Articles tagged ‘oldest pub in Ireland’
Sean’s Bar, Athlone - Oldest Pub in Ireland
By Seán | August 4th, 2007 |
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There has been a pub awaiting weary travellers at the crossing of the river Shannon for over a thousand years.
But Sean’s Bar in Athlone isn’t just the oldest pub in Ireland. According to the lads at the Guinness Book of World Records, it’s the oldest pub in Europe. Excavations beneath the current pub have [...]
Athlonians on Saint Patrick’s Day
By Seán | March 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
So yesterday after the parade I interviewed a few locals here in Athlone for the craíc. Most of these are in Sean’s Bar, the oldest pub in Ireland (and the world, for that matter). Pardon the raindrops on the lens, it was a soft day:
Sean’s Bar Session
By Seán | March 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
This Sunday was the weekly session in Ireland’s oldest pub and wifey, the munchkin and myself headed down for a few tunes and the craic.
The place was wedged with people. Must be the end of the weekend gives folks the anxiety that their level of entertainment has yet to approach acceptable levels. We had [...]
Sean’s Bar Christmas Eve Session
By Seán | December 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It was Christmas eve and there wasn’t a seat to be had in Sean’s bar. The ceiling was adorned with the yearly branches of pine, bits of holly and even the occasional mistletoe while the staff worked away beneath the twinkling fairy lights.
Over in the corner, the usual musical shenanigans were up and running, with [...]
an spailpíni ifteach sa Sean’s Bar
By Seán | October 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I was in Sean’s Bar recently and met up with the three strangely dressed people pictured above. They are travelling journeymen from Germany following an ancient tradition wherein apprentices to a trade must travel for three years seeking work. At the end of the three years, they must return home as they left: penniless and [...]
