{"id":608493,"date":"2026-07-28T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/608493\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:27:10","slug":"all-ireland-celebrations-cause-damage-at-newly-re-opened-mayo-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/608493\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland celebrations cause damage at newly re-opened Mayo pub\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over-exuberant celebrations for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886211.html\">All-Ireland football final<\/a> resulted in damage to the interior of a newly re-opened Mayo pub.<\/p>\n<p>Cannon\u2019s Bar on Market Square in Castlebar had been closed since 1989 but re-opened earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Glass panelling and a decorative bench were damaged in the bar on Monday night with the pub fearing it could hinder their operating hours this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe\u2019re all for celebrations but this stings and could hamper us opening again this week,\u201d said the bar in a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The pub was also reaching out to any tradesmen who could help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re a quality tradesman and would like o help us, get in touch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5172733_3_articleinlinemobile_cannons2.jpg\" alt=\"A bench in the bar was damaged.\" title=\"A bench in the bar was damaged.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>A bench in the bar was damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Sunday, Mayo won the All-Ireland <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886274.html\">for the first time in 75 years<\/a>, sparking wild celebrations in Corke Park and across the county.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Thousands of people <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886910.html\">packed Castlebar&#8217;s MacHale Park for the homecoming<\/a> on Monday as the Mayo players and management brought the Sam Maguire Cup back from Dublin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile the homecoming celebrations will continune on Tuesday with the Mayo team heading to Ballina Stephenites ground at 4pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cJoin us as we welcome home our Mayo heroes and celebrate an unforgettable achievement with the greatest trophy in Gaelic football,\u201d said the club in a post on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">More than <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41886634.html\">one million people tuned in to watch Sunday&#8217;s final<\/a> against Kerry on TV.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RT\u00c9\u2019s coverage of the game had an average viewership of 943,500. At its peak, 1.105 million people watched the game on the national broadcaster\u2019s terrestrial platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In total, there were also 566,000 streams on the RT\u00c9 Player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over-exuberant celebrations for the All-Ireland football final resulted in damage to the interior of a newly re-opened Mayo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[76],"tags":[233554,194555,256997,71791,18,19,17,26710,132],"class_list":["post-608493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all-ireland-football-final","tag-championship-2026","tag-western-people","tag-connacht","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo-gaa","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116998546910066790","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}