http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/ec/b6/bd/caption.jpg
Grand Khaan Irish Pub, Ulaan Bataar.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
http://www.kabulguide.net/kbl-mustafairish_files/image002.jpg
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:27 (ten years ago) link
http://amulinsudan.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/bubbles.jpg
'Bubbles O'Leary's', Kampala
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:30 (ten years ago) link
http://www.ukraine-accommodation.com/i/irish_pub.jpg
I'm assuming the O' isn't commonplace in Ukranian.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:32 (ten years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/d4/d4/e7/murphy-s-irish-pub.jpg
Luxor, Egypt
― Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Thursday, 19 September 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
I've been to Mick O'Neill's in Odessa.
A while ago i was considering trying to set up an Irish bar in some obscure part of Russia but couldn't find anywhere that didn't already have one.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:05 (ten years ago) link
http://img2.10bestmedia.com/Images/Photos/149686/flanagans-2417895-flanagans-pub-vienna-vienna_28_550x370.jpg
Vienna, Austria
I went here to watch Man U vs Arsenal and there were about twenty Indians watching the Indian Premier League at the back of the pub, loudly cheering on their team. I have rarely felt myslef in so cosmopolitan a setting.
― Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:15 (ten years ago) link
http://m4.i.pbase.com/g2/36/640536/2/147862144.PRcdBBmv.jpg
Dubai Airport. I especially like the 'Established 1755' on the side.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
45 Nguyen Truong To, Ba Đình, Hanoi
http://tnhcdn.xemzi.com/images/bizimages/cropped/30009.jpg
http://tnhcdn.xemzi.com/images/bizimages/cropped/30014.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.believeinstjohn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/quiet-mon.jpg
the quiet mon pub, st. john, usvi
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
one in dublin airport surely not that far flung, tho technically prob not on irish soil iirc
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
Hong Kong
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LWTl78XvSCw/TzegAYadc2I/AAAAAAAAQTM/G_3iHUU_Qkg/s1600/IMGP5182.JPG
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
That last one is amazing.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2608/3718729073_786f3801b1_z.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
flahertys in las ramblas, barcelona. caught a good bit of WC 2006 here
http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/downloads/9180/download/bitblt-610x410-e2e5955448f00a215b3df57d20277ce1d06095db/flahertys1.jpg
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn1.rio.com/wp-content/uploads/shenanigans-pub-rio-de-janeiro.jpg
^^^ Rio. A+++ name there.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
http://www.downunderwines.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ned_kelly_bar_muc-300x225.jpg
^ k*l*ans irish pub featuring ned kelly's australian bar, münchen
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
"fire hose reel" my fave clancy brothers number, by the way.
x-post
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
http://img01.beerintheevening.com/f7/f76ca637733d189f49702910b47b237f.jpg
the perseverance. far-flung london.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
god be with ye all abroad over there obv
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
there is a Shenanigans near me in Brooklynhttp://openmikes.info/photos/albums/shenaniganspub/pub%20pic%202013_Edit_01.jpg
― mizzell, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
Bali
https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1011330_10151528572406313_816410515_n.jpg
https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/942299_10151464881736313_2096283005_n.jpg
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/936986_10151464884281313_715123074_n.jpg
https://scontent-b-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/46099_10151549569376313_668765250_n.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
#shenanigans
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
#shenanz
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
#shenantz
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
The FaceBeat
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
#shanter
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Phuket
http://static.asiawebdirect.com/m/phuket/portals/phuket-com/homepage/phuket-magazine/scruffy-murphys-irish-pub/allParagraphs/0/image/scruffy-murphys-irish-pub.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:34 (ten years ago) link
Kuala Lumpur
http://static.asiawebdirect.com/m/kl/portals/kuala-lumpur-ws/homepage/magazine/healy-macs-pub/allParagraphs/010/image1/600-5.jpg
http://static.asiawebdirect.com/m/kl/portals/kuala-lumpur-ws/homepage/magazine/healy-macs-pub/allParagraphs/0/image/600-1.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
I was just about to post that one cause it's in my hometown lol. And it's a chain, too. Here's another one in the Malaysian state of Perak:
http://www.journeyipoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Healy-Macs-Irish-Bar-Restaurant-Greentown-Ipoh-1-300x199.jpg
― Roz, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
absolutely gutted that shenandoah hasnt a shenanagans
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
St Patrick's Day tat really is the same the world over.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rQ6vDo5LKig/T8HKILQO7OI/AAAAAAAAUnQ/VD1SHGpkm7k/s1600/DSCF7642.JPG
Cuzco
― velko, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
its different, back home (plays haunting air on the uileann pipes)
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
On the same row as Healy Mac's in KL:
http://www.timeoutkl.com/uploadfiles/image/Venues/Food/Big/finnegans.jpg
― Roz, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
finnegan's is a pure made-up name, should be finnanegans obv
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:39 (ten years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/cb/14/3f/outside.jpg
Who the hell would visit Venice and think to themselves 'now what this place really needs is an Irish Pub'?
