History
Owner Martin Lynch, a native of Athenry, Co. Galway, Ireland, brings a big slice of his homeland to Chicago. The Irish Times is a pub where modern amenities rub shoulders with age-old Irish tradition. It has a proud history of its own - it was previously owned by Lynch's uncle Martin Cosgrave, who created the pub in 1991. Lynch bought the business in 2008 determined to expand the premises while remaining faithful to his vision of the quintessentially