The Irish Pub – Select Bibliography

The Irish Pub – Select Bibliography

Dec 1, 2023

Return to Contents for The Irish Pub Books   Bell, Stanley, ‘The Story of Sir Robert Hart‘ (Lisburn Historical Press, 1985) Brody, High, ‘Inishkillane: Change & Decline in the West of Ireland‘ (Penguin Press, 1973) Fallon, Donal, ‘The Dublin Pub: A Social and...
The Irish Pub – Media Coverage & General Applause

The Irish Pub – Media Coverage & General Applause

Mar 11, 2022

‘Delightful’ says The Irish Times. ‘Fascinating’ concurred the Independent-on-Sunday. ‘A brilliant history of the Irish pub’ declared Country Life. ‘A masterpiece of pub porn’ said the Sunday Independent. Turtle’s...
McCarthy’s of Fethard, Co. Tipperary

McCarthy’s of Fethard, Co. Tipperary

Mar 8, 2022

A dark and inviting interior, with tobacco-stained walls smothered by images of men clutching trophies, well-toned horses in mid flight, revolutionaries at play, the Bloody Sunday football team and Pope Leo XIV. McCarthy’s has a catchphrase: ‘We wine you, dine you and...
The Irish Pub – A Potted History of the Irish Pub

The Irish Pub – A Potted History of the Irish Pub

Oct 4, 2021

The inhabitants of Ireland have been guzzling beer ever since the biblical Great Flood swept this earth. Irish legend holds that practically the first feet to walk this land after the waters subsided were those of a brewer and an innkeeper. In medieval times, more...