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Chain Irish pub in central Harrow. Closed in 2022.
Address: 335-339 Station Road.
Owner: Mitchells and Butlers [O'Neill's] (former).
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McDaid's is a classic pub and the old haunt of Brendan Behan. McDaid's is a classic, traditional Dublin pub situated on Harry Street just off Grafton Street and across from the Westbury Hotel.
McDaid's has a distinctive Victorian exterior and when you step inside you find an old style bar with a high ceiling and a smattering of chairs and tables. The dimly lit bar has all the atmosphere of a classic Irish boozer, a secretive shrine to the art of convivial conversation and the latest gossip.
McDaid's serve a fine selection of beers, their Guinness is second to none and their service is of the highest standards. McDaid's has proven to be very popular with tourist, students and discerning locals and is always packed to the rafters at the weekend.
McDaid's has retained its character by not changing its essential design, its still looks pretty much the same as it was fifty years ago. There is no loud music, much bubbling conversation and a very friendly clientele.
McDaid's played a part in Dublin's literary history as the local of playwright and novelist, Brendan Behan. McDaid's became the centre of a new generation of writers in the 1940s and 1950s who met in pubs in reaction to the quaint lives of older Irish writers.
McDaid's was also the one time haunt of Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O'Brien, J.P. Donleavy and Liam O'Flaherty. It is said that Behan based some of his characters in The Hostage and Borstal Boy on publicans he met in McDaid's and Donleavy's main character in The Ginger Man was supposed to be based on McDaid's regular, Ganor Christ.
So whether you want to soak up the atmosphere of old literary Dublin or just have a soothing pint of plain, check out McDaid's on Harry Street.
A chain Irish bar, since renamed as the Leather Saddle.
Address: 138 Broadway, Uxbridge Road.
Owner: Hennessys (former).
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London Pubology (The Leather Saddle)
An Irish pub on Bow Rd, with some nice ironwork. It's now closed, though.
Address: 167 Bow Road (formerly Rectory Place, and Bow High Street).
Owner: Ind Coope (former).
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Dead Pubs (history)
An Irish pub in a modern building. Since renamed as Champs.
Address: 19-21 Chapel Road.
Former Name(s): The Hope; The Hope Revived.
Owner: Star Pubs and Bars.
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An Irish pub in Italy? We had panini elsewhere.
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TRAVEL DIARY, PAGES 17-18:
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2001
(MY BIRTHDAY - YAY!!!!)
[Sue] 2:10pm - We took the ferry to Como and we're sitting at a little cafe people-watching. This place clearly caters to tourists since everything is in English, but that's fine for right now.
[Sue] 2:35pm - The panini we had for lunch were very satisfying. Mozzarella & tomato for me; mozzarella, tomato and ham ([Peter's note]: someting like prosciutto - I think it's called "spek") for Peter. Now we are leisurely waiting for the check. I think we're the cafe's quickest customers ever.
The Brazen Head is a pub in Merchant's Quay, Dublin. It was built as a coaching inn in 1754, on the site of a merchant's dwelling dating back to at least 1613. Local tradition claims that the site has housed a tavern or alehouse since 1198, although there is no documentary evidence to support this. Kelleher claims it first received a license to sell ale in 1661, and the first mention of it as an inn occurs in 1668.
There was a copper lined trough running the length of the bar that used to have running water to wash away chewing tobacco spit.
Raccogliere con un pezzetto di pane il sugo sul fondo del piatto era normale quando ancora non esisteva la forchetta. Nel lessico familiare "fare scarpetta” si intende raccogliere l’intingolo nel piatto con un pezzetto di pane. Non è ammissibile nei pranzi formali può tollerarsi in occasioni caserecce e a condizione che avvenga con un piccolo boccone di pane infilzato nella forchetta. Normale “fare scarpetta” prima dell’avvento della forchetta. Mai con le mani.
Il filosofo Erasmo da Rotterdam così raccomandava nel 1530 in «De civilitate morum puerilium». "Se ci sono delle salse, il bambino vi potrà intingere la sua carne dopo gli altri. Se gli altri vi bagnano il pane anche lui potrà intingerlo senza problemi e senza girare dell’altro lato dopo che l’avrà intinti da una parte, né cincischiare nel piatto. E non deve bagnarvi grandi fette o pezzi di pane rustico, né quelli che avrà morso una volta, nè ritornarci troppo spesso".
Ma già nel 1672 Antoine de Courtin la classificava come usanza da contadini.
Si ignora l'origine di questo modo di dire. Varie sono le interpretazioni. L'espressione non è nota in tutta Italia, più usata al Sud che al Nord.
E dopo tutto questo, ditemi, voi...la fate la scarpetta???
Guinness Island Irish Pub. Oberhausen, Germany
Shot with Nikon F50 35mm.
My First night shot and first reflection shot.
Nine Fine Irishmen is the authentic irish pub in Las Vegas featuring Irish food, drinks and entertainment only on the Las Vegas Strip at New York New-York .
A recent addition to the Crystal Palace scene, in what was once a bank it seems. It's an Irish pub. (More recent photo, of whole building.)
Address: 76 Westow Hill.