Is it time to bring back cavan cola

A committee charged with organising the Taste of Cavan 2015 is in the process of developing new ideas for the festival later this year.
It sparked a debate in the Celt offices as to what is the greatest ever Taste of Cavan? Is it Cavan Cola, Cavan boxty, McCarren’s sausages, Bailey’s or something else?
With much love and nostalgia attached to Cavan Cola - originally Cavan Kola with a ‘K’ - it got us to thinking, is it possible to bring it back in time for the Taste of Cavan 2015? And is it worth the Celt reviving and getting behind the ‘Bring Back Cavan Cola’ campaign?
Cavan Cola was a soft drink produced by Cavan Mineral Water Ltd in Cavan Town. It was introduced in 1958, and was sold in 250ml bottles in shops in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim, Louth and Meath.
The company was owned and managed by the Coulter family, founded by John Coulter and John McShane in 1927. At its peak, the company employed over 45 people in the 1970s.
Cavan Cola went national in the early 1990s but in 1995, the family-run Cavan Mineral Water Ltd was taken over by Finches, who began phasing out both Cavan Cola and its sister product, an alcopop called Mug-Shot. By 2001, Cavan Cola had disappeared from most shops, even in County Cavan where it once outsold international brand ‘Coca Cola’.

Distinctive taste
The taste was described as being slightly sweeter than Coca-Cola, with a slightly liquorice flavour. The dark cola had a frothy burnt brown head when poured.

Bring Back Cavan Cola
A campaign to ‘Bring Back Cavan Cola’ was launched in 1997 by Conor Lynch from connector.ie. It gained thousands of followers on social networking sites Facebook and Bebo at the time and gained wide media attention, local and national, including from the BBC. T-shirts were even printed.
Lynch was quoted at the time as saying: “Cavan has been robbed of its identity, its lifeblood and we want it back! Imagine Kerry with no butter!
“Cavan Cola is a forgotten symbol of what Cavan stood for - Cavan Cola defines refreshment, coolness and vintage Cavan culture of old. It has been sorely missed! “No more Cavan children should have to grow up not being able to drink ‘Cavan Cola’ from the brown bottle with a bag of Tayto!”

To date, the parent company Finches has resisted attempts to bring back Cavan Cola. Could they be persuaded otherwise?