O’Driscolls bar up for sale after five generations

IT’s the real deal: a roadside West Cork residential bar which started its days next to a 19th century stage-coach stop, serving a wide catchment, has local history and on-going appreciative local support in its favour.

But, now after five generations in the O’Driscoll family hands, the spotless and good-sized O’Driscolls bar on an acre along the R586 between Bantry and Drimoleague is up for sale: it’s ready for new owners, though the exquisite raised letting of the O’Driscoll surname above the door may well remain.

Its on the market with a €295,000 guide price quoted by estate agent Ray O’Neill of Sherry FitzGerald in Skibbereen, who notes that it has profile on a popular tourist and commuter road to Bantry, and is now the only bar for quite some distance.