Donkey a real local

THERE are pubs and bars, and then there are locals — and Cobh’s Roaring Donkey is all three, under the one hat and roof.

With a 100-year pedigree, and owned and run since 1979 by Annette and locally-born Michael Carlos, it is now for sale as the owners are calling time on their time in the trade, with four children reared, a thousand tales to tell, and thousands more again which can’t be repeated.

Many tall donkey tales are up on their website www.roaringdonkey.com, with entries every year since 2000 — it’s quick-witted and priceless.