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Short Story: The Electric Fence
A short story, originally published in the Book of Voices short story collection (Flame Books), to raise awareness and support writers in Sierra Leone
Barfly: Clarke’s Bar, Drogheda
A bar that loves its place in the world and revels in its own accent
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This traditional bar built in the former train station in Buncrana in Inishowen, Co Donegal, is beautiful inside and out
Barfly: Mohan’s The Hut, Phibsboro, Dublin 7
As life whistles by outside, the old gas lamps, the dark carved-wood interior, the stained glass and mirrors hold the world at bay
Barfly: John Kavanagh’s (The Gravediggers), Glasnevin,Dublin
Family establishment still going strong with eighth generation behind the bar
Barfly: Nora Murphy’s Bar, Brandon, Co Kerry
The view from its front door is beautiful and there’s always a great welcome inside
Barfly: The Harbour Bar, Bray, Co Wicklow
A fantastic hodgepodge of experience: scruffy, wild and elegant
Barfly: Jim O’ the Mill, Upperchurch, Tipperary
Could this one-night-per-week pub be one of the best in Ireland?
Barfly: Kehoe’s, South Anne Street, Dublin 2
Kehoe’s has that literary feeling other pubs try to buy but can’t
Barfly: Nancy’s, Ardara, Co Donegal
Seven generations of the same family have run this incredibly cosy landmark pub, perched on the Wild Atlantic Way