Pub crawl!

Today we going for a trip to find not only the oldest pub in Ireland but the oldest recoded pub in the world. It is in the Guinness book of recorded as dating back to the 10th century.
It is in Athlone about an hours drive from Galway. Easy drive straight along the freeway. We planned to go to the Castle and the art Gallery as well but unfortunately they are both shut on a Monday. Should have done our research before heading off. Oh well so off to the pub it is. Turned out to be a great time to go. Just on opening so not many people around. The lovely barmaid made us a Irish coffee, man she didn’t skimp on the whisky either. We stayed there people watching as the bar got busier and busier. Of course we had to have a Guinness in the oldest pub in the world before we left.

They don’t serve food here only drinks so off we went to forage for some lunch. Found another little gem of a pub which served the best roast beef lunch and rhubarb, and apple.

Seems like it’s a pub kind of day, dinner at the Kings Head and then some music at The Do Drop in and a rollicking good time at Barr An Chaladh!Read more