'Irish' pubs - should they be banned outside Ireland?

darkman2

.....and so we reach the climax of the great European project.........the real agenda so expertly covered up all these years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0VfoIrVq7Y



On a serious note though should 'Irish' pubs be banned outside Ireland? Im sure an argument could be put together about pretentiousness and fakery etc (you would probrably get some strange looks) but do you make it your mission to visit an Irish pub on holiday? Do you see Irish pubs all over the world as an embarrasment cementing the embarrasing image of a drunken race which does our reputation actual harm abroad?

Should Irish pubs be banned outside Ireland? (if it was possible of course!)

Anto McC

I don't make it a point to visit one, actually the opposite but it's no harm having somewhere you know, you won't look or feel out of place in.

Jesus Wept

We should threaten all other countries of the world with our military mite if they do not comply with this order.

Mossy Monk

If they were banned then how would I watch the Late Late Show abroad?

B0X

Don't see why, its always great to meet fellow irish in the backarse of nowhere.

whatsgoinon

I generally avoid irish pubs like the plague when i'm abroad, I go where the locals go, generally cheaper and better fun. What't the point of travelling thousands of miles to drinking in O'Neills or wherever to bump into some head you went to uni with years before, couldn't you do that at home? I travel to meet new people from different countries and more importantly to get to know the culture. Yes I have been to a few Irish pubs abroad and have always felt uncomfortable in them. Oh and don't get me started on 'the lads' who go to oz and descend on the local irish boozer with their county/local jerseys. You wouldn't do it at home so why do it over there?

Pherekydes

Ban all Chinese restaurants outside China, all Italian restaurants outside Italy, etc., etc.

World would be a pretty boring place.

Naos

I enjoy going for a pint in an Irish pub. Nothing like pots and pans and old bicycles on the wall to remind me of home.

"Where everbody knows your name..."

darkman2

Slow coach wrote: »

Ban all Chinese restaurants outside China,
World would be a pretty boring place.

True but that does not equate with all Chinese are fat and like to eat? Where as the perception around Irish pubs abroad is propbrably that our country's populace tend to enjoy acting like drunken savages - Seriously how many times have you met someone abroad - say your Irish - and have been greeted with a reply that must be drink related for some reason?;)

Poxyshamrock

Nooooooooooooooooo!

OPENROAD

I try and avoid them if I can.

The Real B-man

Ahh your Ballymun in the Sun Holiday wouldnt be complete without them!

AARRRGH

We should ban Harp (the beer) from Irish pubs outside Ireland. People think we drink it over here.

petethebrick

Irish idiots posting silly questions on boards-shoul they be banned?

RonMexico

The only time I went to an Irish pub abroad was in San Francisco. O' Reillys in North Beach, right next to Chinatown and it is full of gorgeous asian birds looking for a Paddy. Yes I am of the asian persuasion and yes I did pull an asian bird. Cracker too lol

seamus

Went into one in New York. Just happened to be wandering around looking for lunch so we went in. Sat at the bar, chatted to the sound barman who was from Finglas and hadn't been home in 7 years and had a decent meal.

I've never found Irish bars to be overly stereotypical and they're usually delighted to see you - particularly if it's somewhere out of the way where you wouldn't have tonnes of Irish.

AARRRGH

RonMexico wrote: »

The only time I went to an Irish pub abroad was in San Francisco. O' Reillys in North Beach, right next to Chinatown and it is full of gorgeous asian birds looking for a Paddy. Yes I am of the asian persuasion and yes I did pull an asian bird. Cracker too lol

Good man

Bottle_of_Smoke

I think they're a good idea, should probably have pubs for every country in every other country. Like some sort of working class embassy

AngryHippie

dublindude wrote: »

We should ban Harp (the beer) from Irish pubs outside Ireland. People think we drink it over here.

that'll only make the pubs busier.
Make it the only draught available, pubs will be shut within weeks. Or there will be a global shortage of liver donors. That stuff is pi$$

AARRRGH

Apparently they like it! Seriously...

i_love_toast

der deadly!i remember i was in zambia in africa on a school trip a good few years back and in the run down crappy city there was this savage irish pub wit old bicycles on the walls wit square wheels and hurls and placks and everything....in the middle of AFRICA!!

Joe Cool

Ah, there's nothing like touching down in foreign parts, locating the nearest McDonald's and then on to the Irish bar for an awful pint of stout.
Nothing like traveling and experiencing different cultures.

Alessandra

No! I found working in an Irish bar abroad an excellent way to meet locals and learn the language. I was lucky in the fact the town I worked in didn't attract the Irish/English. I met people of every age from the town who were mad up for the craic and loved Irish people so the drinks flowed freely for me. Only 2 other Irish in the place.

On the other hand I have a strong disdain for the Irish pubs in Spain etc where people on sun holidays flock to as soon as they hop off the plane and never leave until the return flight.

Mossy Monk

dublindude wrote: »

We should ban Harp (the beer) from Irish pubs outside Ireland. People think we drink it over here.

I must be one of a dying breed of natives who likes Harp.

BraziliaNZ

only Nordies drink harp. I like the local Irish bar here, it's the only decent boozer in the town anyway. I hate these travel snobs who think they're too good to be going into Irish bars abroad. There are a lot of Irish travellers who come to where I live here and don't want to talk to you because you're Irish too... dicks...

mental07

I think they're useful when it comes to sports events, e.g. it's All-Ireland final day and you're abroad, what do you do?

RonMexico

RonMexico wrote: »

The only time I went to an Irish pub abroad was in San Francisco. O' Reillys in North Beach, right next to Chinatown and it is full of gorgeous asian birds looking for a Paddy. Yes I am of the asian persuasion and yes I did pull an asian bird. Cracker too lol

Lucky you, I am still waiting on my oriental mistress

chopperbyrne

Good for watching sport that wouldn't otherwise be shown.

Place in New York that show Premier League matches, things like that.

When I lived in Northampton, there were several Irish pubs (owned & run by Irish) and for a short a number of "Irish theme" pubs.

The theme pubs came & went (now have very English names, well the same name before it was Irisihified).

Nothing wrong with the genuine article!

connundrum

chopperbyrne wrote: »

Good for watching sport that wouldn't otherwise be shown.

Place in New York that show Premier League matches, things like that.

Bingo! Sure we watched the Dublin v Meath match in Tierna's pub in Turkey last year. Good laugh etc.

guinnessdrinker

Mossy Monk wrote: »

I must be one of a dying breed of natives who likes Harp.

I too like Harp but my local stopped selling it years ago and I don't remember seeing it in any pub for a long time, it seems to be harder and harder to find Harp on tap in pubs!