Down With That Sort of Thing

An article by Simon Brouder from The Kerryman:


A RACY stag party striptease in a Tralee bar has raised the hackles of pub regulars who claim they were forced to watch a full frontal strip show while out for a quiet drink.

An angry Mrs L Murphy from Tralee who contacted The Kerryman about the stripper, said she had been enjoying a drink with her husband and friends in The Rambling House on Russell Street when the mood was shattered by a raunchy strip show near their table.

According to Mrs Murphy, shortly after 1am on Sunday June 19 a stripper arrived at the pub and performed a strip for a stag party group that were celebrating in the pub.

Mrs Murphy, who requested that her full name be witheld, said her companions were stunned by the display.

“My husband and myself were in the pub with friends to celebrate Father’s Day when all of a sudden a stripper appeared and did a full on strip right in front of us. I’m a modern, liberal woman but I found it very uncomfortable to watch and my friends were all the same,” she said.

“I don’t mind if people go to a private club if they want to watch that sort of thing but seeing it in a bar is a bit over the top,” Mrs Murphy added.

Mrs Murphy said a member of the stag party group later came over to her table and started making lewd gestures with an inflatable pig. That was very uncomfortable and it got worse when he started asking me to join in,” Mrs Murphy told the Kerryman.

Management at the Rambling house said they had no knowledge of the incident and said the pub never hired strippers to perform.

“We only ever hire bands... things would have to be pretty bad before we’d start getting strippers in. The only way it could possibly have happened is if the stag party hired the stripper and she did her show in a corner. It’s a big bar but I’m sure someone would have seen it and stopped it,” said manager John L. McElligott.