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From Jim Gavin to Gin Martinis: A Recent History of The Sackville Lounge
Read more…: From Jim Gavin to Gin Martinis: A Recent History of The Sackville LoungeIt was relatively early on a hungover Sunday, some years ago, that I found myself in a packed Sackville Lounge, settling into the last available seat, tucked away at the…
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A Medium Rare Reception: How One Look Told Me Everything About Murrays on O’Connell Street.
Read more…: A Medium Rare Reception: How One Look Told Me Everything About Murrays on O’Connell Street.I can’t say for certain, but I think I’m happy enough to say that if there were a competition for the strangest or most unique time anyone has ever come…
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Pubs, Power Cuts, And How The Landmark Made Me Realise I Wasn’t Young Anymore
Read more…: Pubs, Power Cuts, And How The Landmark Made Me Realise I Wasn’t Young AnymoreLately, on foot of my mentioning The Landmark Pub to a tradesman, I’ve been pondering the intangible phenomenon that marches us all slowly toward the grave – that is to…
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From Baring All to Belting Elton: Meagher’s and the Great Circle of Pub Life
Read more…: From Baring All to Belting Elton: Meagher’s and the Great Circle of Pub LifeIt was one of those wholesome, heart-warming moments. The type of thing that could have done numbers on TikTok or Instagram, or wherever things do numbers these days, if anyone…
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Nazi Bombings, Hollywood Legends, and a Teetotaler’s Last Pint—The Wild History of Cusack’s Pub
Read more…: Nazi Bombings, Hollywood Legends, and a Teetotaler’s Last Pint—The Wild History of Cusack’s PubThere I was, all set to start this write-up on the perfect line. I had gone over it in my head when I’d be passing by the pub on the…
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The South Strand
Read more…: The South StrandIf you happened to suffer from auto-brewery syndrome: a rare gastro-intestinal condition where your digestive system ferments ingested food to alcohol and causes you to slur your speech, stumble, find…
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Joyce, Plunkett and Why We Should Name a Metro Station After The Brian Boru Pub
Read more…: Joyce, Plunkett and Why We Should Name a Metro Station After The Brian Boru PubCome as a surprise, Leixlip, Clonsilla. Dropping down lock by lock to Dublin. With turf from the midland bogs. Salute. He lifted his brown straw hat, saluting Paddy Dignam. They…
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From Stevedores to Life on Mars: U2, Bowie and The Dockers Pub.
Read more…: From Stevedores to Life on Mars: U2, Bowie and The Dockers Pub.On a September’s Friday evening, hardy drinkers have gathered into a quayside pub to mark the end of their working week. The pub, named in accordance with their customer’s and…
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The Fear after The Lagoona: Navigating Wrong Turns, Lost Shoes, and Late DARTs in Dublin.
Read more…: The Fear after The Lagoona: Navigating Wrong Turns, Lost Shoes, and Late DARTs in Dublin.In stoic defiance, they stand before me with their arms folded and their serious faces downcast. One of them repeats what the other has already said – but this time…
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The Foggy Dew, And Why Oliver Cromwell is Responsible for Dublin’s Best Sunday Gig
Read more…: The Foggy Dew, And Why Oliver Cromwell is Responsible for Dublin’s Best Sunday GigPacked into the pub corner, the sweaty milieu are assembled with little regard for personal space. In various mixes of pork pie hats, belts, braces, polo, checkered and gingham shirts…
