Leap of faith as iconic West Cork pub Connolly's reopens

PASSING through the village of Leap in West Cork, you might be forgiven for not knowing how much musical history is contained within the unassuming pub near the bottom of the gently inclining thoroughfare.

But walk into the building, which is some 450 years old, and you can feel it, sense it, and see it on the walls — Connolly’s is one of those special places that Ireland does so well.

Its motto? ‘No sleep till... Connolly’s of Leap.’