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:40 (ten years ago) link
that looks like a great pub tho nick
― quite racist, don't mind rap (darraghmac), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:41 (ten years ago) link
hard to tell really, but any serious boozer with a canal 4ft from the front door is pretty classic tbf
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Quite why they need an Irish bar in Ghent I don't know, but I have been there and watched Crystal Palace win the play offs
http://foleys.be/images/photos/bar/front.jpg
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
lol yeah what Nick said basically!
The biggest pub in Odense, Denmark is this place, again with wall to wall British football
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/d0/55/d3/ryan-s-of-odense.jpg
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
apparently there are one or two in the boston area. i found an interior shot:
http://guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/kiss-me-im-irish-st-patricks-day-at-finn-mccools-irish-pub.jpg
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
^^^ Boston IRL
― You are kind, I am jerkface (DJP), Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
Old Town Square, Prague. To be honest I've avoided going in the times I have visited Prague.
http://img1.eu.nelso.com/2009-11-12_13-05-55/DSC_0075_2009-11-12_14-05-56_640x425.JPG
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Uhhhhhhhhhhhh *raises hand*
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
... tho, tbh, it doesn't have to be Irish, just a pub
There are so many Irish pubs in Rome, it's a bit odd.
― Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
http://www.wikicity.kz/fotos/Company_822_M7KR4AUOZXrCqwMhWFdKcpDr.jpeg
Almaty, Kazakhstan
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Ones I have been in:
http://thebestpour.com/images/luckylep.gif
http://img01.beerintheevening.com/4a/4aa6d518653d7f80a967690e639690c3.jpg
http://www.vegas.com/nightlife/bars/las-vegas-strip/nine-fine-irishmen/ninefine.jpg
― ailsa, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
It's the ones in places with genuinely great beer (Prague, Ghent etc) that are really unforgiveable.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Another one in Barcelona:
http://img1.eu.nelso.com/2010-04-24_10-59-20/DSC_0125_2010-04-24_11-58-42_640x425.JPG
― ailsa, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Singapore:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LRtQkHTVu8I/UCSetCvCb7I/AAAAAAAAZZg/Fu_Sh03AAl4/s400/DSCF8033.JPG
― ailsa, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2011/TRAVEL/04/26/san.francisco.travel.tips/t1larg.lower.haight.cnn.jpg
Right down the street from me in San Francisco
― Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/283889_223474901029210_5559989_n.jpg
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:12 (ten years ago) link
O'Bama's Irish Pub
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Barry O'Bama
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
More from The Irish Pub in Tashkent:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/281211_224526704257363_6855726_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/547394_529466403763390_1837974334_n.jpg
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/527052_363458120364220_102825260_n.jpg
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Ushuaia, Argentina--at the southern tip of South America.
http://dontstopliving.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSCF7199.jpg
― bad bad disco (Eazy), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Does any other nation have such a strong set of national signifiers?
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
in fact best leave that, let's stick to pictures of pubs
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
Seems to be a dearth of Irish pubs on Antarctica, someone's missing a trick there
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
Ma Nolan's Irish Pub, Cannes
http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles13/3270151/projects/10261903/f3752b5d584085feb5401c7c5b530030.jpg
― bad bad disco (Eazy), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Irish Pub Gnome, Kyoto.
http://www.deepkyoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/026.jpg
― bad bad disco (Eazy), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:23 (ten years ago) link
[citation needed]
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS6RaMCE2tIXUTHCsRQIXuc1a6mPUSZVF3XxwWd6K2tK51wfp3e
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
http://assets.vice.com/content-images/contentimage/no-slug/e6a05a2813ec7aeae95b7ddecfba6736.jpg
Allegedly Gili Trawangan (Indonesia) is the smallest island in the world with an Irish pub
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
No, apparently O'Kelly's really *is* an Irish pub at Guantanamo Bay. http://www.jtfgtmo.southcom.mil/storyarchive/2009/November/091203-bartender.html
xp to me
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
http://www.kosovoguide.com/repository/images/168/Paddy%20OBriens%20Irish%20Pub_5530_thmb4.jpg
kosovo's only irish pub
― Mordy , Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
This would have made a good King of Research round, btw.
