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RTÉ News: Dáíl bar goes to Galway

The Dáil bar has gone to Galway and Oireachtas authorities are not pursuing it

A Galway publican opened The Dáil Bar in Cross Street in the city last November and despite the association of the name with Leinster House, authorities there have decided not to take any legal action.

A Leinster House commission sought legal advice over the issue and a spokesperson said they have now concluded that no action will be taken, as the title ‘The Dáil Bar’ is not registered, and the ‘Dáil bar’ in Leinster House technically does not exist, as it actually refers to two bars in the building.

via RTÉ News: Dáíl bar goes to Galway.

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Tigh Neachtains, the Time Machine

Neachtains Bar

Finally got to feature my favourite pub in Double Vision this week, Neachtains on Cross Street. It’s the one place that’s the same (give or take a few tweaks) as it was when I came to Galway in 1994. Everywhere else I used to frequent has had its guts ripped out and renovated, or else has become a strip bar (I’m looking at you Taylors, or Club Pervydiso as I think it’s now called).

It was a Monday and I only went in for a bottle of beer and a read, bumped into Charlie and the Snapper, and suddenly it was Tuesday morning and someone was inside my head attempting to scrape their way out. This phenomenon is known as Galway. There was some aytin’ done in Cava on Dominick Street as well, really nice place and a decent range of veggie tapas for fussy bastards like me. All that’s missing from the name is a nagh.

In my research for this drawing I also came across this video of De Dannan performing in Neachtains in 1983. All that’s really changed is the paint and the fashions. I think the people in the background are still there.