20 October 2011 LUCAN GAZETTE 5
CONGRATS! Courtneys celebrates a milestone anniversary
20 years at the heart of this community AFTER 20 years of sitting in the heart of the Lucan community, Courtney’s Pub is celebrating its milestone anniversary and is hoping to share the celebration with the people of Lucan during the October bank holiday weekend. The 20th anniversary celebrations will take place in the much loved and well-known thatched pub in the centre of Lucan village and the family run business is hoping to give something back to the community, after enjoying the company of its loyal customers for the last two decades.
Esme Murphy, Ray Colgan, Leoni Colgan, Mary Colgan, David Nugent and Rob Colgan at the evening presentation for the Ross Colgan Golf Classic which took place in Courtneys to help raise money for local boy, Ross Colgan
Close ties
With the three children growing up in the Lucan area, and owner Hugh Courtney actively involved with local GAA clubs, the family are as involved in the local community as their business is. To celebrate their close ties with the area, the family are looking forward to sharing the landmark occasion with the local community over a four-day weekend filled with music, competitions, family fun and late night entertainment. The celebrations will kick off on Thursday, October 27, with a Pub Quiz, with all proceeds
Courtneys Pub Quiz in aid of Pieta House Suicide Awareness Week: Courtney’s go to the dogs: Hugh Courtney, Damien Boylan,
Claire Gallagher, Danielle Williams, Roisin Casey, Rachel Hurl, Derek
Johnathan Boylan at Harolds Cross Greyhound Track
Power, Catherine Clifford and Aidan Cox
going to Lucan Community College. Thursday will also be the first night of the Darts and Pool tournament, which will continue each night of the anniversary weekend, with the final taking place on Halloween
night, Monday, October 31. Friday evening will launch the weekend of great music, with singer/ songwriter Brian Costigan starting off the night in the lounge and fivepiece band Nightshade
taking to the floor of the upstairs sports bar. Saturday will be the start of the family events with Courtney’s Market Garden, which will run through the lounge and out into the Beer Garden, and will feature
market stalls, face painting, a BBQ and clowns, as well as having a surprise guest in the pub on the day. Cover band, Full Stop, will feature in the lounge from 9 pm until 11 pm on Saturday night while
the Johnny Cash Tribute Band will set up stage from 11 pm until late, followed by a late bar and disco. Courtney’s will also be welcoming the boys in blue, when some of the players from the Dub-
lin GAA team will make an appearance on Sunday, bringing with them the much coveted Sam Maguire Cup for football fans to view. The Market Garden will continue on Sunday, with the added entertainment of Jazz Band, The Trampsters, playing between 2 and 5 pm and more entertainment will continue throughout the evening with Shane Martin, Finbarr Cody and Frankly Bublé providing some great entertainment over the course of the night. While a fancy dress theme will launch the Halloween festivities on Sunday night with prizes for the best costumes, Boyle Sports will host a race night in aid of a local hospice, which will take place in the bar between 6 pm and 8 pm. Over the course of the weekend, Courtney’s will be giving away a surprise Holiday for Two with tickets being given out on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night and the winner being announced on Sunday, while Monday will see the ultimate day of the weekend’s festivities with the final of the Pool and Dart’s competition taking place on Halloween night, Monday, October 31.