Paddy Barry was a character all right but very mean! I remember going to an arranged session in winter there about 1988. It was b... freezing in the pub & we all had coats on- there was an unused open fire.
Someone asked if he'd light it- 'ah no' he said 'you'll warm up when you start playing'!
We shamed him by going along to Wiseman's for some briquettes- what a pain.... no chance of a free pint- must have been mad! or maybe just keen?

suggestion- new thread about 'memories of Mizen music in the 80s' ??