Extra screening of award-winning Flannery's pub film announced

A third screening of an award-winning short film about Flannery's Pub in Athlone has been announced after the first two events sold out.

'Ann's Pub', a 26-minute documentary about one of the town's best-known nightspots and its proprietor, Ann Flannery, will get its Irish premiere in Athlone Little Theatre on Friday, April 29.

The first two screenings at 7.30pm and 8.30pm sold out shortly after tickets went on sale. Now, the public has an extra chance to get to see the eagerly anticipated film at 9.30pm on the same night.

You can book tickets for the third screening via the Eventbrite website.

The event is a fundraiser for the South Westmeath Hospice and donations towards this important local facility are being encouraged on the night. There will be live music in Flannery's afterwards.

'Ann's Pub' was made by Swiss filmmaker Thabea Furrer, who shot it during a number of visits to the Sean Costello Street venue between 2017 and 2019.

The film won the Short Film Prize at the Basel Film and Media Art Awards last November.