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The "ould man's pub"

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  • #32
    summerskin
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    Fr_Fitzexactly wrote: »
    Feckers bringing them in from England and changing the coin mechanism to accept euros yet the screen still reads £ and pence


    There's two in my local, I fûcking hate them.


  • #33
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Super-Rush wrote: »
    Wrong.

    Pubs should be the local shop during the day and the local pub by night.

    The only alcohol on tap is Guinness and everything else is in bottles.

    The counter is only to be used to serve drinks at and not for drinking at because the owner couldn't be arsed moving things.

    There are no tables just a few chairs scattered around the floor.

    There is no tv unless the county makes it to the All Ireland final or Ireland make it to the World Cup.

    The jacks and the smoking area are in the same place.

    Yes, yes and yes again.


  • #34
    Mr Benevolent
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    Fr_Fitzexactly wrote: »
    To me the ould man's pub is a quintessential part of Irish culture and should be preserved as long as possible. Its sad to see these places lose their character when they are revamped into places that supposedly cater for a younger crowd. My own pet hate is fruit machines inside in pubs and massive TV's on the wall. To me a TV in a pub should be a small yoke no bigger than 15" placed in an area where the 2 or 3 people wanting to watch the news can see it and the volume not too loud, only when there is a GAA match on should they bring in a bigger telly.

    A good pub should have at least 2 different types of stout on tap and Smithwicks. owned by a local down to earth pair who will tell you all the nooze in the aree and have a chat with you and know what drink to give you without you asking for it. The walls should be covered with oldschool advertising and depictions of what life was life back in the day like a b&w photo of a farmer with a cap on trying to start a Lister diesel engine or cutting turf with a slean. No mobile phone coverage inside except for one window where everyone puts their phone and none ever get robbed. Dim warm coloured lighting none of this fancy LED stuff only oil lamps and carbon filament bulbs.

    On a cold night the fire should be lit and people sitting closest to it should have to throw in the logs or turf and coal themselves. All the furniture should be old style and well worn.

    None of this fancy schmancy €10+ cock tail bars with smarmy young upstarts working and drinking in there, blaring music and funny coloured bright lights and bright furniture everywhere and randomers who call you a creep if you dare to talk to them. Feck that sh1t like. Worst are the "mock nightclub" pubs where you can hardly hear yourself think.

    The Bloody Stream, Howth. That is all.


  • #35
    Fr_Fitzexactly
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    Mr Benevolent wrote: »
    The Bloody Stream, Howth. That is all.

    Dicey aree. Too many Healy Rae redge cars and property tax payers around. Ideally the pub should be up the mountain accessible only by a dirt track unfit for any vee-hee-hickle in the Garda fleet


  • #36
    Steve O
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    There should also be a man with a pet lamb inside.


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  • #37
    Tombo2001
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    there is a place called The Long Stone in Dublin city centre.

    There was a bar there before it became the Long Stone.....that bar was bought, and it was gutted and then a modern oirish bar was put in....

    I remember we went down the night it opened, there was some cheap pints deal.......I remember some 'aul lads from the locality showed up to see what had become of their beloved 'local'.

    I remember the sheer look of disgust on their faces.....and bewilderment............they didnt even stay for the cheap pint.


  • #38
    Red Kev
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    JJ Smyths in Aungier St was grand until they put in some huge fcuk off TV. Totally ruined the place. :( Often went in there, has a few pints downstairs, you could hear the music coming through the floor, if it was any good you'd head up there for a few as well. Great spot for a gig.


  • #39
    Sergeant
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    A lot of the well-known 'old man' pubs in Dublin are the type of place that any self-respecting grumpy old shíte wouldn't be seen dead in. Full of fúcking hipsters being ironic.


  • #40
    Cienciano
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    I think a small tv screen is acceptable. But it has to be a CRT screen, have terrible sound and show nothing but horse racing.

    This place has to be seen to be believed. The pub time forgot.
    This one is a great auld spot too.
    In Dublin, this is a good one, hipster and tourist free.


