Dublin Pubs

What's a trip to Dublin without hitting a few Irish pubs. The word 'pub' originated from the existence of public houses where people gathered to discuss current events. Later on it morphed into meaning a place that was licensed to sell alcohol.

	Inside they tend to be quiet colorful filled with memorabilia from the history of the bar. Unlike here in the states where you can tell the memorabilia is mass produced for a particular business chain.
	All of the memorabilia isn't necessarily from that pub but it does look to be very authentic. Some of it could be valuable to certain collectors.
	Although each bar was different, one thing they had in common was some great wood working on the bars and chairs. The feel of the wood set up a very comfortable place to sit and have a pint (or two).
	If you look closely in the two bar pictures you will see bottles mounted upside down for dispensing. The popular liquors for each bar are mounted for the bartender to hold a glass underneath, push up on the dispenser, and 35.5 ml (1 shot) is poured into the glass. I thought it interesting the liquor companies even went so far as to place the labels on the bottles upside down so when placed on the dispenser you could read the label.
	In the post Sunset over the River Liffey I mentioned that my wife had urged me not to stay and watch the sun go completely down over the River Liffey but to get back closer to the hotel. She was right. The street signs on the street we needed to follow kept changing names and the names weren't reflected on our map.

Rather than stand on the street trying to read the map we would duck into a pub, grab a pint and pull our map out. The bartender would notice us and come over and give us some help. The Bleeding Horse was our last stop of three and we were relieved to find out we were only two blocks from the condo we had rented. Maybe we should have just asked the young Irish lass in the photo.