Cúchulainn House’s journey from licensed trade to snug domesticity

ONCE a bar, the Innishannon area home Cuchulainn House went from licensed trade use in the 1960s to snug domestic usage, where it has stayed ever since.

About a mile from the popular wooded valley village between Cork city and Bandon, Cuchulainn House is a place steeped in local history and lore.

Built in 1860, for many years it was known as May Nan’s, a popular back-road bar and understood to have been a Beamish tied-house.