Aherne's of Old Bawn- A History
Aherne’s of Old Bawn- A History since 1875 Aherne’s …The Shamrock Inn, The Elm Inn, Dowling’s “Greyhound Bar”, The Tap, Porter’s, Healy’s... What is now well known as Aherne’s of Old Bawn, may have started life as a gate-house to the Old Bawn Papermills, once situated just in front of what is now the site of Tymon Bawn Community Centre. There has been a licensed premises here since at least 1875 and a substantial structure since the early 1800s. Throughout the early part of the 1800s several hundred men worked in the mills along this stretch of the Dodder- in McDonnell’s Mill (Old Bawn) Haerlem Mill (Mill-brook Lawns) and Boardman’s Mill in Bolbrook (or Boldbrook). By the late 1800s many of the mills were in decline and McDonnell’s Mill had closed entirely. HEALY & PORTER In 1875, having recently returned from England, Patrick Healy of Old Bawn, applied to have his licence extended to a 7 day licence and to sell spirits, as well as bee...