Vladivostok:
http://trinityirishpub.ru/images/trinity/slide/t.jpg
― ailsa, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
"The highest Irish owned pub on the planet" - Paddy's Irish Pub, Lima, Peru: http://www.paddysirishbarcusco.com/
http://www.paddysirishbarcusco.com/images/photo3302.jpg
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:32 (ten years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/d7/3a/c4/flannery-s-irish-geo.jpg
I didn't actually go to this Irish pub in Santiago, I went to the other one (Fiddlers, of which there seem to be no pictures).
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Wait, I think Velko posted that one... It came up in a search for Lima, but Cuzco is right. xp again
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
i like the place with "irish people night". the night they let the irish people out of their cages to cavort with the clientele.
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
Looking for Irish pubs in Nome, Alaska, I found New York Kitchen:
http://chuckheathjr.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Nome-Alaska-Town-July-1-1900.jpg
― bad bad disco (Eazy), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
http://southamericansabbatical.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/south-america-sabbatical-2011-077.jpg
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
http://blog.oyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cabarete-v9460-1024.jpg
^ José O'Shay's - Cabarete, Dominican Republic
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:53 (ten years ago) link
nice they've put up a banner with that charming old Irish greeting "Beach Access"
― Neil S, Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
I've been to the one in Cusco! They serve good nachos. Guinness not so good.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link
Loving this thread, thanks to all!
― Low down bad refrigerator (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
Third time it's been posted in the thread. It must be the best. xp
― emil.y, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
i want to say "god fuck all these stupid fucking assholes who start or frequent all these dumb-ass far-flung irish pubs" but would that be as tiresome as the pubs themselves?
― marcos, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/nepal/img/env_energy/UNDP_NP_SS_Micro%20hydro%20illuminates%20Lukla%20gateway%20to%20the%20Everest%20region.jpg
Luklu, Everest region, Nepal
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Montserrat to thread.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
Patrick's Day a public holiday in Montserrat.
btw i did not mean to address ilxors posting in this thread, sorry!
― marcos, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
also i don't know why they annoy me. maybe b/c it's usually white foreigners who go to these? because i really love and appreciate far-flung chinese, mexican, indian, vietnamese, peruvian, etc etc restaurants
― marcos, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.shayzloungeny.com/images/template/image_01.jpg
oof!
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
they are bad tourist traps and total shitholes normally. i can remember being in prague about 12 years ago and the irish bar there charged irish prices for a beer, about 10 times (literally) the price of everywhere else.
xpost
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Dubrovnik
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/30/3d/21/katie-o-connors-irish.jpg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
shayz lounge seems a good place to put your feet up
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
Guinness not so good.
Elevation maybe?
― Ma mère est habile Mais ma bile est amère (Michael White), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
i've walked by shayz lounge so many times and the name always bugs me. especially the z.
