Pubs and and pints... beer, wine and spirits by Lois

Changing times

Site-seeing round Dublin, the past is always there, lurking behind the modern. The traditional is side by side with innovation,  the Irish and the import… I couldn’t help but smile at the juxtaposition of Peadar Kearney’s Pub beside the Korean restaurant. In case you are wondering who Peadar Keanrey was, Peadar Ó Cearnaígh was an Irish […]

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Bits and pieces by Lois

Knots…

I think I might start a new hobby… tying knots! I was  brownie, and one of the things we had to do was to learn to tie knots, but of course we only tied easy and useful knots, sheep shank, round turn and two half hitches, reef knot and a clove hitch… I can’t say […]

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