Leslie McKeague of Urcher, Bailieborough, who published  “Bailieborough, A Pictorial Past”, provided photos 1 & 2 below. They are probably photos of the shop and pub at Cormeen owned by a Finegan family in the 1930s – 1940s. Photos 3 & 4 show the shop and pub at Tierworker as it looked in the 1990s. A much smaller version of the Tierworker shop and pub was owned by a family named Finegan in the 1940s. It is possible that the Finegans at Tierworker and Cormeen were related.

Photo 1: Probably the shop and pub at the Cross of Cormeen in the 1930s
When owned by P. Finegan
Known as “The Jolly Old Cross of Cormeen”

Photo 2: Probably the shop and pub at the Cross of Cormeen in the 1930s
When owned by P. Finegan
Known as “The Jolly Old Cross of Cormeen”
Photo 3: The shop and pub at the Cross of Cormeen c1990
Known as “The Jolly Old Cross of Cormeen”
Probably a renovated version of the 1930s building in Photos 1 & 2 above
Photo 4: The shop and pub at Tierworker crossroads c1990
A renovated version of the much smaller shop and pub owned by a family named Finegan in the 1940s, (perhaps related to the 1930s Finegan at Cormeen?)
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