Anthony Cronin’s book ‘Dead as Doornails’ is a wonderful recollection of his relationship with some of Ireland’s literary giants from the 50s through to the 70s. The book recounts the lives of Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O’Brien, and Brendan Behan, as well as others, as he knew them. The book recounts well their genius in […]
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We were recently very kindly invited in to have a look at records relating to Dublin pubs in the Guinness Archive in the Storehouse at James’ Gate. Of particular interest to us were a series of old records dating as far back as 1902 that documented the long standing links between some Dublin pubs and […]
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We came across a tidbit of history on The Long Hall twitter page that we thought was very much worth sharing. Once owned by Mr. Patrick F. O’Brien, an antiques enthusiast, the pub used to be exploding full with antiques of various kinds from around the world. It still retains some of those collected […]
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