Unlike her great-grandparents, Anne Barry, née Tracy, didn’t arrive by pony and trap at The Nook in Youghal to set up shop. She took a jet plane from London to take over the family pub.
“The Nook was always part of my life,” says Anne, who worked in finance in London before relocating home nine years ago.
She loves sweet Youghal Bay.
“As a child, I used to swim out the Front Strand,” says Anne. “Now we have a house there.”
She is delighted her twin boys, Sean and Eoin, 13, can enjoy all the things she did as a child.
“I have great memories of growing up in Youghal, and of my grandmother Maureen, who was a popular figure in the town and who had a great relationship with her regular customers here in The Nook. I remember the lads coming in for a pint and walking…