Ireland is synonymous with pubs. Traditionally, the pub was the focal point of community life. For some, alcohol encouraged joyful moments, an emigration of the soul from sometimes unhappy realities. But for most people, the pub was there for sheer delight. You never knew who you'd meet, or what strange wisdom someone might pass on. Ideas rebounded from the tobacco-stained walls into every snug and cranny; giddy fiddles and rattling tongues could enliven the darkest corners. Yet in 21st-century Ireland the traditional Irish pub is rapidly disappearing. This nostalgic and entertaining tour presents nearly forty pubs from all four provinces that epitomize the essential charm of old Ireland. They range from the richly decorated Victorian bars of Belfast and Dublin to country shop pubs that double as grocery stores, where the decor consists of shelves laden with tins of fruit, packets of tea and light bulbs. James Fennell's atmospheric photographs and Turtle Bunbury's engaging...

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