Pubs reopening June 29th

[Crusty Ring]

Crusty that’s genius.

It was more due to avoiding the queues than anything

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Particularly sad news today.

Mick "The Butch" Murphy had died. I'd say a lot of ye are familiar with the man even if ye didn't know him. A career musician, he'd have been a staple in the likes of Charlie's, the Corner House, and more recently the Gables, which is where I had the privilege of getting to know him.

He became a great friend and was on our quiz team with my wife and another friend of ours.

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Sorry to hear about the loss of your mate

 

[Heraldo]

Particularly sad news today.

Mick "The Butch" Murphy had died. I'd say a lot of ye are familiar with the man even if ye didn't know him. A career musician, he'd have been a staple in the likes of Charlie's, the Corner House, and more recently the Gables, which is where I had the privilege of getting to know him.

He became a great friend and was on our quiz team with my wife and another friend of ours.

Sincere condolences to the Murphy family, he is related through marriage of one of his kids to one of my siblings.
My dad shared the news, been down about it all day.

A fantastic man and musician and had more than a few stories to tell, absolutely fascinating and engaging.

May he RIP

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Sincere condolences to the Murphy family, he is related through marriage to one of my siblings.
My dad shared the news, been down about it all day.

A fantastic man and musician and had more than a few stories to tell, absolutely fascinating and engaging.

May he RIP

A true Cork legend, you're so lucky to be related to him.

There is already a photo of him up behind the bar in the Gables.

Lots of people come and go, but Mick leaves a space that can't be filled. A true one off.

 

[Heraldo]

A true Cork legend, you're so lucky to be related to him.

There is already a photo of him up behind the bar in the Gables.

Lots of people come and go, but Mick leaves a space that can't be filled. A true one off.

Couldn’t agree more and I am lucky, what he doesn’t know about music isn’t worth knowing about.
I think he was in stocktons wings too?
Must check out the gables sometime

When my mum passed away last year, he didn’t go on about grief etc in the pub after the funeral but was regaling tales of Rory Gallagher et al. A welcome distraction

Well said MOE, a true one off

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Couldn’t agree more and I am lucky, what he doesn’t know about music isn’t worth knowing about.
I think he was in stocktons wings too?
Must check out the gables sometime

When my mum passed away last year, he didn’t go on about grief etc in the pub after the funeral but was regaling tales of Rory Gallagher et al. A welcome distraction

Well said MOE, a true one off

Death Notice of MICHAEL (MICK) MURPHY (Turners Cross, Cork) | rip.ie

The death has occurred of MICHAEL (MICK) MURPHY of Turners Cross, Cork Ireland, on 12/11/2025. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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[Crisp Sandwich]

Death Notice of MICHAEL (MICK) MURPHY (Turners Cross, Cork) | rip.ie

The death has occurred of MICHAEL (MICK) MURPHY of Turners Cross, Cork Ireland, on 12/11/2025. You can view the full death notice and add your condolences here.

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Bad times. Another man I served pints to and drank pints with.

Mick The Hat AKA Mick The Butcher. Sound out.

 

[MerchantOfEnnis]

Bad times. Another man I served pints to and drank pints with.

Mick The Hat AKA Mick The Butcher. Sound out.

I remember the first time I ever met him.

Myself and herself were sitting at a table in the Gables and she suddenly goes "jesus Christ, don't look now... but Ian Bailey is sitting at the bar"

I told Val after and he said it to Mick, and he loved it

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

I remember the first time I ever met him.

Myself and herself were sitting at a table in the Gables and she suddenly goes "jesus Christ, don't look now... but Ian Bailey is sitting at the bar"

I told Val after and he said it to Mick, and he loved it

He was droll out.

I was having a pint in his company a good few years back when a man in his 50s broke into our conversation and said to Mick;

"Pat, isn't it? You're a butcher, aren't you?"

"I am."

"Do you bone and roll turkeys? If I bought a turkey from a farmer would you do it for me?"

"Ah sure we would of course. I'm gone from the old place though. My new shop is inside the Dosco - drop it in and, if I'm not there, say that you were talking to Pat."

"Thanks, Pat"

"Bye now"

"Are you involved in the butchers in the Dosco now?" asked one of the lads at the bar.

Mick took a thoughtful sup of his pint and merely replied;

"No".