{"id":93540,"date":"2025-09-29T23:10:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/93540\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T23:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:10:11","slug":"picture-special-ronan-keating-enjoys-a-sunday-sip-in-muff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/93540\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture Special: Ronan Keating enjoys a Sunday sip in Muff!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos: Grainne McCool @craiconmuff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boyzone legend Ronan Keating raised a glass to Muff yesterday as he checked in on his investment in the Muff Liquor Co. Brand Home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ronan is one of the star investors in the award-winning Inishowen spirits company, alongside Russell Crowe, Ryan Tubridy, Nathan Carter, Jimmy Carr and Ed Sheeran. Together, they are nicknamed the Muff Liquor Men, much to the amusement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPKCjEcjCUm\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">comedian Jimmy Carr<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>The bar of the Muff Liquor Company was buzzing on Sunday as Ronan met and chatted with locals and sampled some of the product.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609107\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_0715-Copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating visits Muff Liquor Co. Brand Home<br \/>Photo: Craic on Muff<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ronan\u2019s previous visit to Muff was for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donegaldaily.com\/2024\/07\/02\/watch-a-spirited-affair-in-muff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">brand home\u2019s grand launch in July 2024<\/a>. Since opening, the centre has been offering popular tours, tastings, and events while sharing the mischievous\u00a0story of the brand.<\/p>\n<p>The Muff Liquor Company was founded by Greencastle woman Laura Bonner, who was inspired by her grandfather Philip McClenaghan\u2019s poit\u00edn-making heritage to create her own range of spirits from potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Laura said, \u201cFor Ronan to visit us again in Muff was such a fantastic moment. A year on from launch, he got to see our visitor centre thriving and discover what\u2019s new, including our exciting Cherry Bomb product coming soon. We\u2019re so grateful to have him on board and thrilled he could meet some of our locals for a selfie or two along the way!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claire Canning, Brand Home Manager, said: \u201cHaving Ronan stop by was a wonderful surprise! His energy and passion for the brand are infectious. He spent time chatting with the team and guests, creating a lively buzz. It\u2019s an evening we won\u2019t be forgetting anytime soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_0724-Copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"823\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating visits Muff Liquor Co. Brand Home. Photo Credit: Grainne McCool @craiconmuff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609103\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_0743-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1191\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating with the Muff Liquor Company Brand Home Team. Photo: Craic on Muff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609118\" class=\"wp-image-609118 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-29-at-16.41.26-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"958\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating and Claire Canning, Brand Home Manager<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609105\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_0728-Copy-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Craic on Muff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609121\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-09-29-at-16.48.49-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roseene Harkin and Ronan Keating in Muff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609101\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DSC_0725-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"862\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating visits Muff Liquor Co. Brand Home. Photo Credit: Grainne McCool @craiconmuff<\/p>\n<p>Ronan then went to The Treehouse in Muff to relax, where Chef Shaun and manager Joseph looked after him and his crew with a lovely meal.<\/p>\n<p>Ronan is touring all along the West Coast as he films a documentary with the BBC on the Wild Atlantic Way. His Donegal stops also included Donegal Town, where he sang on stage at The Abbey Hotel with Claudia Buckley on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-609112\" class=\"size-full wp-image-609112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/556133969_1335623467959669_3067363155210096086_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"1000\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-609112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan Keating and Jimmy Buckley at Jimmy\u2019s annual country weekend at the Abbey Hotel Donegal Town<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Picture Special: Ronan Keating enjoys a Sunday sip in Muff! was last modified:  September 29th, 2025 by Rachel McLaughlin<\/p>\n<p>      Tags:<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos: Grainne McCool @craiconmuff Boyzone legend Ronan Keating raised a glass to Muff yesterday as he checked in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,60585,59821,60586,35],"class_list":{"0":"post-93540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-laura-bonner","13":"tag-muff","14":"tag-muff-liquor-company","15":"tag-ronan-keating"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93540","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=93540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}