Covid reopening: Cork pub welcomes back customers and toasts 200 years in business

Publican John O'Neill opens the doors at The Hut, Watergrasshill, Co Cork yesterday as the pub  prepares to reopen today. The license has been in the family for 200 years. John and Betty O'Neill have been running the bar for 52 years. Picture: Larry Cummins

The owners of one of the country's oldest family-run pubs are celebrating today for two reasons — they're back serving punters and they're also 200 years in business.

It's believed The Hut bar in Watergrasshill, Co Cork, has never closed for any period of time apart from the Covid-19 pandemic.