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Post  Daisy on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:22 pm

I've recently been taking a much closer look at the media reporting on the Mccanns trip to Donegal and their connections with the area. I've re-read all the articles I can find (mainly Belfast telegraph). The many contradictions and inconsistencies are shocking, not to mention very misleading. I'll address those points later, I just wondered if someone could help with this bit first.

Eileen McCann reportedly still owns a pub in St Johnston (Donegal). The person that apparently runs the bar for her is Mr Joe peoples. Joe Peoples is also the main McCann spokesperson that gave out info to the press regarding their Donegal trip and the family's connections to the area.

St Johnston is a tiny village, (population 479 in 2006) so it shouldn't be too hard to find this pub, but I can't, I can't find any mention of it outside the reporting of the McCann case and the one link quoted below. It makes it harder because the pub doesn't seem to have a name. Some reports call it 'Joes bar' some call it 'Peoples bar' but still I can't find it. I did find a Joseph Peoples in St Johnston, but he runs a Funeral Directors! There's also a Joe peoples high up in the County Council, but no publican by that name. It must exist, maybe I'm just being dumb and not looking in the right places. I'd be really grateful if anyone has any info that might point me in the right direction?

This is the only other mention I can find of the pub:

"Joe’s Bar, St Johnston belongs to Madeline McCann’s grandmother, Eileen McCann.
On the early hours of St Patrick’s Day, 2008, the pub was raided for the 12th
time. The thieves rammed in the back door of the pub and took all the stock
they could get barring a bottle of gin. They turned on the beer taps to let the
beer run out. Joe discovered the damage and the back door lying in the garden
when he checked on the pub after 7.30 am Lenten Mass. Eileen McCann was the
wife of the late John and they ran the pub under the name of McCann’s Bar and
there was a living quarters then above the pub. They decided to lease it to Joe
27 years ago. Mrs McCann had been in the area and visited the pub at the
weekend. The pub had been ram raided in November 2007 when Joe was in the
hospital at the time. After that incident, a steel security door had been put
up."

http://www.stjohnstonandcarrigans.com/snippets.html

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  Daisy on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:36 pm

Thanks happychick, I've read all those links. They're all connected to the McCann case; can you find anything about this pub that doesn't mention the McCanns - anything?

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  TheTruthWillOut on Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:55 pm

I have been looking at google maps and have come up with the following: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=St+Johnston,+donegal&hl=en&ll=54.934531,-7.462861&spn=0.000633,0.001742&safe=active&hnear=St+Johnston,+County+Donegal,+Ireland&t=h&z=20&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=54.934531,-7.462861&panoid=mdBTm_5APWkk8OmzYsouQw&cbp=12,19.94,,0,2.42

The kegs of beer and the "guinness" sign seem to point to this being the bar, but it is the weirdest pub/bar I have seen!

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  Lady-Heather on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:13 pm

The St Johnston and Carrigans website claims that 'Joe's Bar' was on Main Street. I've been 'virtually' up and down that road using google maps street view and can only find one pub - Tolands Bar.

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  Marian on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:17 pm

Here's a reminder of a photo supposedly taken on this holiday in Donegal. It didn't appear anywhere till 2008 and, in my opinion, looking at the apparent ages of the twins, that may be when it was actually taken!

http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/family.jpg

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  HotlipsHealy on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:24 pm

But Madeleine's in the photo, so how can it have been taken in 2008?

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  No Fate Worse Than De'Ath on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:29 pm

I have doubts aboiut this photo too. There are so many photos which supposedly are of Madeleine but in all probability aren't. So this could be a lookalike cousin or simply another photoshopped effort.

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

Post  Daisy on Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:35 pm

Thank you Thetruthwillout & lady H. I've searched all up & down Main st too and couldn't find anything. The link truthwill gives does look like it could be a pub though, and it's on Main st, perhaps this is it? It doesn't appear to be on a corner though and according to Joe Peoples: "Our pub is on the corner of a road so it is dangerous for
children. We kept a sharp eye on them."

I'm baffled by this. Gerry's father John was reportedly born in this pub, so it must be quite an old establishment. Why so little info about it, no photos, no reviews, nothing!

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Re: McCanns Easter break Donegal 2007

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