History...

history...

The Branch was founded in 1970 in Moran’s Hotel (now O’Shea’s Hotel) at the junction of Talbot and Gardiner Streets, Dublin, having been in operation as a Traditional Irish music club, called “An Beinsin Luachra” for the previous 6 months. It was decided to name the branch “Craobh Seán Treacy” in honour of the Irish patriot of that name, a native of Co. Tipperary, who was shot dead in October 1920 (during the Irish War of Independence) on Talbot Street, a short distance from the founding venue.