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Archive for June, 2007

Monday, June 11th, 2007

The Porterhouse


The main thing about the Porterhouse (on Parliament St, there are other ones in Phibsborough and Nassau St) is that the beer is good but the place is bad.  The oyster stout is delicious, but the bar is crowded and overpriced and lacking in any real character.  The Braon Blasta is very strong and tasty (and, incidentally, very cleverly named – An Braon Blásta means “the tasty drop” in ...

Monday, June 11th, 2007

The Oxfam Bookshop on Parliament St


There are quite a few charity shops around Dublin.  They seem to congregate in little clumps about the city.  There’s a string of them in Ranelagh, a brace or two on Thomas St, a cluster in Rathmines, and a troop of them on Capel St. Irish charity shops are not particularly impressive compared to American thrift stores and there is a strong possibility that if you are visiting the ...