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And, by a happy coincidence, the younger (and slower) two of his three sons, Anthony and Padraig, signed on the dotted line on October 2nd, 1992. Having just recently lost their main jobs as

Barred again…
ctober’s a pretty darn good month for a party or two in
Farrelly’s butchers.
Not only is it Anthony Jr’s birthday on the 3rd, and his sister, Helen’s, on the 13th, but there’s also the little matter that Anthony Sr signed on the dotted line for this long-standing business on October 6th, 1958.
And, by a happy coincidence, the younger (and slower) two of his three sons, Anthony and Padraig, signed on the dotted line on October 2nd, 1992. Having just recently lost their main jobs as
schnapps-and-snap-happy Cabana’s barmen after that particular meat market closed down.
Incredibly, this much-loved Delgany butchers has been in the victualler business since January 2nd, 1858, when one Samuel Griffin leased the property to grocer and hotel keeper James Fitzsimon for the princely sum of ÂŁ65 a year.
From there, it went from James Fitzsimon to Thomas French, and from French to Killincarrig’s Old Boss Hayden before, 100 years after that first handshake, George Samuel Robert haggled himself down to well below the asking price for Portarlington penny-pincher, Anthony Farrelly.

The original deeds…