Monthly Archives: January 2017

  There’s a new nightly special in the historic Kennedy’s of Westland Row. They’re doing a new gourmet burger called ‘The Station Burger’ that’s an evening special. It’s 7oz of prime mince brisket and short rib of beef, topped with bacon, jam, rocket leaves, and emmental cheese. It also comes with chunky chips. The burger […]

  This latest entry in our series of articles on documents found in the archives of the Licensed Vintners Association may only be of interest to pub anoraks and those with an interest in archiving. With that in mind, here are several documents from 1910. They are correspondence from the LVA to Mister John Fogarty, […]

When you have a building as stunning as The Church on Jervis Street, you want to cover it from as many angles as possible. Ground floor photos of this incredible bar are spectacular enough, but they’ve gone a step further by taking some photos with a drone, inside and out.     As Dublin bars […]

  We’ve put together this quick video showing you lots of places to get a good Irish coffee in town. There are, of course, loads of other pubs to get one. |In fact, most pubs will serve you one. The golden rule with an Irish coffee though, is not to order one if the bar […]

  We take a very quick look around JK Stoutman’s on James’ Street as a place for throwing a big party. There’s loads of seating and standing room, a big screen, a pool table, and very reasonably priced drinks. Maybe a good spot for a gig or a pub quiz.  

  The TV show themed pub quiz has become rather popular in Dublin over the last while. There’s been quizzes relating to The Simpsons, Arrested Development, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Father Ted, and other comedy shows that seem to inspire fanatical devotion. Now it’s the turn of ‘The Office’, but this one has a […]

  In 2015 we were reading Kevin C Kearn’s excellent book on the pub trade, ‘Dublin pub life and lore’ when we came upon a fairly interesting description of a man, or group of men who were, to say the least, ‘fond of a drop’. There’s a few short paragraphs on ‘The Pintmen’ of Dublin […]

    This Thursday sees the return of the Pop Up Gaeltacht for it’s third outing. A crowd of Irish speakers (and that includes those with limited vocabulary doing their best) descend on a pub for a night and speak Irish and do all the things that people do in the pub. This time it’s […]

  Women publicans are still rare enough in this day and age, never mind in 1900. At that time the pub was mostly the preserve of men, both in terms of ownership and patronage. Perusing the Licensed Vintners Association archives last year we came across one document that stood out from all else. It started […]

    IMPORTANT: You should read this notice from The Woolshed on their facebook page about why they can’t stay open for the whole game tonight. We’re trying to find out if other pubs have been contacted. LINK. The Superbowl and American Football in general has seen a huge surge in popularity over the last […]

  2017 see’s the Licensed Vintners Association celebrate 200 years in operation. They allowed us in to look through their archive. This article is part of a series looking at some of their records. This week we take a look at a document sent by Guinness’ brewery to publicans in the wake of the 1916 […]

  The mini craft beer festival at the beginning of the year is becoming a bit of a tradition in The Beerhouse on Capel Street. For most of the year they have an excellent selection of Irish and international craft beers, and a very good revolving selection of rotation beers. During the festival they get […]