Dripsey’s former Griffins Garden Centre opens new restaurant, gift shop and grocery store

After months of closure, the Dripsey landmark opens a 100-seater restaurant and shop, led by a passionate local duo

An aerial shot of the former Griffins Garden Centre in Dripsey, on the banks of the River Lee, where local man John Buckley and his wife Kiera Buckley have just opened a new restaurant.  Picture: Larry Cummins

After a turbulent few years and an eight-month closure, the restaurant at the former Griffins Garden Centre in Dripsey has re-opened under new management — who will also operate a giftware store and small grocery shop at the well-known premises.

The c 8-acre garden centre, where the “home grown”, has always been championed, has been leased by home grown local man John Buckley, and his Fermanagh-born wife Kiera, for a five-year period. The couple also run The Boathouse cafe in nearby Coachford.