  • #41
    crockholm
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    Sergeant wrote: »
    A lot of the well-known 'old man' pubs in Dublin are the type of place that any self-respecting grumpy old shíte wouldn't be seen dead in. Full of fúcking hipsters being ironic.
    I don't think the hipsters would last in the old man rural pubs, a unisex outhouse with a bang of piss from 50 yards and the village"character" eyeballing them and muttering away to himself, maybe someone coming in to buy calf nuts.:D


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  • #42
    harry Bailey esq
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    one place i always have a scoop in is the ha'penny bridge inn.the place hasn't changed since the 80s,its the same fellas sitting in the same seats drinking the same drinks served by the same barman.i wouldn't change it for the world.attracts some arty types as upstairs there is a space that they use for comedy nights,jazz gigs etc so the arty crowd normally just stay for the one drink.heard a girl ask one day could she see the bar menu,the old guy looked at her bemused,and politely told her they sold sandwiches. 'is that all?' she said.another bemused look from the oul lad, well we also have toasties...classic.someone earlier also mentioned pink snack bars,the ha'penny is the only boozer i know that still sells them.


  • #43
    Sergeant
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    crockholm wrote: »
    I don't think the hipsters would last in the old man rural pubs, a unisex outhouse with a bang of piss from 50 yards and the village"character" eyeballing them and muttering away to himself, maybe someone coming in to buy calf nuts.:D

    Sorry, I meant more the places in Dublin. Grogans, The Long Hall, O'Donoghue's etc.


  • #44
    April O Neill
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    osarusan wrote: »
    Here's the spot for you OP.

    http://www.vfi.ie/Gallery/534-The-Blacksticks-Bar

    About a 1 minute drive away from where I grew up. I remember my mother sometimes taking me there, ordering a pint of Guinness, and she'd drive home while I held it on a tray in the car for my father to drink at home.

    That is class. :D


  • #45
    April O Neill
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    Sergeant wrote: »
    A lot of the well-known 'old man' pubs in Dublin are the type of place that any self-respecting grumpy old shíte wouldn't be seen dead in. Full of fúcking hipsters being ironic.

    Kehoe's et al.


  • #46
    crockholm
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    Sergeant wrote: »
    Sorry, I meant more the places in Dublin. Grogans, The Long Hall, O'Donoghue's etc.
    I know, but I would like too see how far they would go for irony's sake in a little piss pot of a pub.

    Haven't been to Grogans or Long Hall in a while,but last I was in O'Donoghues they had the small telly showing sky sports news:mad: Saw many the tourist,alas no hipsters,thank god


  • #47
    bobin fudge
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    paddy murphys dominick street


  • #48
    smileyj1987
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    An old man pub is the best place in the world if you are on the beer all day sunday !


  • #49
    dd972
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    Grogan's Castle Lounge is a nice, relaxing spot as is Peter's Pub not too far away.


  • #50
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    Any Pub where there's no Gób****es

    22/25



  • #51
    efb
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    If you are a young person in an old man pub- get out- you're ruining the ambience.


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  • #52
    Norwesterner
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    Went into one of these pubs described in the O.P.
    Donegal, rainy night, T.V turned off, fire blazing, tick-tocking sound of a grandfather clock in the background, Gay Byrne stting in the corner reading a newspaper (I **** you not...didn't catch what he was drinking) and the barman drying pint glasses with a tea towel....(just like in the movies).
    Just the three of us in the bar.
    I kept it street and just nodded to Gaybo saying "hows it goin" and left him at that.


  • #53
    fitzeyboy.
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    Haughtons Pub in Waterford is where it's at. You couldn't swing a cat in the place & the bar counter is supposedly the shortest one in Europe. They only serve Guinness or Carlsberg on draught and everything else is bottles off the shelf. Best pint of Guinness I've ever had.

    Here it is http://www.vfi.ie/Pub/4080-Haughtons-Pub


  • #54
    Norwesterner
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    fitzeyboy. wrote: »
    Haughtons Pub in Waterford is where it's at. You couldn't swing a cat in the place & the bar counter is supposedly the shortest one in Europe. They only serve Guinness or Carlsberg on draught and everything else is bottles off the shelf. Best pint of Guinness I've ever had.
    Always best to keep those places to yourself and tell no-one.


