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Slattery’s: Capel Street
Read more…: Slattery’s: Capel StreetAlike all the great cities in the world, dear Dublin of ours is one that is often defined by its most famed thoroughfares. We may not have avenues that garner…
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JACK CHARLTON, DEPECHE MODE & HILL 16
Read more…: JACK CHARLTON, DEPECHE MODE & HILL 16This is a bit of an abstract post, relative to our usual content – but I thought it worth writing. It started innocently enough in the depths of COVID lockdown.…
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The Bankers: Dame Lane
Read more…: The Bankers: Dame LaneWe used to live like lords. We’d roam freely from bar to bar, marching to the beat of the filthy change that jingled about in our arse pockets. We’d wade…
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Creatives Against COVID-19
Read more…: Creatives Against COVID-19In the midst of our new normal lockdown status, we stumbled upon an Instagram page called Creatives Against COVID-19. Their premise was fairly straightforward: Looking at the images trickling in…
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The James Joyce Pub Crawl
Read more…: The James Joyce Pub CrawlA great number of writers are synonymous with a great number of things for different reasons. And a great number of writers are synonymous with the city of Dublin. But…
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Covid 19, The Pub-pocalypse and Dublin By Pub in The New York Times
Read more…: Covid 19, The Pub-pocalypse and Dublin By Pub in The New York TimesSo since we last posted the entire world has changed. I don’t need to tell you about the coronavirus, you’re likely to be getting that from all angles. But for…
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Frank Ryan’s: Queen St.
Read more…: Frank Ryan’s: Queen St.I want to start this post like I’ve started no other. And that is with a Leonard Cohen Lyric. “There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets…
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Ha’Penny Bridge Inn: Wellington Quay
Read more…: Ha’Penny Bridge Inn: Wellington QuayThough there’s no smoky haze or abundance of black faces, and still without the bourbon stink or distant cricket hiss, you can still close your eyes and immerse into the…
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The Patriot’s Inn: Kilmainham
Read more…: The Patriot’s Inn: Kilmainham“This old pub standeth on sacred ground, surrounded by the high walls of the Royal Kilmainham Hospital, by the ancient cemetary of Bully’s Acre and the dungeons of Kilmainham Jail.…
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The Old Royal Oak: Kilmainham Lane
Read more…: The Old Royal Oak: Kilmainham LaneDublin! It’s a city, if the annals of internet comment sections are to be believed, that divides opinion. And while pub-dwellers prone to over-romanticisation, such as ourselves, are ten a…
