Conor Byrne, which two years ago found itself marred in a celebrity death match with a prominent landlord couple, is out from under their thumb (they quietly sold the building) and under new ownership to boot. Longtime bar manager and minority owner Diarmuid Cullen recently partnered up with his Mooncalf bandmates Pat Wellnitz and Matt Millet to assume full proprietorship of the historic Ballard Avenue pub. Mooncalf is currently hard at work on their upcoming album, Allerjesus.