  • #55
    Wade in the Sea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 276 ✭✭Wade in the Sea


    I never thought about it before but I suppose if you had a bit of an auld man fetish, the auld man pub would be a dream. There's aul fellas in there morning noon and night, and they'll talk to anyone that makes eye contact with them. I guess that's why you don't hear about aul fella dating agencies, they just don't need em. And here's all the young people paying cover charges at the door of clubs in an effort to score, and most of them don't.

    I tell ya, there's a lot the young people of today have to learn yet!


  • #56
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Rashers in Limerick city. Is that still in operation? An old haunt of mine, tough guy joint. :p


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
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    As a matter of interest can anyone name any pubs in their local area where NO television is allowed? Not just "they only watch the news/GAA/horses" or whatever, but absolute zero tolerance on any telly at all?

    I mean I imagine there's a few, a minority by now but still a few, though I can only think of one off the top of my head. And at this stage I reckon I've (*cough*) "enjoyed the occasional glass of sherry at Easter" in all 32 counties by now, but for the life of me can't think of more than one single establishment that doesn't try to sabotage the concept of random strangers striking up conversations and becoming life long friends by slapping a 110 decibel idiot box in the middle of them.

    So any TV free zones in your areas?





    (ps, the only one I know is The White House in Limerick. A block down from a theatre, they used to have B&W photos of the famous actors, mostly Irish, that played there when they came in for a pint later after a performance, as it was popular with a theatre crowd)


  • #58
    cashback
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    As a matter of interest can anyone name any pubs in their local area where NO television is allowed? Not just "they only watch the news/GAA/horses" or whatever, but absolute zero tolerance on any telly at all?

    I mean I imagine there's a few, a minority by now but still a few, though I can only think of one off the top of my head. And at this stage I reckon I've (*cough*) "enjoyed the occasional glass of sherry at Easter" in all 32 counties by now, but for the life of me can't think of more than one single establishment that doesn't try to sabotage the concept of random strangers striking up conversations and becoming life long friends by slapping a 110 decibel idiot box in the middle of them.

    So any TV free zones in your areas?


    I can't think of any. Having lived in england for the last few years I can tell you that loads of pubs there are tv free. It's bizarre but it's a lot easier to find a pub in Ireland showing premiership football on TV than in England.


  • #59
    GalwayKiefer
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    I miss pubs like Freeney's on High Street in Galway but at this point I'd settle for one that doesn't have pokie machines and music so loud you have to shout over it.

    Home for a wedding in a few months and I will be hunting down a pub one of the days with a roaring open fire and not moving except to get another pint.


  • #60
    Mushy
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    As a matter of interest can anyone name any pubs in their local area where NO television is allowed? Not just "they only watch the news/GAA/horses" or whatever, but absolute zero tolerance on any telly at all?

    I mean I imagine there's a few, a minority by now but still a few, though I can only think of one off the top of my head. And at this stage I reckon I've (*cough*) "enjoyed the occasional glass of sherry at Easter" in all 32 counties by now, but for the life of me can't think of more than one single establishment that doesn't try to sabotage the concept of random strangers striking up conversations and becoming life long friends by slapping a 110 decibel idiot box in the middle of them.

    So any TV free zones in your areas?





    (ps, the only one I know is The White House in Limerick. A block down from a theatre, they used to have B&W photos of the famous actors, mostly Irish, that played there when they came in for a pint later after a performance, as it was popular with a theatre crowd)

    Not quite my area, but I think Peters pub just beside Stephens Green SC doesnt have any tv. If it does, its a small one. No music playing either, grand little spot.

    Also, The Castle in Cork doesn't have a tv.


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  • #61
    Judgement Day
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    fitzeyboy. wrote: »
    Haughtons Pub in Waterford is where it's at. You couldn't swing a cat in the place & the bar counter is supposedly the shortest one in Europe. They only serve Guinness or Carlsberg on draught and everything else is bottles off the shelf. Best pint of Guinness I've ever had.

    Here it is http://www.vfi.ie/Pub/4080-Haughtons-Pub

    I should think that Redmond's (Scarawalsh, nr.Enniscorthy) could give Haughton's a run for its money - counterwise! http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73225212&postcount=23


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