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Sean's Bar is a pub in Athlone, Ireland, notable for its reputed establishment in AD 900, [1] [2] [3] and claim to being the oldest extant bar in Ireland. [1] However, architectural and archaeological records, including the Record of Monuments and Places and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, date the building to the 17th or 18th century.
In his 1969 book Irish Pubs of Character, Roy Bulson describes the establishment thus: "The Brazen Head was formerly an old coaching inn, and the pub itself maintains its old world charm and has been frequented by many famous Irish patriots such as Robert Emmet, Edmund Burke, Daniel O'Connell, Henry Grattan and Wolfe Tone. [..] The bar has ...
The new wave of Irish pubs can be attributed to the Guinness Irish Pub Concept and the Irish Pub Company founded by Mel McNally in 1990 and dedicated to exporting the Irish pub around the world. [13] [14] The pubs the Irish Pub Company established were designed to be as authentic as possible and usually featured millwork and fittings made in ...
McSorley's Old Ale House is the oldest Irish saloon in New York City. [1] Opened in the mid-19th century at 15 East 7th Street , in what is now the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan , it was one of the last of the "Men Only" pubs, admitting women only after legally being forced to do so in 1970.
According to family tradition, Grace Neill was given the pub as a wedding gift from her father. Neill was a well-known figure in Donaghadee and owned the bar until her death in 1916. The pub was renamed in her honour. [2] [3] Russian Czar Peter the Great, poet John Keats and novelist Daniel Defoe are all said to have visited the pub. [2] [3]
O'Meara, who also had another pub at 1 Wood Quay, remained in Temple Bar for around a decade. [2] Other sources, including the NIAH and a date on the gable wall of the building, [4] [6] date the development of the pub to 1840, [5] when the "grocer and spirt dealer" James Farley was operating from the building (then listed as number 54 Temple ...
Sample menu. Throw Bread on Me, $9. The Willingboro (ham sammie), $16. Irish Twins, $23. Beer & Cheese Flight, $19. Letterkenny cobb, $17. Guinness stout, $8
The Crown Liquor Saloon, also known as the Crown Bar, is a pub in Great Victoria Street in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Refurbished in 1885, and at least twice since, it is an outstanding example of a Victorian gin palace , and one of Northern Ireland's best-known pubs.