Keane’s, Maam, Galway. Pub No 4

I used the fact that my daughter was in the Connemara Gaeltacht as an excuse to head west and tick another pub off the list. Yeah, probably a bit of a cheap trick, but I was looking forward to seeing her, and checking she was being adequately fed! It’s called time management, OK? The morning is warm and...

The Palace Bar

You’ve got to grab opportunities when they come your way, right? So when I found myself in Temple Bar recently, (God help me, I still don’t quite know why), faced with the equally unpleasant options of the Dubliner or some other tourist pub serving champ with piped diddly ay music, I was delighted with the...