Being now a zillion or so miles away from Y Cap Goch and The Temple (see my last post), my local, which is not very local, is The Shamrock. Is it possible that every city in the world now has an Irish Pub? Here in PoA there are in fact now four: The Shamrock, Mulligan's, Dublin and The Cherry Blue (WOT?! An Irish pub called The Cherry Blue??). Mulligan's, Dublin and The Cherry Blue (WOT?! Etc, etc.) are in a poshe district of PoA where you have to have at least a BMW or Mercedes and dress in Armandi before people will talk to you. Mulligan's is a Hollywood replica of an Irish pub, too clean and plasticky, I went there once and asked if they have any Irish music, "We've got U2" replied the barman. Dublin just promotes live music (not Irish) and cheape(er) beer. The Cherry is a piano wine bar that, about 5 years ago, heard of the global phenomenon that was "Irish Pub" and decided to call themselves an Irish Pub, but... well, you can imagine, I mean... The Cherry Blue??
That leaves us with The Shamrock, which could be considered genuingly an Irish Pub as the owner, Simon, is Irish. It's not exactly the kind of place that you'd get a jam session with a bodhrán, fiddle, Uilleann pipes and tin whistle on a Friday night though, I don't think we can scrape together those musicians in PoA. I did try an experiment with Simon a couple of times, "Here Simon, put these cd's on" (The Chieftains, Planxty, Altan, etc.), he went for a few tracks then wouldn't have it, "scare's the customers away". Irish pub...?

Yes, I have thought about "Y Ddraig Goch Inn" here in PoA, but when I see the hours and work that Simon puts in, not to mention the Bunken Drums that he has to put up with most nights... nah, I prefer to be a customer (one of those Bunken Drums!). Oh, he does have draught Guinness, a crackin' St. Patrick's Day Party and the Joycian Society's Bloomsday meeting every 16th June.