Of County Galway, Ireland, did Mr. Patrick Connolly originally hail. With a Priestly letter in hand, did Patrick traverse the Atlantic Ocean, settling in Dogtown. The successful entrepreneur started Pat's Bar & Grill in June of 1942.It was one of many properties "Pat" would own before he entered the "Pearlies." Tom McDermott, Pat's longtime bartender, purchased Pat's in the 60's. He and his wife "Jo" held steady the stewardship and ever increasing popularity of "McDermott's" until Pat Connolly's daughter, Teresa, and her husband, Paul Jovonovich (of Walter Mitty's fame) assumed the helm in the early 1980s.