Dogs have always been our companions, but for the most part have been relegated to sitting outside the pub, working as guard dogs inside them, or were sold for racing between patrons. We want to celebrate the dog as a pet and how pubs have now opened their arms to our four legged friends. Learn […]
read moreCoddle is Dublin’s most traditional dish, but also its most controversial. It elicits strong opinions from those that adore its slow cooked broth, to others who are aghast at the site of it. One Dublin pub has done more than most to popularise the dish and to keep it alive, even introducing it to chefs […]
read moreIt’s not just traditional musicians who write songs about the black stuff. From Scotland to Jamaica, and Poland to America, musicians everywhere pay homage to the black stuff. We’ve created a top 10 chart of songs that mention Guinness.
read moreThe second episode of the Publin Podcast features the story of publican Sean Lynch, who was the second generation of the Lynch family to run the Swan pub on Aungier Street. Sean grew up with his family above the pub, learning the family trade. He also excelled at rugby and moved up the ranks from […]
read moreListen to the first episode of the Publin podcast. This is the story of Billy Brooks Carr, his favourite pub, Mulligans of Poolbeg Street, and how he made his mark upon the pub in life and death. Subscribe to the Publin Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and more.
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As patrons are increasingly desiring to sit outside and have a drink, every publican with a tiny amount of outdoor space is scrambling to make use of it. There’s new tables being put into car parks and on-street seating has been increased around the city. As outside space is becoming more and more desirable, it […]
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Dublin, Ireland may not have ranked high in the cities of the world involved in Cold War intrigue prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. But a curious story involving the expulsion of Soviet embassy staff from Ireland in 1983 shows that Ireland was not exempt from spying and intelligence gathering by the USSR. […]
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Following on from a very successful launch and implementation of their local and then nationwide craft beer deliveries, 57 The Headline are delving further into something they know very well about. 57 The Headline on Clanbrassil Street will be known to lots of people in better times as a place to go for dozens of […]
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Forget your Binging with Babish, Bon Appetit, Joshua Weissman, or any of those others internet cooks, there’s a new man in town who will show you to make a dish a day. Chef Ciarán Kavanagh of The Gravediggers pub in Glasnevin is doing live streams and instagram posts every day with a new instructional video […]
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Radiohead have been keeping us entertained on Thursday evenings by streaming replays of concerts from the last few decades in Dublin, Berlin, and Buenos Aires. It got us thinking that we remembered hearing a reference to Radiohead having played their first ever gig in a city centre Dublin pub in 1993. After a bit of […]
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We’ve noticed a few pubs around town paying tribute to pints of the black stuff through their own painting and design inside and outside pubs. It’s frequent for pubs to have old Guinness paraphernalia, but a few have gone a little further by creating depicitions of the iconic gates to James’ Gate Brewery, The Bankers […]
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Creating a true Irish identity in one of the thousands of Irish pubs around the world is a difficult thing to do, but we’ve found 3 that took the rather extreme option of packing up an existing pub and shipping it across Europe, Africa, and America to make people feel right at home. Bubbles O’Leary’s. […]
read moreWe’re very saddened to hear of the passing of Frank Quinn, who with his brother Mick owned and operated Toner’s on Baggot Street, The 51 Haddington Road, The Lansdowne Hotel and The Waterloo, both on Baggot Street. While you may not personally know Frank, you’ve likely drank in one of his pubs, which are some […]
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2 years ago I organised it with Hugh Hourican of The Boars Head pub on Capel Street that I’d be the first person in Ireland to have a (legal) pint in Ireland on Good Friday following the reversal of the prohibition of selling alcohol on the day that stood for 90 years. That seems an […]
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A number of pubs have decided to try to remain as active as they can by offering drink and food delivery and collection services. Obviously this isn’t possible for everyone, but some pubs have decided that they’d like to keep busy while all of this is going on. Here’s a list of options available to […]
read moreOne of our favourite stories about the adaptability of the Irish pub and it’s centrality to Irish commercial and community life comes from 1970. A strike among workers in Irish banks threatened to make the processing of cheques, payment of wages, and carrying of cash a very difficult affair. The strike, much like the near […]
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