S0272 McLaughlins

Not to be confused with S0264 O'Loughlins at the other end of the town - as Google often does, but usually the other way around - this is a fairly traditional town pub that misses out on the prized "Victorian Pub" status by 2 years. And a bit too much modernisation inside also, I'd guess. Both the age and design of the pub (and the interior upgrades since that de-Edwardianise it) are extremely common due to the expansion of Dublin and its suburbs/outlying towns in the early 20th Century.

The most stereotypical pub food menu possible - burger, chicken curry, stew, fish and chips, mixed grill, wings - is offered here but from what I could see, is executed well. The drinks lineup is fairly normal for nowadays, with some Irish craft in amongst the normal macros.

The one thing that does lift this a bit above a baseline of being perfectly average in every way is the music offering; with a mix of the expected pub rock and less expected trad sessions.

There have been some middlingly famous names playing here over the years, as exhibited with framed flyers on the staircase down the toilets. Music is the main thing promoted on the pubs website and social media and looks to be what they use to separate themselves from the other pubs in Dun Laoghaire that share many of their other traits