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The Oval: Middle Abbey St.

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As I sit here and try to think of something to write about The Oval on Middle Abbey St. I can’t help but think that writing about this pub is akin to writing about a first love. With that in mind, I can only request that you bear with me…

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Dublin’s Top 25 PubsMay 30, 2024 - 10:11 pm
It started, as most things often do, as a bit of craic. Apple Music ran a countdown of the Top 100 Albums on their Twitter. And I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be good craic to do that for pubs? Fast forward a few days and DublinByPub has the attention of Dublin Pub Twitter, who […]
The Battle for The Cobblestone Pub: RevisitedJune 26, 2023 - 4:15 pm
Back in 2014, the inimitable and ground-breaking Dublin folk discombobulaters, Lankum, in their song Cold Old Fire prophetically sang of how they: look for signs that Dublin’s heart’s still beating,That concrete and glass and peelers and mass, they haven’t stopped the people from screaming. When it came toward the latter half of 2021, some 7 […]
An Afternoon in The Palace BarJanuary 22, 2023 - 10:00 am
As of this moment, I’ve a list of about twelve pubs that I need to get written up for the blog and I really shouldn’t be writing this thing. But for some reason, probably because I’m afraid of forgetting it, I’ve decided that I’m going to forego normal programming and commit this one to paper. […]
Top 5 Christmas Pubs 2022December 20, 2022 - 8:00 am
Christmas – it comes earlier and earlier each year. And arriving earlier alongside it is that time-honoured tradition that me and mine call CCP season. CCPs, not to be confused with The Chinese Communist Party are Cosy Christmas Pints. Though sharing many similarities to normal pints, Cosy Christmas Pints have several unique defining characteristics which […]
The Last Night in The Flowing TideNovember 29, 2022 - 9:00 am
The news came through in the same way that news like this often does – via rumour and hearsay. A friend of a friend’s workmate was “in there the other night and the barman said it’s closing in a week, getting turned into a hotel.” I know now that I’ve let might have let stewardship […]

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