192:. Nan's death in her early eighties in mid-August 2017 was reported in the national media. An elder sister, Cait, was reported to still be living in Dublin, while a younger brother, Seamus, had died in 2007. Following Nan's death, Patricia (in her late seventies at the time her sister died) closed the pub. It shut its doors for the final time on the night of Sunday, 30 September 2018.
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