Thursday, 3 July 2025

S2261 Spawell / D'Arcy McGees

Getting to this pub felt like going to urbex somewhere, as I entered the Spawell compound through a hole in the fence.

This wasn't planned, but poor bus connections meant I walked much of the way from the previous pub, and this gap took half a kilometre off the distance. 

I had been here once before, many many many years ago, as an underage teenager, not drinking - a long story involving a long wait for the AA to come take a look at someones car - but I decided that didn't count as a visit. As far as I can remember, the interior looks completely different to well over 20 years ago - what a surprise!

I was possibly the only person in the place not there for carvery, and it felt like half of Tallaght and Templeogue were both there for that. There's even a more school dining room style section of the place. But this is a pub, with a pub licence (despite being in the middle of a sports complex) and I'd presume when the carvery demand dies off it feels more like a normal pub too.

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