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Did you hear the one about the mystery American tourists and the free bar?

A mystery group turned up in Tralee earlier this week and decided to cover the cost of everyone’s booze.

WITH THE UNCERTAINTY about the shape of a post-Brexit world, it’s good to know there are a few people out there with a few euros going spare.

A group of four mystery Asian-American tourists left a lot of people in Tralee happy earlier this week when they walked into the Blasket Bar and decided to pay for everybody’s drink.

Speaking to host Kathryn Thomas on RTÉ’s Ray D’Arcy show yesterday, bar owner George Savage said that it started when the men came in and bought drinks for everybody sitting at the counter.

“It was kind of obvious they didn’t know them so I took no notice,” he said.

After that a few more people came in and they bought them drinks. Then all of a sudden they were buying drinks for anyone who walked through the door. There was one gentleman in particular who was leading this.

 He said to the barman, ‘look, take my credit card there. Free bar.’

After this Savage said that word spread and, as you might expect, people started piling into the bar.

The gentleman in question, he was up on the microphone with the musician and he was shouting: ‘Sixty more shots for the bar!’

In total the man spent €2,500 after staying in the bar for two and a half hours, also handing staff in the bar tips of €500 notes and $100 bills.

Savage said he didn’t probe about who the men were exactly, but knew they were playing golf in the local area and later found out from a taxi driver that it had been one of the men’s birthday.

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    Mute Diarmuid O Doherty
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:47 PM

    If we can attract more tourists like these guys we’ll have nothing to worry about!

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    Mute Ger Comings
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:39 PM

    The journal now has moaners – about being bought free drink! My head hurts – but professional moanism is alive and well in Ireland….

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:49 PM

    Pffft Goings complaining about moaning is like Hitler complaining about anti-semitism

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    Mute Ger Comings
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:59 PM

    ‘I’ve watched most porn’ – admits fogleg. Even his rubber woman (Lycra) has left him, due to his failing eyesight…

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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:04 PM

    Careful all, Goings has a little black book where he meticulously records everything people say, but his Aspergers prevents him from picking up on sarcasm/jokes

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    Mute Ger Comings
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:14 PM

    Aww – now you were joking about your porn habit!!! Which you’ve admitted on the journal, several times. No black book needed as you told everyone…

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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:21 PM

    I did, in a porn related article I made a gag about watching porn, which everyone else bar yourself picked up on. You’re aspy as shit Goings

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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:26 PM

    No gag, hornleg. You boasted that you had watched every porn site, and bemoaned the lack of Irish porn sites. Remember? No wonder you have to rely on rubber women.

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:41 PM

    Ger..I fail to see what an individual’s viewing habits in the privacy of their own home is such a source of, quiet frankly, disturbing fascination to you.

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    Jun 25th 2016, 9:10 PM

    Tony – why should he boast about his porn habit/skills on here. That IS disturbing…

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    Mute UndieGrundy
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:13 PM

    A wealthy Asian American? Was it Jackie Chan?

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:36 PM

    Might have been Jackie Healy Rea with a mask on Was the card real

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    Mute Stephen Brady
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:52 PM

    Undie I’m in Manhattan at the moment plenty of wealthy Asian Americans. None of them are Jackie Chan.

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    Mute UndieGrundy
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:53 PM

    Good to know Stephen. I would never have guessed otherwise.

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    Mute Meehawwl O'Buachailla
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:06 PM

    Was it Jimmy Chan, his son?

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    Mute Ger Comings
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:21 PM

    A wealthy Irish American? Was it John Wayne, Barack Obama or Oi Leprechaun?

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    Mute Conor Tansey
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    Jun 25th 2016, 11:19 PM

    No, it was Jackie Ching Ching

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    Mute Tony Stanley
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:26 PM

    Why am I never around when stuff like this happens?

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    Mute Winston Smith
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:37 PM

    Ted said it…Great bunch of lads!

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    Mute Rory J Leonard
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:43 PM

    The big spenders had probably just learnt from their FX Traders / Brokers just how much of a killing they had made trading the volatile markets during the week leading up to Brexit Referendum.

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:20 PM

    They’re fools if they think they can buy Irish people’s friendship with drink

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:25 PM

    Can you not just let the fluching lads enjoy their holiday and not be a begrudging cantankerous auld chunt.. Who cares If they wanted to splash their cash and buy a few locals a few drinks.. I doubt they were looking for anything at all in return except s nice evening, which I’m sure they had

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    Mute Enda Knight
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:28 PM

    Ha John some people have no sense of humour !

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:29 PM

    Yeah cheer up JM let them spend as they see fit it’s their cash. Lighten up man ole ole ole ole and all that

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:32 PM

    I think he was joking. Good one but maybe too supple for some.

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    Mute John Mullan
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:34 PM

    Hi Enda

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:38 PM

    Lend me a 20 and I’ll buy you a pint.

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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:49 PM

    That’s a real thing

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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:11 PM

    I’d be anyone’s friend for a pint…just for the night mind you…I’m a Guinness.

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    Mute Ciaran Coye
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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:36 PM

    Ridiculous comment.

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    Mute John Collins
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:02 PM

    @theJournal can you stop making out like we’re the ones that left the EU.

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    Mute Ben Gunn
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    Jun 25th 2016, 3:15 PM

    Quite right. We have not left the EU. Our economy has!

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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:25 PM

    It happened before.
    During the filming of The Quiet Man in 1950 John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara walked into Mannion’s pub in Clifden.
    John Wayne shouted “The drinks are on me”.
    One guy from remote Inishboffin whispered “He’s a sound man but who is he?”

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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:11 PM

    Fair fooks to them, a wonderful act of kindness.

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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:04 PM

    Don’t look at your bank ac in the morning dude

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    Mute Ciaran Coye
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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:34 PM

    I’m thinking he probably earned more in interest on his capital than he was able to spend in the time he was there. Well for him. A decent gesture and they probably had mighty craic.

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    Mute Colette Kearns
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    Jun 25th 2016, 2:16 PM

    As long as he doesn’t change his mind, like the guy over in the U.S. who left a massive tip, only to come back the next day to ask for it back!

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    Mute Peter Moran
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    Jun 25th 2016, 4:07 PM

    Did you hear about the poxy f u c k s that got free drinks……..better headline ha

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