This is, or at least was, an early house and the only (or last, if it has ceased to be) one trading outside the city itself. Come Here To Me's 2019 early house listing still states that it opens at 8am, but I was there a bit later than that.
There's multiple sections to this premises - two bars and a restaurant. I opted for the Fishermans Bar, expecting it to be somewhat like the pubs back on Arranmore Island, and it didn't fail in that regard. It felt quite specifically like Phil Ban's - which has very few photos on their Facebook, so you'll just have to believe me.
Like anywhere on the seafront in Howth, the bar was busy with tourists considering the abnormally good weather for the time of year. Its quite an old-fashioned bar, but I suspect that is part of the selling point for the tourists and may also be what it needs to get the actual harbour trade customers in the off-season - these will be who the early house licence is for, at least nominally.
Heineken's sales reps have been busy getting Beamish in to pubs across Howth (and well, everywhere) so that is what I picked here. May as well try to keep the costs down, as this is quite an expensive endeavour! The rest of the standard expected macros are also available.
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