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The Irish Pub Project
Observations while drinking at selected drinking
establishments in Ireland
Page last updated:
January 14, 2007
The following pages are a tribute to the Irish Pub – one of three cornerstones of Irish culture that also includes the church and the home. The Irish pub, while simple in nature, has thoroughly influenced how people come together, converse, pontificate, pick up, and enjoy Guinness in even the most remote corners of the world. In Ireland's capitol city of Dublin, where some people say that half the people are writing plays and all the people are acting in them, there are currently 800 bars. While this is down from a high of 4,000 and the ongoing threat of classic pubs being transformed into trendy, minimalist, club-like lounges looms, the Irish pub is alive and well – so much so that firms like the Irish Pub Company have actually made a global business of exporting entire pubs from Ireland to foreign lands. These countries seem to cry out for authenticity over cheesy, local imitations of the Irish pub. A few Irish pubs are explored in-depth on these pages. Whether you are an enthusiast of the "poor man's university" or not, my hope is that you enjoy these pages and can take something positive away from them. Sláinte.
– written by Sean "The Yank from Chi-Town" Parnell
Without further ado, the pubs:
"I came across your site and I love the tribute that it
gives to The Bailey that I love and remember." – E.F., the self-described "lounge-girl in the (old) Bailey from 1992 to 1994"