Don't drink in a pub with a flat roof, don't drink in a single-storey pub, don't drink in a pub with no windows, don't drink in a pub in a shopping centre - all bits of advice I've seen (or given) as quick rules of thumb. And I broke every single one of them here.
As Dublin was expanding Northwards in the 1970s, there was often only one pub built in each suburb and that was often built with the main retail development - that was the case with my previous visit, and its the same again here.
They do attempt to make up for the lack of windows internally with backlit stained glass features along the long wall at the top of the pillars making it seem like there is daylight coming through, and it doesn't feel quite as much like a shopping centre pub as the Donaghmede Inn did either, although why is hard to quantify.
This is a large, fairly comfortable suburban pub run by a professional operator - Madigan Group - and doesn't have the negative reputation that some similarly located premises have acquired.
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