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The closure of any business often leaves a gaping hole in the heart of any town. That hole will be particularly acute in Ballaghaderreen with the recent closure of Durkin’s Bar and Restaurant following a seventy-year business association with the town.

Read more about the history of Durkins and the local connection of the family here: https://roscommonherald.ie/2020/07/11/seventy-year-business-association…

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