Teach Mhicí | |
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Type | Irish pub |
Location | Gaoth Dobhair |
Owner | Kevin Cassidy and family |
Teach Mhicí is an Irish pub in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal.
It is currently operated by members of the family of and in-laws of the Gaoth Dobhair and Donegal Gaelic footballer Kevin Cassidy. [1] Cassidy's father-in-law, the former Donegal footballer Willie Gallagher (who won five Donegal Senior Football Championships) and mother-in-law Kathleen, passed the pub on to their children, one of whom (Sarah) is married to Cassidy. [1]
Locals often go to this pub to discuss the area's Gaelic football team, [2] as well as to celebrate with the footballers when they win an important match. [3] [4] [5] [6]
Aside from the Cassidys and Gallaghers, other staff include the Donegal county footballer Daire Ó Baoill, his cousin Naoise Ó Baoill, the 2018 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship-winning team captain Niall Friel and 2006 Donegal Senior Football Championship winner Dan McBride. [2] [7]
Teach Mhicí also hosts GAA teams linked with a nearby residential Gaelscoil — Coláiste Chú Chulainn — run by Cassidy and his associate Hugh McGinley, and members of these teams may stay at Teach Mhicí for the weekend. There is also a wood-fired pizza shop on the premises. [1] Highland Radio has broadcast from the venue. [8]
The midfielder has been a driving force in his club winning their first Donegal championship since 2006 and he works in the pub where the whole parish goes to talk about the team.