― mizzell, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/5e/fc/64/the-dubliner-irish-pub.jpg
http://www.lapazvanguardia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/TheDubliner272x165.jpg
in La Paz, Bolivia. I did not go to this bar (though I did eat llama at the "Swiss Chalet" there)
― Euler, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:27 (ten years ago) link
There are no photos of O'Hagan's Irish Pub in Harare so I'm just going to post this article in some Zimbabwean financial publication patronising the people of Ireland:
Unique Irish Experience At O’Hagan’sWebdev Author 26 Feb 2010 They provide a warm and welcoming environment, a place to socialize, sing, relax, tell stories and to exchange the latest gossip and rumours. The earliest Irish pubs are said to have sold not only ale and basic food, but also hardware – farming implements? Weapons? Currently Guinness, the famous dark Irish stout originally brewed in Dublin, is the drink of choice when visiting an Irish pub. O’Hagan’s Irish Pub in Borrowdale Brooke, a branch of the largest franchised Irish pub group in South Africa, opened its doors in Harare a few months ago. With their own Zimbabwean version of Irish charm and friendliness, O’Hagan’s seems set to pull in the crowds. When George and I arrived for lunch last Saturday, a pint of Guinness would have been the correct drink to order. Instead, we bought a bottle of lemon-fresh, still white Amasimi Kelder Semillon, which paired well with George’s calamari and chips and less well with my bangers and mash.Having met up by chance outside the nearby supermarket with Angela, a friend who lives in neighbouring Hogerty Hll, we persuaded her to accompany us to O’Hagan’s. This seemed appropriate, since an Irish pub lends itself to having a good time with friends. Angela and George had starters, costing in the region of $4 each. Snails, ordered by George, were served in an unusual creamy garlic sauce, with a nice-looking white roll on the side. Angela’s crumbed mushrooms looked fresh and well-made. While the starters were being devoured, I did my best to eavesdrop on the conversation of a large group of patrons at a table behind us. Failing to pick up on any rumours or gossip from surrounding tables, I concentrated on our own conversation, which moved from the state of the nation to our hopes and expectations for HIFA 2010. This arts and literary festival marks its 10th anniversary this year, and promises to be a cracker of a celebration. Main course options in the pub included a number of ‘alehouse favourites’ such as Shamus’ Shepherds Pie and O’Hagan’s Shamrock Burger. Considering the love of the Irish for potatoes, I decided on Brendan’s Ban-gers and Mash, served with onion gravy. Three handsome pork bangers on a somewhat rough looking but tasty bed of mashed potato were served at one end of a large platter. There was an attempt to camouflage the empty end of the platter with a single lettuce leaf and slice of tomato. A quick look at O’Hagan’s website revealed that in Pretoria North and Potchefstroom, the bangers and mash are served on a round plate and garnished with cur-led slice of orange. Angela’s order, chi-cken strips and French fries served in a basket, looked tasty, as did Ge-orge’s calamari rings and fries. A large party of young men and women arrived, uniformly clad in denim jeans and brightly coloured tee shirts: all the men wore a single stud diamond earring, Beckham style. Most of the orders were for huge and delicious servings of pork spare ribs.Flat screen TVs showing cricket and football matches provided background colour and noise, while the level of conversation drowned out whatever type of music was playing. At Irish pubs I’ve visited in England, Irish folk and love songs such as Danny Boy and Rose of Tralee can always be heard. Sensitive and poetic-looking individuals, probably refugees from the recession in the Emerald Isle, nurse glasses of ale and gaze into the middle distance, while the sad music washes over them. During the 19th century, under oppressive British rule in Ireland, pubs were declared illegal. Even so, the spirited Irish still managed to meet to drink ale, complain about their overlords and plot rebellion. The origins of the entrepreneur Shamus O’Hagan are unclear. I discovered an architect, a physicist and a youth camp leader in Winnipeg who all go by the name of Shamus O’Hagan. There was even a Shamus O’Hagan in the Irish Band, Barley Bree, which tried its luck in Canada before returning home. But regardless of his place in Irish folklore, Shamus O’Hagan’s heart was in the right place when he inspired the highly successful O’Ha-gan’s pub franchise.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
At Irish pubs I’ve visited in England, Irish folk and love songs such as Danny Boy and Rose of Tralee can always be heard. Sensitive and poetic-looking individuals, probably refugees from the recession in the Emerald Isle, nurse glasses of ale and gaze into the middle distance, while the sad music washes over them.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:33 (ten years ago) link
Half of the central shopping / drinking area of Prague is (or most likely was) owned by Irish property investors.
Quite a few of these, particularly the ones in Poland, are run by Irish expats who were hit by the astonishing rate of pub closures back home. A lot of the decor (faded green upholstery, hurling memorabilia, etc) was probably in a bar in Moat or Kinnitty ten years ago.
This thread is definitely making me regret not going ahead with the plan to introduce the integrated Irish pub / undertakers / auctioneers ~concept~ to Urdmurtia.
― Inte Regina Lund eller nån, mitt namn är (ShariVari), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
(xp) ... then at the end of the night one of those big Guinness Paddy's Day hats would he passed round collecting for "the boys in Armagh"
― Tommy McTommy (Tom D.), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
The Shamrock Pub in Bucerias (near Puerto Vallarta) in Mexico. I had a few drinks there, crazy woman from Belfast owns it
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/90/4e/99/filename-theshamrock.jpg
http://nomamas.com/wp-content/uploads/products_img/1353990515_image.jpg
― Old Boy In Network (Michael B), Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:08 (ten years ago) link
We also stopped for a drink at Van der Bar, the Irish pub is Puerto Montt in the Chilean Lake District, because it was between the town and our hotel. The menu was Tex-Mex and various Chilean dishes, the beers were Chilean and German, the sports they were interested in were ice hockey and lacrosse and the walls were adorned with Irish icons like Humphrey Bogart and Marlyn Monroe. Music was Journey, Boston and Pink Floyd. It was like being in Dublin, I tells ya. (I can't find any pictures of it online though.)
