The history here may be more interesting than the current, in a few different ways.
Mainly, the name - O'Connors is a perfectly fine name for a pub. "Oil Can Harrys" is not. I'm not sure where the name came from, but I believe it held that name for two decades under the O'Connors ownership before they decided to put their own name above the door instead. Everyone wants to drink in a pub named after an evil cat, I'm sure. (Seriously, I have no idea if this is what the name refers to, but it is the only obvious option)
Prior to that, it had the inexplicable-unless-explained name of "Peppers", a reference to the Pepper Canister Church nearby; but a really bad reference - cause its not obvious. This was, somehow, the winner of a competition in the Evening Herald to rename the pub!
Separately, I've a note saying it was damaged by the UDA in 1976 but now cannot find any reference to this. There was a significant UDA campaign in Dublin in 1976, primarily incendiary devices but also a bomb at the Shelbourne Hotel, and this makes finding stuff even harder. I need better notes.
Anyway, this is a nice enough pub I've just never really had any reason to go in to before now - its a little away from other pubs, so never neatly slotted in alongside others when going out specifically on trips; and isn't near anything I'd normally be doing.
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