McDaids

Harry Street, Dublin. Established in 1779, seemingly the building itself served separately as a morgue and a Moravian chapel before becoming a boozer in later life. It has been McDaids for about the past 120 years prior to that McDaids was located a few minute's walk away on Chatham Street.

 

I've obviously known about McDaids for years...but for one reason or another I've never really frequented it. Probably because it's reputation guarentees that you'll only get a seat here if you bring your machette and you're prepared to use it. Oftentimes you'll see a crowd out on the street with their drinks because there's just no space within. I like the interior, now that I've seen it. It hasn't been trendified over the years, thankfully, and still retains some of it's Victorian charm. Boasting such respected boozers as Brendan Behan, Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O'Brien and Liam O'Flaherty as regulars down through the years they must be doing something right.

 

I was asked to do a panorama of McDaids by Annone to remind her of the place...my first commission! This image is 10 photos merged with Autostitch

 

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