From this page you will be able
to access all the information you want about the Muls Bar Annual Goolie of The
Year© Award!
Congratulations to Noel Tierney, Goolie of The Year for 2007!
Congratulations to Noel Tierney, Goolie of The Year for 2007!
For most pubs December 31st means just one thing.... New Years Eve. Not in Muls. The night of
December 31st is Goolie Night.
The Mulcahys
Dictionary of Pub Talk defines a Goolie as a likeable rogue, with a propensity
to say and do the unexpected, causing embarrassment to himself or others. Come
December each year regulars are invited to vote for their Goolie of The Year!
Results are announced on New Years eve and the winning Goolie is crowned!
Some see winning the award as a bad thing, most see it as an honour but won't admit to it! It's all a bit of craic really and should be taken in the spirit in which it is intended. Goolie Night has become something of an institution in Muls and, being uniquely Muls, we're very proud of it!
Here, Mike tells us how it all began...
Some see winning the award as a bad thing, most see it as an honour but won't admit to it! It's all a bit of craic really and should be taken in the spirit in which it is intended. Goolie Night has become something of an institution in Muls and, being uniquely Muls, we're very proud of it!
Here, Mike tells us how it all began...
It all began one fine Sunday way back in 1996. Mousey Ryan was having one of his usual heated discussions with someone else in the bar and said: "If there was an award for Goolie of the Year you'd definitely win it!"
Well it got me thinking : what about a voting system where everybody writes down the person who'd they think is the biggest Goolie of the Year and puts their voting slip in a tin and on New Years Eve the results would be announced? Of course it wasn't as easy as first thought but within a few years (maybe 5 or 6) and with help from what is now "an organized Goolie committee" The Goolie of the Year (The GOTY) award was born!