Kathleen welcomed back behind the bar in Mayo pub

A FORMER employee of one of Mayo's best loved pubs found herself back behind the bar this week.

Kathleen Duffy last worked in Mellett's Emporium in Swinford in the 1950s but she showed she's still a dab hand at pulling a pint of Guinness on a visit from the United States.

The Swinford pub, on its social media, said it was a pleasure to welcome Kathleen back, all the way from New York.

Kathleen worked in Mellett's pub from 1954 to 1957.

Interestingly, she would have bought her ticket to America in the '50s from Willy Mellett across the same counter.