The frogs are back … lots and lots of frogs. It’s just beginning, but last year I had a hard time driving home without running them over every couple of yards. It has been raining almost every day for four weeks, so they must literally be in frog heaven.

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#30. Foley’s, Drumnacool, Co. Sligo. €3.50 I had always planned to have the 30th pint of Guinness at the local. I’ve never been to the local pub as to try and avoid any gossip in the neighborhood. It’s been said “what they don’t know about you, they’ll make up.” I purposely took it easy on [...]

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Now, am I the only one that has never done this with a public restroom hand dryer? It appears that the Wandsworth company still markets this as a hand and face dryer, with the equally silly name, “Bunnie Hand and Face Dryer.” The jury is still out on the Dyson Airblade, but it does filter [...]

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#29. J. Stanford, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. €3.50 I was expecting a lot from this pint based on how great this pub looked both inside and out. I ended up being most entertained by an info graphic on the men’s room hand dryer, but more on that in another post. This pint of Guinness falls unmemorably [...]

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#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 [...]

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