‘It was the focal point, the life, the heart of the community’ – locals’ frustration at living in a town with a derelict hotel
Adrian Hoare, at the doors of the Boathouse Bar in Portumna, Co Galway. Photo: Ray Ryan
It’s a Saturday night in the 2000s in Portumna, Co Galway. You have just come from a wedding reception at The Shannon Oaks hotel and are now having a drink in a pub on the main street.
In an hour or so you will head back on foot to the hotel in time for the DJ to start. Portumna in its heyday, as told by locals.
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