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
I went to an Irish pub in Brisbane which had pictures of the Queen and The Beatles on the wall.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
I will forever mourn the closure of Nic Nowego in Krakow, though not the Irish Car Bomb on the menu.http://dobrystolik.pl/userfiles/lokal/f/1277539323_20330_b.jpg
My uncle worked in one of these: http://www.mcgettigansdubai.com/
― gyac, Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
spent a lot of time in one in haifa called the bear but can't find good pics of it
― the late great, Friday, 20 September 2013 06:03 (ten years ago) link
that pub in caanes looks like an actual decent bar that i'd go to in ireland
where was i lately
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:04 (ten years ago) link
yes, brogans' in poznan
http://www.brogans.pl/gallery/5/IMG_5922.JPG
no point reviewing it, i couldn't give a fair review of my own local if i'd only visited there when it was stuffed with travelling fans fighting goodnaturedly
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:07 (ten years ago) link
lol @ happy 16th march above tho
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:08 (ten years ago) link
― marcos
i think it probably would, sorry.
most of them are rubbish pubs, yeah. most pubs i've ever been are rubbish tho. ime these places are not any worse than the standard local fayre, if you don't fetishize that.
nb- i would not tend to visit these places while away or anything.
nb^2- pubs in ireland are actually great tho
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:11 (ten years ago) link
another poznan effort, The Dubliner, was pretty good actually.
http://www.inyourpocket.com/gallery/item_42176.jpg
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:14 (ten years ago) link
pubs in britain and ireland, ime, are pretty good. it's a culture i'd miss if i lived in other parts of the world.
― Evil Juice Box Man (LocalGarda), Friday, 20 September 2013 09:16 (ten years ago) link
Oh absolutely. The country I've been to that gets it closest is Australia, and they don't do them quite right.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 September 2013 11:58 (ten years ago) link
Czech Republic has a proper pub culture too, though again it's not quite the same
― Neil S, Friday, 20 September 2013 12:01 (ten years ago) link
By 'right' I mean what I'm used to, obviously.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 September 2013 12:11 (ten years ago) link
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/8f/3c/48/irish-pub.jpg
― dylannn, Friday, 20 September 2013 13:32 (ten years ago) link
Hu Li's
― Neil S, Friday, 20 September 2013 13:33 (ten years ago) link
I actually really really want to go to the one in Luklu, Nepal.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 September 2013 13:35 (ten years ago) link
i think irish bars are a good place to seek out the most disgusting expats in any farflung place you might be.
― dylannn, Friday, 20 September 2013 13:40 (ten years ago) link
shavenhead australian sex tourist enjoying expensive hamburgers, watching soccer game originally broadcast the day before, giving theories on the key flaw of whatever country he has found himself in, drinking carlsberg.
― dylannn, Friday, 20 September 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
it's just like home tbrr
― a fox barks, btw. just barks. (darraghmac), Friday, 20 September 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
i met an irish guy at hooley's once. he was wearing a purple vest, told me about his trick for picking up colombian prostitutes at a discounted rate after the bars close and a joke about a woman that put a seashell between her legs and the punchline was something like, "hey, i can smell the ocean, too." first irishman i ever met.
― dylannn, Friday, 20 September 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
The ones in SE Asia are generally like that. The ones in South America tend to be fine, loads of locals drinking it up in there.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 20 September 2013 14:01 (ten years ago) link
True. Although the best/worst examples in this thread are nothing like actual pubs, almost comically so.
― Matt DC, Friday, 20 September 2013 14:23 (ten years ago) link
If I was home I would spend a weekend day walking around Sydney taking photos for this thread.
