Asking price placed on landmark Moate pub

An asking price of €550,000 has been placed on Bo Allen's Bar and Lounge, a landmark business on Main Street in Moate.

The well established three-storey public house features a private four bedroom residence spanning approximately 5,000 square feet and includes a large bar, lounge, pool room, cold room, basement, beer garden and separate private entrance to the residence.

Auctioneers Sherry Fitzgerald Davitt & Davitt Mullingar, said the "exceptional property offered a unique opportunity to acquire a three-storey over basement landmark residential public house with a private four-bedroom residence, located in the heart of Moate's Main Street".

Trading successfully under the current ownership for over 27 years, the establishment is now being offered for sale due to the owners' retirement.

Speaking in May, owner William Allen said he had taken the decision to retire from the trade having taken over the well established business in 1998.

As he looks forward to his imminent retirement, the Mount Temple native said that he was sad to leave the business acknowledging that the pub trade had been very good to him through the years.