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The Ferryman: Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Read more…: The Ferryman: Sir John Rogerson’s QuayRecently we were philosophising about what it is that brings that certain sense of je ne sais quoi to pints when they’re taken in enjoyable numbers of a Sunday. Having…
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John Kavanagh (The Gravediggers’): Prospect Avenue
Read more…: John Kavanagh (The Gravediggers’): Prospect AvenueIt’s early afternoon on a bitter February morning and I’m huddled around the graveside of Fenian Leader – Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa with another dozen cold persons on a guided…
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O Neill’s: Suffolk St.
Read more…: O Neill’s: Suffolk St.Ever since Molly wheeled her barrow up the road from those pelt-peddling pricks down at the mouth of Grafton Street and plonked herself where it’s supposed that the Vikings once…
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The Silver Penny: Abbey St
Read more…: The Silver Penny: Abbey StIf you were to ease yourself into a chair in the busy waiting room of an oncology clinic and gorge yourself upon the alcohol hand sanitiser that presumably hangs from…
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Fibber Magee’s
Read more…: Fibber Magee’sIn the early hours of a Friday morning somewhere on Parnell Street in the middle of the first decade of the new millennium, you might have found me in the…
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The Oak: Dame St.
Read more…: The Oak: Dame St.Sitting directly across from City Hall on the corner of the historic promenade of Dame Street and the equally historic Crane Lane, The Oak is a pub I must start…
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The Bohemian – McGeough’s: Phibsborough Road
Read more…: The Bohemian – McGeough’s: Phibsborough RoadRegardless of whether some politicians want to hear it or not, there can be little escaping the fact that drink is interwoven into our national fabric. Come temperance, cafe culture…
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Bring Back Pints Outside The Gravedigger’s
Read more…: Bring Back Pints Outside The Gravedigger’sRecently it was reported that An Garda Siochana had decided to notify the proprietors of John Kavanagh’s (AKA The Gravedigger’s) that they need to stop people from bringing their pints…
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The Lincoln’s Inn: Lincoln Place.
Read more…: The Lincoln’s Inn: Lincoln Place.Lofty ceilings, exposed brick, Joycean knee-tremblers. These are the things that come to mind when we sit to reflect on the Lincoln’s Inn… Plonked curvedly along the headlong turn that…
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McGettigan’s: Queen St.
Read more…: McGettigan’s: Queen St.Did you ever hear that one about a lad out in the middle of the desert in the United Arab Emirates years ago? He was wandering around amidst the unspoilt…
