#28. Roddy’s, Keadue, Co. Roscommon. €3.70

Keadue is the next village down from Ballyfarnan. It is a beautiful town, and the locals take obvious pride in its recognition of two overall Irish Tidy Town awards. (It won’t win any website awards.)

Keadue may be best known as the resting place of Turlough O’Carolan, the famous blind harpist. The wikipedia entry places his family in Ballyfarnan, though Keadue hosts the annual O’Carolan Harp Festival.

Roddy’s was pleasant, with lots of the original features of an old bar still in tact, along with the quirky touches of the current owners. I imagine there must be some good traditional music here on certain nights. The pint of Guinness, however, falls in the big middle.