Michael Collins laid plans at the Palace Bar in Dublin, and Mary Robinson launched her bid for the presidency in the snug. Tom Atkin just went for a drink
You’ll never come across a stag night or a hen party in The Palace Bar. Like jukeboxes and slot machines, such things are banned from this famous Dublin haunt. ‘This is a conversation pub,’ says its friendly, broad-faced owner Liam Aherne. Even the dark wooden bar is divided, confessional style, int...
Great whisky bars
from Issue 3 published on 13/5/1999
