Later, Seán's brother Gerry, who runs the pub, tells me an old Paddy Coyne's story. Long ago, there was apparently a "sign rivalry" between Mannion's in Clifden, Hamilton's in Leenane, and Paddy Coyne's in Tullycross, all of which were not only pubs but general merchants and undertakers. Mannion's traded under the slogan "For All Your Needs, from Maternity to Eternity". So, Hamilton's went one better: "For All Your Needs, from Womb to Tomb". Paddy Coyne and Sons thought hard, and eventually settled on their own slogan. "Paddy Coyne's - For All You Wish For, from Erection to Resurrection."

Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that there's storytelling going on here.

My friend, who's great-grandmother immigrated to the U.S. during "the Potato Famine" told me that the pubs is Dublin are extremely political and each pub has it's own partisan affiliation. BTW she enjoys having a sip or
two.

...great signs, especially the last one