The Pubs

See below for all posts on the pubs we’ve chronicled to date.
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Leonard’s Corner

A Tale of Two Visits: Discovering Leonard’s Corner under Abnormal Circumstances

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

The Clamper, The Angle Grinder and The Regular: A Visit to Lowe’s in Dolphin’s Barn

Our visit to Lowe's in Dolphin's Barn brings creamy pints and plenty of entertainment.
Harkin’s – The Harbour Bar: Grand Canal Place

Harkin’s – The Harbour Bar: Grand Canal Place

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…
Noctor’s: Sheriff Street Lower

Noctor’s: Sheriff Street Lower

Coming toward the latter end of 2021, we’d had it fully planned and spec’ed out for a good while. It had been a slack year for the cause with all concerned in the DublinByPub ranks – assorted big life changes and a worldwide pandemic…
Kavanagh’s: New St.

Kavanagh’s: New St.

Verbose and all, as we’d like to be about every Dublin pub that we visit – sometimes there’s just no escaping the plain and the ordinary from our experiences. And not that we'd like to label Kavanagh’s of New Street as such, it just…
Brewdog – Grand Canal

Brewdog – Grand Canal

In the waning weeks of 2020, before everything turns to shite again, I find myself upon a bench amid inexplicable red plastic protrusions shooting from the ground in a manner as confusing as the tax affairs of some nearby headquartered multinationals.…