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Killarney Inn opens as a new dining house in Beaver Island’s Ray Cull building, 1957

Also 1957 Killarney Inn opening

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TypeEvent
Date1957-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1957-05
Kind
Opening
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1957 Beaver Beacon reported the opening of the Killarney Inn, a new dining house across from the Post Office in Ray Cull’s building, managed by Florence Rolland.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper business-opening report. It does not provide a license, lease, ownership record, menu, operating dates, or financial record.

Sources

  1. Reports the opening of a new dining house across from the Post Office in Ray Cull’s building, managed by Florence Rolland and operated as the Killarney Inn. It does not provide a license, lease, ownership record, menu, operating dates, or financial record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported dining-house opening; it does not expand the business or property record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Killarney Inn opens as a new dining house in Beaver Island’s Ray Cull building, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-killarney-inn-opening-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1957, “THOUGHT FOR FOOD.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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