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The Wilde statue and NJT THE DUKE BAR, DUBLIN – PART THREE A ‘Whats On In Town’ supplement happened to be lying on the bar counter and I glanced through it. Noticed an advert for a ‘Literary Pub Crawl’ that […]

THE DUKE BAR, DUBLIN – PART TWO  In an effort to widen the scope beyond the bars of Dublin, we went into Trinity College, home of the Book of Kells (closed), and strolled by the cricket pitch, an almost bucolic […]

The Inn at Laragh LYNHAM’S BAR, GLENDALOUGH – PART ONE  Climbed aboard the train and travelled west towards Rathdrum. It was a ten-minute journey through idyllic countryside made even pleasanter by the fact that it was free. There was nowhere […]

T and H DOOLAN’S BAR, WATERFORD The bus arrived in Waterford an hour later and descended the steep hill through the town to the wide bridge across the River Suir. It was surprising to find just how large Irish rivers […]

Co Kerry landscape in the rain THE SEAN OG BAR, SKIBBEREEN Half an hour later, I stood once more in a bus shelter as the rain cascaded over Killarney town. One glance at the skies was enough to convince that […]

Lakes of Killarney THE KINGDOM BAR, KILLORGLIN – PART ONE  At first, there was only intermittent drizzle flecking the bus windows as we descended from the hills of the Dingle Peninsula. Although it had ceased by the time we pulled […]

Bosie in Dingle McCARTHY’S BAR, DINGLE After a quick bus change in Tralee, arrived in Dingle town at 12.30am. The journey over the Dingle Peninsula had been uneventful but so indescribably beautiful that there was little point in describing it. […]

Statue of John B Keane, Listowel THE JOHN B KEANE BAR, LISTOWEL – PART TWO John B’s had the almost unique atmosphere of the true Irish pub. It was so traditional that at first I suspected it to be a […]

In 1999, under the influence of a large amount of alcohol, I had accepted a bet in my local London pub to hitch-hike around Ireland whilst performing an Oscar Wilde one-man show in twenty towns along the way.  THE MAGDALA […]