From that great website irishcentral.com we hear news from Daithi O'Se. He has written a lenghty article about himself, Rita the missus and Irish Pubs abroad. Sure how could you resist?
Article from irishcentral.com as follows. Don't forget to visit them!
"I’ve been away a bit this summer to places like Portugal where the ‘Irish pub’ seems to be some kind of a tourist attraction.
From the outside you’d say this place looks Irish with a lot of green and tricolours flying high. To be fair they would show all the GAA matches during the summer and have RTÉ television and radio playing in the background. I good bit less Irish than the pub down the road, but still a lot more like the Irish pubs in other places I’ve been in Europe.
As you might remember we were away on honeymoon up around the Baltics, where they too have their share of Irish Pubs. One night when we were on our way back to the ship on the bus the guy sitting behind me who knew I was Irish tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a green neon shamrock flashing on a wall in the middle of a dangerous looking part of the city, I hear later that it wasn’t the best part to hang out in, but that may not be true either!
From the outside you’d say this place looks Irish with a lot of green and tricolours flying high. To be fair they would show all the GAA matches during the summer and have RTÉ television and radio playing in the background. I good bit less Irish than the pub down the road, but still a lot more like the Irish pubs in other places I’ve been in Europe.
As you might remember we were away on honeymoon up around the Baltics, where they too have their share of Irish Pubs. One night when we were on our way back to the ship on the bus the guy sitting behind me who knew I was Irish tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to a green neon shamrock flashing on a wall in the middle of a dangerous looking part of the city, I hear later that it wasn’t the best part to hang out in, but that may not be true either!
