Ex RTE star Ryan Tubridy pays surprise visit to Kildare pub
Ryan Tubridy’s wife Clare has links to Athy in South Kildare
Former host of The Late Late Show on RTE paid a surprise visit to a pub in Athy, South Kildare at the weekend.
Ryan Tubridy had a laugh with staff and customers in The Market House.
Photos and footage capture Tubridy going behind the bar counter and pulling a pint of Guinness and holding it aloft.
The pub shared the images on Instagram and said:
“A familiar face behind the bar this evening. Great to welcome Ryan Tubridy in for a pint!
Tubridy was in Athy to officially open the Shackleton Autumn Summer School.
Tubridy’s wife, Dr Clare Kambamettu, the 2010 Rose of Tralee winner, has strong roots in Athy.
Born in Leeds in 1984, Clare moved to Athy at the age of eight, where her mother, Breda, is from.
Her father, Ravi, is a doctor originally from Hyderabad, India, who met Breda while working in a Galway hospital in the 1970s.
After living in London, Clare returned to Ireland in 2012 to live with her parents in Athy.
She went on to build an impressive career in psychology, earning qualifications from NUI Galway and King's College London.
The Market Bar, better known locally as Andersons, is a historic landmark on Emily Square in Athy.
The traditional public house dates back over a century as a trading pub, with the building itself originating in the 1800s.