A Galway pub which appeared in The Banshees of Inisherin is now for sale.
Mee's Pub, located in the village of Kilkerin, Co Galway, acquired the set of JJ Devine’s Pub, which featured in the Oscar-nominated film.
Owned by the Mee family since 2005, the film tells the story of the tumultuous relationship between Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson).
Owner, Luke Mee brought the entire set from Achill Island in Co Mayo where the movie was filmed, to their family-run business in east Galway.
The set includes a dark wood bar and glass panes in the windows and is an exact replica of its on-screen counterpart.
In an interview with RTÉ, explaining how he acquired the set in early 2023, owner Luke Mee said: "The film was wrapped about a year and a half before all the Oscar nominations came. I knew the set as I was down there visiting. I knew about the pub being built it was only a temporary structure and I remember thinking after, 'I wonder what became of that pub? Coincidently, my wife is from Achill Island, and her sister was up visiting the house."
Luke's sister-in-laws husband Tom, who had worked on security for the film, asked the film crew if he could take the set after learning it was to end up going to landfill and he gave it to Luke for free.
"He got a few friends of his, stripped it all down and brought it to his yard. That’s how it became mine. Myself and my friend Michael Kelly got a big truck and four of us went down on two trips up and back from Achill Island two two-hour drives each way we gathered it all up, it was all in bits. It was cold and wet and one of the fellas who came down with me, Denny Connolly, he told me afterwards since that, ‘I think that Luke has just gone mad!’ It was a mad idea.We used a lot of screengrabs from the movie to put it all back together correctly. Everything was all there," he says, describing it as one large jigsaw puzzle."
Together with six bedroom residence and opportunity to redevelop three additional bedrooms and extensive range of outbuildings, altogether standing on c. 0.50 Acres in this picturesque East Galway Village.
The business is currently trading with large turnover in both the pub and shop, with huge potential for B&B and or restaurant due to the status of this premises worldwide.
The property is being sold as a going concern thereby ready to go for an aspiring purchaser.
Viewing is strictly by prior appointment with the auctioneer.
Contact sole selling agents Ivan Connaughton of Connaughton Auctioneers on 090-6663700.
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