary Development Committee’s YouTube channel to see a large collection of videos of Doochary villagers from the 1990s to the present day, including Dónal Mac Diarmada and patrons inside O’Hanlon’s Pub.
