#26. The Waterfront, Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. €3.60 Lisa and I passed on a meal here last weekend and opted for the Beach Bar, a perennial favorite over at Aughris Head. Good call. I’ve had bangers and mash at each place and the Beach Bar wins hands down. Gavin, who only had the pint at [...]

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#25. Biddy’s o’Barnes, Barnesmore Gap, Co. Donegal. €3.80 The drive from Sligo up through Donegal is scenic and often stunning. Right before Ballybofey is Barnesmore Gap, where you pass between two very scenic hills. Right before that over the right ridge of the road is Biddy’s. I had seen Biddy’s on a few trips up [...]

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#24. Davis’s Pub @ Yeats Tavern, Drumclif, Co. Sligo. €3.80 I had to do it. Try at least one pint in a “tourist trap.” The parking lot here is always filled with vehicles, yet from the crowd, not entirely tourists. Drumclif is famous as the burial place of William Butler Yeats and Sligo is often [...]

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#23. Jordans Bar, Maugherow, Co. Sligo. €3.90 Gabe and I set off in search of “Helen’s” pub with little more than the directions to turn left after the Yeats Tavern and continue for ten or so miles … needless to say we found ourselves circling Raughley Harbour which was a treat. We passed a renovated, [...]

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#22. Abbey Manor Hotel, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. €3.50 We have been to the Abbey Manor Hotel before for Sunday dinner and this past Saturday we stopped in for dinner and and a pint. Simply put, I had the best lamb joint I ever had in my life. Delicious. And if I wasn’t driving, I easily [...]

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