News - Christy Maye

A native of Ballymahon, who lived in Mullingar in recent years, he owned the Greville Arms Hotel in Mullingar and the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore.

Tributes have been paid since he passed away at the weekend. Christy Maye had a long and successful business career.

The 83-year-old was credited for his role in founding the Tullamore Show and for bringing Disc A Go Go, Ireland’s first disco, to Mullingar in the 1960s.

He once owned the Bridge House Hotel in Tullamore and was the owner of the Greville Arms in Mullingar.