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Highest Pub in Ireland Re-opens

Does anyone here actually imagine that "more booze" is the biggest problem Ireland has?
 
jj said:
Does anyone here actually imagine that "more booze" is the biggest problem Ireland has?
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Not the biggest problem, but the nation could do with a little sobering up. One list I saw ranked the alcohol consumption per head higher than Russia!

It's a terrific place, and if I were thrown out of Australia, that's where I'd head. It would still be terrific if it dropped down the alcohol consumption table.
 
lionking said:
Not the biggest problem, but the nation could do with a little sobering up. One list I saw ranked the alcohol consumption per head higher than Russia!

It's a terrific place, and if I were thrown out of Australia, that's where I'd head. It would still be terrific if it dropped down the alcohol consumption table.
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Why? We might catch up with Germany, France and Luxembourg?
 
lionking said:
Not the biggest problem, but the nation could do with a little sobering up. One list I saw ranked the alcohol consumption per head higher than Russia!

It's a terrific place, and if I were thrown out of Australia, that's where I'd head. It would still be terrific if it dropped down the alcohol consumption table.
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Cor blimey! You know you have a problem when Australians are worried about your drinking.
 
Angrysoba,
Thanks for posting this video. I have very fond memories of the short time my family and I spent in Ireland and this video was a bit of nostalgia for me.

But I don't have a clue as to what it was about.

I share some of the previous posters curiosity about the meaning of highest in your thread title. Is this pub at a higher altitude than all other pubs in Ireland (presumably meaning the Republic of Ireland)? Are the patrons of this pub more intoxicated than the patrons of other Irish pubs? Is this based on per capita or is total volume of intoxication the measure?

If the issue here is altitude what was the highest pub in Ireland before this pub reopened? Is there an organization in Ireland officially charged with sorting out which pub is the highest?
 
davefoc said:
Angrysoba,
Thanks for posting this video. I have very fond memories of the short time my family and I spent in Ireland and this video was a bit of nostalgia for me.

But I don't have a clue as to what it was about.

I share some of the previous posters curiosity about the meaning of highest in your thread title. Is this pub at a higher altitude than all other pubs in Ireland (presumably meaning the Republic of Ireland)? Are the patrons of this pub more intoxicated than the patrons of other Irish pubs? Is this based on per capita or is total volume of intoxication the measure?

If the issue here is altitude what was the highest pub in Ireland before this pub reopened? Is there an organization in Ireland officially charged with sorting out which pub is the highest?
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davefoc,

Thank you for your questions.

Of course, much of what makes the pub special was explained by the locals in the video, however, I shall answer your specific ones about "highest".

Apparently, the Top of Coom is "Highest pub in Ireland 1045 ft above sea level!" and is situated on the mountains bordering Cork and Kerry, which according to Thin Lizzy's version of Whiskey in the Jar is where the protagonist of the song met Captain Farrell (The Dubliners locate this meeting in the far Kerry mountains).

This Rate My Pub link tells us that the pub has live music, a smoking room and is gay-friendly, and according to some reviewers "The crack is good", and so is "the music" and "the women".

As for the second-highest pub in Ireland, I do not know, but there appears to have been a bit of a debate involving another pub called the Johnnie Fox which is laid out here. There seem to be four pubs which independently claim to be the highest pub in Ireland, one of which is in the North. There does not seem to be any agency which decides on actual heights itself but as long as the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland are happy then apparently a pub can call itself that, according to this.
 
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I've supped a drink or two in various pubs in Bailieborough, which is one of the highest towns in Ireland.
 
Internationally, The Flying Fish Tavern on Tuvalu and The Sherpa's Arms in Nepal are lowest and highest pubs.
 
Duffy Moon said:
Internationally, The Flying Fish Tavern on Tuvalu and The Sherpa's Arms in Nepal are lowest and highest pubs.
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Nice try but I'm sure there must be some significantly below sea level in many parts of the world. Even the UK.
 
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