After the heart attack, Mulligan said he’d be retiring and closing the bar. O’Malley, his lead bartender, offered to buy it. He hosted the retirement party and we all gathered around and toasted Mulligan. Just like when we toasted Grady when he had his heart attack and retired and sold the bar to Mulligan. in a few years, O’Malley will have a heart attack and retire and sell the bar to one of his bartenders. The photos on the wall show a few hundred years of retirement parties. The faces change, but the bar lives on, and the beer flows.