Sean's Pub - An Irish Pub born in the Dark Ages

[Ohiogal]

Shortly after the working day begins, a hush falls over the streets of Athlone in Ireland’s County Westmeath. Away from the banks, hotels and shopping centres, buses empty out, commuters dip from sight and moored barges and skiffs on the River Shannon are at standstill as the dark, silted water flows past.

But across the town’s arched stone bridge, in an unassuming building on the river’s west bank, a 50-year-old barman named Timmy Donovan is already pulling his first pint of the day at Sean’s Bar – and a buzz is starting to build.

When the pub closes after midnight, the pitted fireplace will have crackled since mid-morning, and scores of pints of creamy-headed stout – and as many drams of whiskey and cups of Irish coffee – will have been poured. Just as barkeepers at the dimly lit pub have done with more rudimentary forms of alcohol such as mead for the past 1,100 years.

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190313-an-irish-pub-born-in-the-dark-ages

[Sherman A1]

1. Thanks for posting

I'm hoping to go to Ireland in a couple of years and starting to make a list of places to visit.

[Ohiogal]

2. Awesome!

I've always wanted to visit the British Isles. My husband probably has long lost Scottish relatives over there we don't know about.

[whathehell]

3. Just a friendly reminder on St. Patrick's day..

The Republic of Ireland is an independent sovereign nation, not one of 'the British Isles'.

[mitch96]

4. +1