An iconic 150-year-old Co Meath pub that burned down on New Year’s Eve has reopened in a temporary premises this week.
Fagans pub in Moynalvey, also known as Scut Fagans, has featured on the big and small screen.
It was made famous by Hall’s Pictorial Weekly in the 1970s and 1980s, where pub scenes from the fictional village of Ballymagash were filmed.
It also featured on programmes such as Ireland’s Eye.
In more recent times, Fagans was used as a location in Oscar nominated Irish language film, An Cailín Ciúin.
The premises burned down in the early hours of New Year’s Eve, leaving just the four walls of the building standing.
Proprietor John Reilly,…