The ‘Three Jolly Pigeons’, County Westmeath
- IE CA CP/1/1/2/4/3
- Part
- c.1930
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of the ‘Three Jolly Pigeons’ public house near Athlone in County Westmeath in about 1930. Built in 1830, this bar was named after the ‘Three Jolly Pigeons’, a public house that provided the setting for Oliver Goldsmith’s well-known play ‘She Stoops to Conquer’, written in 1773.