Flahertys Irish Pubs Spain

The first Flahertys Irish Pub was established some 20 years ago in the shadow of the magnificent gothic cathedral in the centre of the city of Seville, Andalusia, the most verdant city in Spain. A new wave of Irish pubs was being developed throughout Europe and indeed the World, encouraged by Guinness who saw them as a platform to seed the market and promote their extensive range of products on a global scale. Irish pubs have indeed existed overseas for a very long time and the founder of Flahertys, Clonakilty county Cork born Gerry Enright had pubs in Tenerife, Canary Islands for many years prior to opening Seville. Flahertys in Seville plus the hundreds of Irish pubs being developed by daring entrepreneurs in far flung places heralded in a new era for the drinks manufacturers and spawned a very large industry in Ireland for people providing all the constituents for a proper pub. The opening of Irish pubs far away from the emerald isle involved skilled craftsmen, carpenters, paint...