RetroReview: S0967 River Bar

I visited this pub long enough that you had to make a special effort to find places showing Brighton matches on TV - mid table Championship teams don't get the same coverage that any team at all gets when in the Premier League; and when they do, there's often another game on as well. But the River Bar has lots of areas and more than one satellite box; so I was able to watch it there,

This bar has existed, under one name or another, since O'Connell Bridge House was built in the 1960s; but it effectively replaced McDaid's White House; which stood on this site originally - its closure was covered on the then very new RTÉ in 1962, the licence was transferred to the new premises.

One notable feature of the pub was the Wetherspoons-alike epic (in length) trip to the toilets, albeit rather than through corridors, you pass through the underground section of the bar - which had a latin dancing class on the evening I visited.

It was also one of the only places that was serving Harp in Dublin, prior to its post-2020 relaunch at least.

This pub is run by the Meaghers, who also have a pub directly across the river, and the suburban N1433 Hartstown House; making up one of the smaller pub chains in the city.