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Irish Independent
10-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
‘I've worked at some child's christening and I'm now serving them their first pint of Guinness' – the ties that bind Stray Sod pub in rural Cavan to the community
The Stray Sod is a pub in the heart of Drung – but in reality it's a lot more than than. There's a school, church and a shop. The place is full of charm and character. In contemporary fantasy literature, a stray sod is a clump of grass enchanted by fairies: if you stand on the stray sod you may not get home till dawn. Eamon Denning is the owner of the pub, which opened in the year 2000. His father owned Dennings shop next door, and his dream was always to have a pub attached. 'The reason I built the pub was that my father owned a shop and always wanted to build an extension to it. I was doing frozen food runs back then. I started to lose customers because they were all going to the big shops,' Eamon said. 'I remember coming home one day and I decided to make this extension that daddy always talked about. I went off to get the planning permission. 'I opened on December 8, 2000. You were able to smoke in the pub then, then it stopped all of a sudden. The changes at the time were unbelievable. The biggest thing I remember was the change of the currency. 'The banks and the government made the businesspeople distribute the money. So, in the spare room of my own house, I had a four-foot tray, eight inches deep – it was literally full of money. 'To this day, I would never understand why it happened but the government and the banks at that time used us to distribute the money.' Anne Washington, who is Eamon's right-hand woman, started working in the pub in 2002 and hasn't looked back since. 'Time flies, you don't realise it. I've gotten to know so many people over the years. It starts at the very beginning, where we'd have their stag and hen parties. We'd have brides and grooms coming in for breakfast before heading off on the buses to their do's,' Ms Washington said. 'Then you have their wedding drinks, the christening of their first child and it goes on from that. You have their communion, you have their confirmations. ADVERTISEMENT 'As life goes on, we're actually at the stage where I have worked at some children's christening and I'm now serving them their first pint of Guinness – it's the circle of life. 'My favourite thing would have to be the customers. They're great craic. They have their own seats. The lads that come in from work around the 5.30pm mark, they're all in the corner, you know what they want and put in front of them. They don't even have to re-order, you know when to start another pint.' Drung Vintage Club is a community-based organisation that coordinates and run local events to raise money for charities. The foundation of the club is 'built on is a bedrock of community spirit and determination'. Late last year, Eamon's brother PJ, who worked in the business, died from motor neurone disease. In his memory, the community gathered together for a tractor run to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. Alongside that, a group of women from Drung came together to walk 100km last month to raise funds for the same charity. 'It is a good community pub, locals come here all the time. We have a tractor run every year. We'd a big tractor run for cancer, and we raised €50,000,' said Eamon. 'This year we're doing it for motor neurone on May 10. Then in August there'll be one for the school. 'We've a marquee now, it goes up the first week in May ahead of the tractor run and come down in October.' You can still donate to the fundraiser here.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Avengers: Doomsday Fans Think Thor Actor Will Return After New Photo
A prominent cast member of the MCU's Thor movies and WandaVision shared a photo with an extremely well-known Marvel prop, leading to speculations that she might be in Avengers: Doomsday. The highly anticipated superhero feature already has well over 25 confirmed main cast members and will likely add more as production continues. Actress Kat Dennings, who plays Darcy Lewis in the MCU, shared a photo of herself with Captain America's shield on social media. 'Don't get excited, I was just sampling the hardware,' the 2 Broke Girls actress wrote in the caption. Notably, Dennings has portrayed Darcy in Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), WandaVision (2021), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). She has also voiced the character in What If…? Although Dennings' post advised fans not to get excited, they have already started speculating about whether her character would appear in Avengers: Doomsday. In the comment section of the post, one asked whether this photo was taken on the Doomsday set. Another wrote, 'Captain Lewis! Darcy best come back soon enough!' Dennings indicated in the caption of her post that she was not part of the Doomsday cast. However, Marvel has historically kept significant details about the cast and plot of its projects secret, sometimes until their release. The Doomsday cast is still incomplete, so Dennings and others could be announced later. Avengers: Doomsday premieres in U.S. theaters on December 18, 2026. Chris Hemsworth, Dennings' co-star from the Thor movies, is reprising his role as the MCU Norse God of Thunder in the feature. Accordingly, there could even be a subplot in Doomsday around Darcy and Thor. The Russo brothers are directing Doomsday. Some of the other cast members are Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. Originally reported by Tamal Kundu on SuperHeroHype. The post Avengers: Doomsday Fans Think Thor Actor Will Return After New Photo appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kat Dennings Forgot She Was in the MCU, Shares Hilarious Story
