


Smells, Slang & Stout; Why The Malt House is a Working Class Davy Byrne’s
PubsEach and every June, they don their straw boaters and bedeck themselves in their finest Edwardian splendour. By foot, bicycle, and horse-drawn cart, they can be seen as they to and fro around that familiar circuit. They'll be spotted alongside…

Two Pints and a Short Back and Sides: Trying to Define The Bottle Boy
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When boyhood's fire was in my blood, you'd often find me - huddled with the rest outside the hall. Them all with their extra bags and tracksuit bottoms; and me, with no such additional accoutrements other than a note which had been begged from…

A Tale of Two Visits: Discovering Leonard’s Corner under Abnormal Circumstances
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Looking back on it now, with the gift of hindsight, and decent software that chronologically catalogued all the photos from the year, I can see that we were fitting a lot into that summer. Big weekends like the one in question…

The Clamper, The Angle Grinder and The Regular: A Visit to Lowe’s in Dolphin’s Barn
PubsOur visit to Lowe's in Dolphin's Barn brings creamy pints and plenty of entertainment.

Harkin’s – The Harbour Bar: Grand Canal Place
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I was thinking about canals the other week. Not just in general – I had Dublin’s two canals – The Royal on the Northside and the Grand on the Southside on my mind. Now I’m not here to delve into the wider history of them, today, but…