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Famous company tries to find a owner to lead McLoughlin’s Bar, an Irish island pub.
That has lived in Ireland, or those who have already visited the country, will have a sense that the Pubs managed by families are a national institution. Or you don’t even have to go there: just watch series or movies, such as.
Or they were? It is that, in the 21st century, it has been difficult to find successors within each family for the Pub to survive.
According to official data, in the last 20 years, there has been 114 pubs that closed annually. And the trend should not improve: almost half of current owners want to reform, but 84% have no successors in the family to maintain the business.
O McLoughlin’s Bar It is one of these cases. It has been managed by the McLoughlin family for 155 years but now no one in the family appears to take the space. Joseph’s relatives have abandoned Achill, they are all over the planet, and now there are no interested in managing the pub.
And this is where the Heineken. The famous brewery is looking for a successor of a new owner. To Keep the Pub independent.
Launched a campaign To see if Joseph’s successor “Josie” McLoughlin (who has led the pub for 43 years) on that remote place in Achill, an island on the western coast. It is for See if any familiar appears yoursalso an McLoughlin, to keep the space.
The campaign tries to reach 88 million Irish descendants spread around the world.
Is offering a succession package to the “new mcloughlin” – with business support, guidance for initial investment and monitoring.
“I have no one to leave the pub, and I had resigned to look for a buyer outside the family and see my name lost in the story. This would break my heart, ”says Joseph, quoted in.
“The name McLoughlin is linked to the very fabric of this pub. The last 50 years have been incredibly rewarding for me and I would love to see this story continues, finding a McLoughlin descendant to take it forward. If I could ensure that the name McLoughlin would still be over the pub door 155 years from now, he would die happy, ”he added.
