I had always assumed that Louis Fitzgerald may have been a Fianna Fail supporter, and the set of paintings of Taoisigh that runs from WT Cosgrave to Cowen and no further lining the corridor here may be a further reason to believe so. However, it is just as possible that they were waiting until the end of Kenny's term before commissioning that portrait, and that is only over a year ago.
This hotel specialises in presenting traditional Irish music and dancing to a tourist market, advertising this heavily in tourist publications. As a result it is often very busy and I never had reason to go in; but on a weekday evening in mid December following a gig in The Academy, it wasn't particularly busy. There was a band on, playing... something. I can't remember if it was trad-related or not, on the balance of probabilities I'd go with it being trad.
Considering its usually going to be too busy to go in otherwise there's not much point in recommending people go somewhere - but if you're passing and its not busy, its an OK place to grab a pint, and remind yourself of some of the awful Taosigh past.
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