N0880 Kettles Country House Hotel

I was not expecting a pub that's so difficult to get to - until recently enough it was only accessible by the 41B bus with as little as two services in some directions a day - to be quite so busy.

However, the carvery here is the main attraction and as a result, I arrived to find a full lobby of people waiting for tables coming free.

On explaining what I was there for, I was brought past the waiting groups to a seat at the bar - there were a total of three bar stools, though possibly space for some more. During the time I was there, some other solo drinkers or diners were seated here too, so I hadn't skipped anyone waiting for any reason other than being alone.

Due to the buses, I had to spend an hour here before heading on; and on checking my likely times at further pubs, I decided to go to the carvery.

I think I can see why it's popular enough to cause queues - reasonably priced and much better than average quality.

While this is a hotel, it functions as the local pub for Rolestown; and indeed it once was that - the original early 70s Rolestown Inn was demolished and replaced by the hotel in the mid 00s; remaining under the ownership of the Kettle family that had owned the Rolestown Inn for decades prior.

The 197 bus made this rather a lot easier to get to than the days of just the 41B, but it still isn't the easiest. However, I left it off my previous sweep up trips of North County Dublin pubs via car, due to knowing that it *could* be done by bus.