This pub is very posh. Probably too posh actually - I got odd feelings of having stepped back in to 2007. Nothing actually wrong with that, of course - and it is in a posh area. It has had a recent refurbishment that likely had no expense spared on it and which the owners seem very proud of on their website.
I hadn't intended to do another pub on this trip, but having just had dinner I realised that I had about a fairly substantial amount of time to kill before a bus. So I dropped in for a quick pint here - I will still need to return to the area as I missed Harry Byrne's, but I may as well not waste the opportunity.
I found myself in a conversation with a regular who wanted to know if a boxing match was on that evening - which I had to check online for him as I wouldn't have a clue normally. My initial perception of the pub as posh was confirmed when we ended up discussing local politicians - as you do - and he stated that Tommy Broughan TD would "never be seen here, its too posh". Said regular considered himself similar politically to Broughan but had no such issues drinking there!
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