― I'm not a rockist, I just hate Rap-A-Lot (sic), Friday, 20 September 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Walked past this one on way to conference in SPb today.
http://i.imgur.com/lKvaIMT.jpg
The stream of beer lights up as it pours into the leprechaun's mouth, which is a nice touch. It's next door to a 'traditional English pab' called The Tower (probably run by same people) and like a horse caught between two equally appetising bales of hay, I couldn't decide between them and ended up in neither.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 1 November 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
Wondering why yr username is a portmanteau of two cricketers who will presumably never play against each other. It is a lovely mystery
― diarmuid o'gallus (imago), Friday, 1 November 2013 16:36 (ten years ago) link
I will spoil the mystery and say it's because the Trinidadian pronunciation of Sarwan and the Irish pronunciation of Samhain (Halloween / November in Irish) are broadly similar. Kid from Warwickshire is a bonus.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 1 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
That is some wheels-within-wheels business
― diarmuid o'gallus (imago), Friday, 1 November 2013 18:54 (ten years ago) link
Any good places in central Athens likely to be showing the hurling next weekend?
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 28 August 2014 10:02 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2014/dec/15/irish-pubs-around-the-world
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Saturday, 20 December 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
I found one on the main square in Chivay in Peru at 3635m, which I think makes it the highest - the Nepal one in the Guardian piece is 3440 and Cusco is far lower (3300ish?), but La Paz might push it close?
(we didn't go in as F had a touch of altitude sickness so I stayed in the hotel to look after her)
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 20 December 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15280470750_ace4ff3a0f_z.jpg
― the bowels are not what they seem (aldo), Saturday, 20 December 2014 17:48 (nine years ago) link
https://s11.postimg.org/3qmqipf9v/20161015_140558.jpg
The sign says something like "7024km from Dublin".
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 16 October 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
https://s24.postimg.org/leqofxi45/20161209_165011.jpg
Tomsk's finest.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 17:40 (seven years ago) link
Always wondered what the Russian for "vape bar" was
― wanderly braggin' (seandalai), Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:20 (seven years ago) link
Dylan - any other Irish places you've seen in Tokyo ?
― calstars, Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
can't believe i missed matt's reposting of the review earlier itt. it is one of the most "me" blocks of text ever put to paper. horrible passive voice, bizarre and unnecessary confidence of a "user review" - total catnip.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 10:57 (seven years ago) link
They provide a warm and welcoming environment, a place to socialize, sing, relax, tell stories and to exchange the latest gossip and rumours. The earliest Irish pubs are said to have sold not only ale and basic food, but also hardware – farming implements? Weapons? Currently Guinness, the famous dark Irish stout originally brewed in Dublin, is the drink of choice when visiting an Irish pub.O’Hagan’s Irish Pub in Borrowdale Brooke, a branch of the largest franchised Irish pub group in South Africa, opened its doors in Harare a few months ago. With their own Zimbabwean version of Irish charm and friendliness, O’Hagan’s seems set to pull in the crowds. When George and I arrived for lunch last Saturday, a pint of Guinness would have been the correct drink to order. Instead, we bought a bottle of lemon-fresh, still white Amasimi Kelder Semillon, which paired well with George’s calamari and chips and less well with my bangers and mash.Having met up by chance outside the nearby supermarket with Angela, a friend who lives in neighbouring Hogerty Hll, we persuaded her to accompany us to O’Hagan’s. This seemed appropriate, since an Irish pub lends itself to having a good time with friends. Angela and George had starters, costing in the region of $4 each. Snails, ordered by George, were served in an unusual creamy garlic sauce, with a nice-looking white roll on the side. Angela’s crumbed mushrooms looked fresh and well-made. While the starters were being devoured, I did my best to eavesdrop on the conversation of a large group of patrons at a table behind us. Failing to pick up on any rumours or gossip from surrounding tables, I concentrated on our own conversation, which moved from the state of the nation to our hopes and expectations for HIFA 2010. This arts and literary festival marks its 10th anniversary this year, and promises to be a cracker of a celebration.Main course options in the pub included a number of ‘alehouse favourites’ such as Shamus’ Shepherds Pie and O’Hagan’s Shamrock Burger. Considering the love of the Irish for potatoes, I decided on Brendan’s Ban-gers and Mash, served with onion gravy. Three handsome pork bangers on a somewhat rough looking but tasty bed of mashed potato were served at one end of a large platter. There was an attempt to camouflage the empty end of the platter with a single lettuce leaf and slice of tomato. A quick look at O’Hagan’s website revealed that in Pretoria North and Potchefstroom, the bangers and mash are served on a round plate and garnished with cur-led slice of orange. Angela’s order, chi-cken strips and French fries served in a basket, looked tasty, as did Ge-orge’s calamari rings and fries. A large party of young men and women arrived, uniformly clad in denim jeans and brightly coloured tee shirts: all the men wore a single stud diamond earring, Beckham style. Most of the orders were for huge and delicious servings of pork spare ribs.Flat screen TVs showing cricket and football matches provided background colour and noise, while the level of conversation drowned out whatever type of music was playing.At Irish pubs I’ve visited in England, Irish folk and love songs such as Danny Boy and Rose of Tralee can always be heard. Sensitive and poetic-looking individuals, probably refugees from the recession in the Emerald Isle, nurse glasses of ale and gaze into the middle distance, while the sad music washes over them. During the 19th century, under oppressive British rule in Ireland, pubs were declared illegal. Even so, the spirited Irish still managed to meet to drink ale, complain about their overlords and plot rebellion. The origins of the entrepreneur Shamus O’Hagan are unclear. I discovered an architect, a physicist and a youth camp leader in Winnipeg who all go by the name of Shamus O’Hagan. There was even a Shamus O’Hagan in the Irish Band, Barley Bree, which tried its luck in Canada before returning home. But regardless of his place in Irish folklore, Shamus O’Hagan’s heart was in the right place when he inspired the highly successful O’Ha-gan’s pub franchise.
