S0093 McDaids

Another - but not the final, there'll probably never be a final - of the pubs that come up when thinking of the "famous pubs" that I'd not yet been to. One of the "literary pubs" - realistically those trading off the drinking habits of writers a few decades ago - McDaids has another claim to fame, as it has even given Dublin lore a barman that many know by name - Paddy O'Brien

Like many city centre pubs, its rammed the majority of the time; but I visited quite early on a Sunday. There weren't many other customers, but they'd clearly been drunk near dry the previous night - my first choice of pint was out, and the second choice required a keg change.

There's a cluster of nice smaller pubs in this area of the city - S0077 Nearys, 1007737 Peters Pub and S0078 Sheehans for instance. This fits in well with them from my non-representative-time-of-day visit.