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# BAR PERSON PROFILE: Deamán O’Firghil O’Corraidhin @Bar Broadway
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/bar-person-profile-deaman-ofirghil-ocorraidhin-bar-broadway/
- Published: 2017-07-26T10:42:01.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-26T10:42:01.000Z
- Description: The first person many LGBT+people meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special.
- Author: Besi
- Tags: In The South, News, Out & About, Bar Broadway

## The first person many LGBT+people meet when they arrive in the city is the bar person at their local LGBT+ venue. These gatekeepers to the community provide an important role both befriending and signposting new arrivals. Gscene finds out a bit more about them and what makes them special.

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Deamán O’Firghil O’Corraidhin

**Deamán O’Firghil O’Corraidhin** works at Bar Broadway, current holder of the Golden Handbag for Best Small Bar and was the popular winner of Favourite Barman at this years awards.

**Where do you come from?**

*I am from Derry in Ireland.*

What brought you to Brighton?

*I moved to Brighton in September 2014 to pursue my goal of becoming a mental health nurse. I watched Connie and Carla and seeing how they lived in West Hollywood surrounded by a wonderfully accepting LGBT+ community inspired me to make a move to Brighton given its unofficial title of Gay Capital of the UK and the very close-knit supportive LGBT+ community.*

**Oddest thing you’ve been asked for?** 

**I’ve had some pretty unpublishable requests in my time via Grindr- but in Bar Broadway I suppose the strangest request I’ve had was a large glass of red wine over ice.*

**What’s the worst kind of punter?**

*People without manners. They don’t cost anything. I find when I’m met by rudeness I respond by being overly nice.*

**What do you do when it’s quiet in the bar?**

*Normally when it’s quiet I clean or spend time getting to know any customers that might be in.*

Do you know the difference between Ale and Beer?

*Is ale not just a variety of beer? As is lager, stout, Pilsner etc?*

**Can you pull a pint?**

*I prefer to be drinking them but yes I can.*

**Do you prefer to be shaken or stirred?**

*Can’t I have both?*

**Whats your favourite tipple?**

*Nothing better than a Gin and Elderflower Tonic.*

**What makes you roll your eyes?**

*I imagine it’s the muscles contracting and relaxing in and around my eye balls.*

**Are those really your photos on Grindr?** 

**They may have had a filter or two.*

**What makes a perfect barperson?**

S*omeone who works hard but can have fun at the same time. I’m really happy to say that the guys I work with at Bar Broadway are not just colleagues but great friends and everyone pulls their weight.*

**Where do you like to go out when you’re not working?** 

**My favourite night out is a Sunday night, the cabaret circuit is always fun and I always finish it off by going to Legends Club where Claire plays all the best cheesiest tunes.*

**Tell us a secret about yourself.**

After doing podcasts for MenTalkHealthUK and divulging a lot of personal information, I really don’t think I have anything to say that isn’t already in the public domain.

**Is it really that big?**

Hmmmmmm

**What’s your nickname behind the bar?** 

I get called a lot of things in the name of banter.