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The Sky and the Ground – Wexford Town
Chipped enamel lampshades hang low over a counter, salvaged from Gaynor’s shoe shop, now capped by three discreetly assertive tap banks. Shelves are stuffed with Sunlight soaps, Jeyes flats and other ‘where are they now’ household names. ‘I don’t deliberately go out and try to buy stuff’, insists Johnny Barron, the owner of this fine Wexford pub. ‘It’s just whatever comes to me’.