The first O'Neill's was opened in Aberdeen in 1994 by Bass, the largest pub company in the UK at the time.[1] A second O'Neill's opened at Covent Garden in 1995. By 1996, there were 52 and it was Bass's most successful pub chain. By 1996, Bass was opening more than one a month, and had spent £40 million on the pub chain. Ten opened in September 1996 alone. Bass owned Caffrey's ale, which was launched by the company around the same time as O'Neill's. By late 1996, Bass was opening a branch of O'Neill's every week.
By the end of 1997, Bass had over 250 Irish-themed pubs. Bass acquired the 40-strong Scruffy Murphy's Irish pub chain from Allied Domecq in 1999.
By June 2003, Mitchells and Butlers had 91 O'Neill's.
From 2012, M&B began to rebrand some locations as "O'Neill's Irish Pub & Kitchen". By 2013, the chain's estate had reduced to 49 public houses.[2]
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neill, chain, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, neill, chain, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources O Neill s pub chain news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message O Neill s is an Irish themed pub chain with 49 outlets in the United Kingdom The chain is operated by Mitchells amp Butlers one of the largest pub companies in the UK Pubs are located across the whole of the UK except for Northern Ireland where there are none O Neill sCompany typeSubsidiaryIndustryHospitalityFounded1994 Aberdeen FounderBass BreweryHeadquartersBirmingham England UKArea servedUnited KingdomProductsIrish themed pubsParentMitchells amp ButlersWebsitewww wbr oneills wbr co wbr uk The chain s focus is on Irish music an Irish inspired food menu and Irish drinks such as Guinness Jameson and Baileys Contents 1 History 2 Operation 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe first O Neill s was opened in Aberdeen in 1994 by Bass the largest pub company in the UK at the time 1 A second O Neill s opened at Covent Garden in 1995 By 1996 there were 52 and it was Bass s most successful pub chain By 1996 Bass was opening more than one a month and had spent 40 million on the pub chain Ten opened in September 1996 alone Bass owned Caffrey s ale which was launched by the company around the same time as O Neill s By late 1996 Bass was opening a branch of O Neill s every week By the end of 1997 Bass had over 250 Irish themed pubs Bass acquired the 40 strong Scruffy Murphy s Irish pub chain from Allied Domecq in 1999 By June 2003 Mitchells and Butlers had 91 O Neill s From 2012 M amp B began to rebrand some locations as O Neill s Irish Pub amp Kitchen By 2013 the chain s estate had reduced to 49 public houses 2 Operation editThe pubs specialise in Irish music food and drinks especially Guinness Smithwick s for which it has exclusive rights in Great Britain and until early 2013 Caffrey s Irish Ale On St Patrick s Day they sell over 71 000 pints of Guinness 2 nbsp O Neils St Albans nbsp O Neill s Covent Garden nbsp O Neill s Earls Court nbsp O Neill s in Sutton London nbsp O Neill s on Hannover Street in Liverpool nbsp O Neill s on Cannon Street in the City of London nbsp O Neill s in BromleySee also editList of Irish themed restaurantsReferences edit InterContinental Hotels Group PLC About us Our history Ihgplc com Retrieved 2015 05 20 a b Mitchells amp Butlers Our brands O Neill s Mbplc com Retrieved 2015 05 20 External links editO Neills Mitchells amp Butlers nbsp Media related to O Neill s pub chain at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title O 27Neill 27s pub chain amp oldid 1143443710, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
