This article is from page 1 of the 2011-08-30 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
LAST orders have been called for legendary Lahinch publican, Tom Frawley, who has been forced to give up working in his beloved pub because of ill health. Tom, who at 91 years-old was the oldest working publican in Ireland has been forced to call time on his working life after spending the last number of months at a nursing home in Liscannor.
Tom has worked in his world famous pub for more than 80 years having first began to help his mother behind the counter at the age of just 7 years.