No last call for pints at a well-known Limerick pub

A CORNERSTONE of the village of Ballingarry is to remain a feature in the community, as new owners intend to keep it open as a pub.

Denny A’s has been a long-standing pivotal point in the village, even though the beloved owner Denny A passed away last year.

The Limerick Leader understands that the pub has gone ‘sale agreed’ and it will continue to trade as a pub.

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Denny Ahern - affectionately known as Denny A was born and reared in Ballinroe, where he ran a dairy farm for many years.

In 1985, he sold some farmland and bought what was The Idler in Knockane and ran the bar until the mid nineties, before returning home to the parish and buying Dunworth’s Bar and renaming it as Denny A’s.

Over the years, Denny was a big part of the GAA community, and served as chairman of Granagh-Ballingarry GAA in 1998 and again in 2013, with other committee positions over the years.

He also sponsored the local team for 26 years.

Denny A was a member of the team, which won the junior hurling championship in West Limerick in 1974, 1975 and 1976 and they also won the county title in 1976.

Denny A was also a member of the panel, which won the East Limerick junior A championship in 1987.

Everyone in the greater Granagh and Ballingarry areas knew Denny A as a very welcoming man who always had a smile behind the bar and who was very generous in every way.

Over the years, many of the club's players would have served behind the bar or helped out as stewards for events.

When Denny A's obituary was published in the Limerick Leader in 2024, John Lynch said Denny A was “our own JP McManus.”