Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sean's Bar Vs Sean's Bar



Google "Sean's Bar" and you will see a few returns. My "Bar" actually appears 3rd on the list - cheers!

If you are lucky you will also find links to Sean's Bar, the oldest pb in Ireland.

I have not been there yet, but a shout out across the pond returned this:

"There has been a pub awaiting weary travellers at the crossing of the river Shannon for over a thousand years.

But Sean’s Bar in Athlone isn’t just the oldest pub in Ireland. According to the lads at the Guinness Book of World Records, it’s the oldest pub in Europe. Excavations beneath the current pub have revealed wattle and daub walls, bits of crockery (mugs and the like) and self-minted coins the bar would use for trade with clients dating back to 900 A.D. Most of the artifacts are on display in the National Museum of Ireland, but a section of the walls is on display in the pub inside a glass case. Research is ongoing for the title of oldest pub in the world. So far, nothing older has been found.

There really is something magical about Sean’s."

Aye. Could not have said it better me-self.

Cheers.

2 comments:

myblackfriendsays said...

What's one of your favorite toasts?

Sean's Bar said...

Gotta be "Cheers." I know there are many but this one seems to work pretty damn well everywhere I've been.

Your's?