like just gonna repost it cos it's so horrendously wonderful. user-generated content trumps fiction once again.
During the 19th century, under oppressive British rule in Ireland, pubs were declared illegal.
this isn't actually true, right? i never heard this, if so.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:00 (seven years ago) link
Three handsome pork bangers on a somewhat rough looking but tasty bed of mashed potato were served at one end of a large platter.
imagine being so afflicted with "i take up my pen now at this moment in which i use too many words to describe in detail the banal details of a minor incident which must be related to you" that you actually explain that bangers and mash "were served at one end of a large platter"
what the fuck does that even mean? like what is going on in the brain when all sense of reality is lost?
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link
tempted to suggest he means one SIDE of the large platter, unlike those less salubrious places where there's food on both sides of the plate -- but i think he means it was one of those long oval plates and all the bangers and mash were placed down one end (tho why anyone would care i cannot say)
i blame a.a.gill
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:25 (seven years ago) link
tbf there's an explanation for this detail in the next line:
There was an attempt to camouflage the empty end of the platter with a single lettuce leaf and slice of tomato.
― Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:30 (seven years ago) link
the idea of bangers and mash as a sort of tapa or part of a smorgasbord is fairly disturbing in itself.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
Oh, the humanity!
― The Doug Walters of Crime (Tom D.), Sunday, 11 December 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
not dispositive obviously, but of the first thirty pages that google turns up for the question "did the british ban pubs in ireland?" (no quote marks), 29 are about the march 2004 smoking ban and one is about outrage caused in kerry at a pub that banned "loud americans" lol
adding quote-marks turns up NO pages
(also the index in cecil woodham-smith's the great humger (which is p detailed on depradations in the the decades leading up to same) has no entry for "pubs", "drinking" or "alcohol")
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:32 (seven years ago) link
There are loads of pubs across the country that claim to have been in continuous operation for 200+ years so it doesn't sounds very likely.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:38 (seven years ago) link
(it isn't actually called the great humger btw, i think it would have garnered more critical pushback if CWS had gone that route)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 12:46 (seven years ago) link
prob not a time for revelling in the plausibility of falsehood but there is something kind of amusing and interesting about the ease with which somebody might create something like that.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Sunday, 11 December 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
the hated british denied the poor irish their much-needed pint.
caveat wikipedia obv but this short paragraph has a couple of genuinely interesting sentences imo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_pub#History
(also some details which the careless or hostile could might inflate into the great british pub ban)
(i actually have deadlined work today for tomorrow so naturally i am going to be spending most of it "researching" this eloquently storied social phenomenon)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_pub#Worldwide: "They have establishments in over 53 countries around the world"
this sub-editor reliably IA at exact-yet-vague claims like these (more than 53 but less than 55?)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:16 (seven years ago) link
http://www.turtlebunbury.com/published/published_features/pub_feats_oldestpubs.html
some rare work on this page^^^, also
(i'll stop now, as this only respects the "far-flung" requirement in terms of time)
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
dont send clicks to turtle bunbury pls
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Sunday, 11 December 2016 16:12 (seven years ago) link
good advice
― mark s, Sunday, 11 December 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link