Show Notes
We think we've tracked down the very first ever 12 Pubs of Christmas pub crawl. It's a tradition that packed pubs in Dublin, Ireland, and around the world for over a decade, but the origins of this Christmas tradition have never really been known. We've managed to find what we think may be the first pub crawl of its kind, started by publicans, musicians and sports stars in 1998. Listen in and find out how people celebrated the 12 pubs, how some publicans came to hate it, and how it got started. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this bonus episode of the Publin podcast, I speak with a few people who tell stories and experiences of working the docks of Dublin port and their lives growing up in the East Wall and Ringsend. This episode was recorded after a live event in December to celebrate a new exhibition called 'Solidarity, the dockers of Dublin port'.
This year I joined a small crowd of people outside the Thomas Street entrance to the Guinness brewery who wait patiently for the changing of the years on the signage. On the left side is 1759 for the year that Arthur Guinness began brewing here and on the right, the new year. This is the story of where the tradition came from and how people celebrate the ringing in of the New Year in this very Dublin fashion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week I was joined by Dublin Port’s Charlie Murphy and Daryl Hendley Rooney of The Little Museum of Dublin for this special live edition of the Publin Podcast. Recorded in front of an audience at Cleary’s Pub on Amiens Street, we chatted about the Solidarity exhibition at the Port’s Substation, Dublin social history, pubs and so much more.
"I'm the only a man in the history of music promotors to have lost money on a Radiohead gig." In 1993 Radiohead were on a tour of 149 venues across 2 continents to promote their debut album Pablo Honey. It was on that tour that they played their first ever Irish gig in a Temple Bar venue called 'The Rock Garden'. Years later they would be playing to sold out crowds in huge venues. But first, they were at a basement bar playing to a crowd of less than 100. Here's the story of that gig. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Now in a state of total dereliction, The Plough on Abbey Street was once THE theatre pub in the city, drawing crowds of patrons before and after shows in the Abbey Theatre across the road. Some of the most famous faces in Irish film and theatre have had a drink here, including Peter O'Toole, Liam Neeson, and Gabriel Byrne.