McDaids pub, one of Dublin’s most renowned literary pubs, and its sister pub The Druid’s Chair in Killiney, have been sold by the Cosgrave brothers to the Mangan family, who owns another of the capital’s best pubs, Doheny & Nesbitt’s. In a statement this Wednesday evening, brothers Oliver and Paul Cosgrave confirmed the sale while declining to comment on the price paid. “Oliver Cosgrave announces his retirement from the licenced trade after 40 successful years in the pub trade,” their statement said. “In partnership with Paul, Mount Merrion House was the first pub purchased in 1986 and was created in…

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