By Amy Bounds, Daily Camera Conor O’Neill’s Traditional Irish Pub & Restaurant, the popular watering hole just off the Pearl Street Mall and host of the annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade, will close after 17 years in business. Manager Samuel Blundell, who’s worked at Conor O’Neill’s for six years, said the owners told him that they’re closing because sales dropped during the18 months of construction on a new building next door, then didn’t rebound fast enough. Related ArticlesSeptember 20, 2016 Celtic Tavern and Delaney’s will close this weekend The bar, located at 1922 13th St., told the staff members on Thursday and Friday and made the announcement Saturday night on its Facebook page and via Twitter that it will serve its last Guinness on Oct.