New name for old pub

It looks like another old Kilcullen pub name has bitten the dust.

I guess a lot of people will be surprised to see that the renovations to Berneys will also mean the end of a name which has been over the door for generations.

Berneys will henceforth be known as Fallon's Bar Cafe, and will reopen under that name later in the month.

The property was bought by Brian Fallon, formerly the owner of The Red House which was destroyed by fire.

The Cafe Tomat restaurant from The Red House subsequently took up what was understood to be a temporary residence in Berneys, pending a rebuilding of the famous Newbridge eating house.

But the purchase of the Red House site by Tommy Tougher ended that road. Prior to the purchase by Mr Fallon of Berneys, it was owned by Naas developer Gerry Conlan.

Brian Byrne.