Coddle 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 moreLike a lot of pubs of its vintage, The Gravediggers in Glasnevin values conversation and peacefulness so much that they have always completely banned singing in the pub. A group of men, who are seemingly well known to the bar staff, were in the pub on a stag and fancied a bit of a […]
read moreThe chef in The Gravediggers, Ciarán, is known for his coddle and other fantastic Irish traditional creations. Pubs sometimes say ‘Try our famous coddle/wings/burger’. In this instance, their coddle is actually famous. Now he’s trying a bit of Irish-Asian fusion cuisine with a new creation that we haven’t seen anywhere else. It’s an Irish […]
read moreIt might not be the best known film on these shores, but ‘Quackser Fortune has a cousin in the Bronx’ does feature some of Dublin’s best known areas. These include St. Patricks cathedral and the lovely Gravediggers pub in Glasnevin. This clip from the film shows Gene Wilder (Quackser) and Margot Kidder having a […]
read moreThe story goes that gravediggers in Glasnevin cemetery used to have a pint of stout on their breaks when they were working, and that they were served through a hatch in the wall at the back of Kavanagh’s pub (known as The Gravediggers). A video from 1974 dispels this myth and shows that the gravediggers […]
read more1. Dublin has exactly 666 licensed pubs. Seems extra sinful now. 2. Quentin Tarrantino was once refused a pint from the Stag’s Head. He tried to pull the ‘Do you know who I am?’ card, but was rebuffed by the staff because it was after hours and one rule applies to all. 3. The Commitments […]
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