forgot that she was part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Dennings plays Darcy Lewis in the MCU. The character made her official debut in 2011's Thor and then went on to appear in 2013's Thor: The Dark World, 2021's WandaVision, and 2022's Thor: Love and Thunder. Additionally, alternate universe variants of Darcy have appeared in the animated What If…? series. On Instagram, Dennings shared a hilarious story about how she forgot that she was part of the MCU. 'I went to Avengers Campus at Disneyland and people were waving at me and I forgot why,' she said. 'I genuinely forgot why.' Darcy Lewis is an original character who was created specifically for the MCU. She made her official Marvel Comics appearance in Steve Orlando and Sara Pichelli's Scarlet Witch series that launched in 2023. Orlando said, via Polygon, at the time, 'This is the 616 version of this character, who brings the same type of perceptions to the book, but also fits right into what's going on with Scarlet Witch, with the magic side of the Marvel Universe. Darcy's there to lightly chide the absurdities we love of comic books, especially in a character like Thor. Wanda speaks casually about a life that is absurd and strange, and it's normal for her. But if you look at her family tree and the things she does, it can seem quite esoteric. Darcy essentially gives a voice to the audience in the same way that Kat Dennings' character does.' There's been no word on whether or not Dennings will return for future Marvel Studios projects. Given that she's been in three Thor movies, it would stand to reason she could be part of a potential fifth film, though there's been no official announcement regarding Thor 5 at this time. Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype. The post Kat Dennings Forgot She Was in the MCU, Shares Hilarious Story appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kat Dennings Reveals She Chose Her Stage Name At Age 9 For Hilariously Silly Reasons
Considering that Kat Dennings likely chose her stage name in 1995, at least she didn't end up with, 'Topange Hocus Pocus Dunkaroo.' The 'Switching Gears' star appeared on Kylie Kelce's podcast, 'Not Gonna Lie,' last week, and was asked about the meaning behind her stage name — and Dennings had an adorably unhinged answer. The '2 Broke Girls' alum explained to Kelce that her real name is Katherine Litwack, and that she chose the stage name 'Kat Dennings' when she was just 9 years old. 'My real last name is Litwack — that's all you need to hear,' she joked, before continuing. 'At 9, I was like, 'This isn't going to work for me. This is not going to work,'' Dennings said, mocking her younger self. 'She-slash-I was very ahead of her time. It was a CEO situation. I was like, 'This can't be displayed on a poster. It shant happen!'' The 'Thor' alum then explained that she got the idea for her last name while visiting with a family friend, children's fantasy author Lloyd Alexander, who is best known for his 'Chronicles of Prydain' series. 'Randomly, he was my mother's best friend,' Dennings explained. 'So I went there every week until I was 15 years old, and they were like my grandparents, he and his wife. So, his wife's name was Janine Denni, she was French. …And I thought it would be a super sick idea if I took her name and made it kinda different. Literally, that was the thinking. That's as far as it went. So 'Dennings' is from her.' Most would assume that Dennings got 'Kat' from her own name, which is Katherine. But no. There's a very silly reason why she landed on 'Kat' as well. She explained that Christina Ricci's character in the 1995 film 'Casper' was named Kat, and she was Denning's 'favorite character at the time.' 'So I was like, 'OK, Kat Dennings. This is it, I can really picture it.'' she said. 'It's insane.' As whimsical as her choices were, Kat Dennings isn't a bad name stage for a kid to come up with. It could have been way worse. Kristen Bell, for instance, admitted during a 2015 appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' that when she was a kid, she 'hated' her first name and took it upon herself to change it. 'When I was about 3 1/2, I said, 'No more! You will call me 'Smurfette' or nothing at all!'' Bell recalled to Kimmel. Bell explained that her parents didn't take her decision very seriously, until she refused to answer to anything other than 'Smurfette.' 'So, they sat me down and said, 'This isn't going to fly.' And I said, 'Fair enough, my name is now Matthew.'' Bell's parents weren't feeling that name, either. So, Bell said they eventually agreed to use the name 'Annie' from the titular role from the musical 'Annie.' 'And I was called 'Annie' by my whole family until I was 16,' Bell explained. 'My grandparents still call me Annie.'
