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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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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…
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Sheehan’s: Chatham St.
Read more…: Sheehan’s: Chatham St.It was a few weeks back that I’d let go of that last vague mumbling thought that I might catch the last bus home and left it up to the…
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The Lower Deck: Portobello Harbour
Read more…: The Lower Deck: Portobello HarbourJaysus lads, let me tell you now that Dublin By Pub isn’t always an easy affair. It’s a Wednesday afternoon and I’m back at work after the weekend. The voice…
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Chaplin’s: Hawkins Street
Read more…: Chaplin’s: Hawkins StreetYou just can’t beat a good quote, can ya? No, I haven’t gone corporate and sold out to an insurance company (we sell out for booze and cash only, FYI).…
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Kennedy’s: Westland Row
Read more…: Kennedy’s: Westland RowLadies and Gentlemen, Ambassador O’Hanrahan, Mr Prime Minister, and Esteemed members of the Nobel Committee, I thank you all for coming to my lecture today, and I would like to…
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The Bernard Shaw: Richmond St. South
Read more…: The Bernard Shaw: Richmond St. SouthThe year is 2053, and the end is nigh! Global warming, nuclear warfare, global pandemic, zombie apocalypse – picture it however you see fit. I was thinking about how certain…
