(MyFoxBoston.com) -- A caravan-turned-mobile bar is headed our way, thanks to a cabinet maker in Galway that converted an old caravan into an authentic Irish Pub.
According to the Irish Examiner, we have John Walsh to thank for the Sheeban, an authentic Irish pub on wheels. Walsh, 40, runs Clinical Cabinets, which designs and makes laboratory, healthcare and workspace furniture.
Walsh told the paper that he had always wanted to branch into the pub business, getting his chance when he couldn't seem to sell a 30-year-old caravan. Walsh decided convert the caravan into a a mobile bar with his Clinical Cabinets staff, hoping it would serve as a team-building exercise.
The staff fit the caravan with a new floor, new slate roof, and decked out the interior with handcrafted Irish oak and antique pictures, the Irish Examiner reports. Finally, the staff installed a bar, a cooler and taps for two draft beers, and an electric stove. In October, the Sheeban was complete.
Though Walsh originally intended to keep the finished product in his garden, the Sheeban has already been to a Christening, a 75th birthday party, and a Christmas party, according to the paper. The mobile bar costs €750 to hire for day, €1,500 for a weekend, and from €22,000 to buy.
Walsh says that he has already received an order to ship a Sheeban to Boston, though he did not specify when or to what event the Sheeban will be attending.
Find the full Irish Examiner piece here.
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