Dominic Mealy

The Centenary Stores, Wexford

DPS from book showing interior and exteriorof pub

  These are the pages featuring the original entry for the Wexford Town pub, The Centenary Stores. We visited Wexford town on a flying visit recently, Its changed a bit, but still holds a lot of those attractive qualities that first drew us to it all those years ago. You can see current photos and…

The Marble City Bar – Kilkenny City

We covered The Marble City Bar, in Kilkenny City on our travels back in 1991. This is the entry from the book ‘The Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East‘, giving an account of this magnificent premises as it was in the early 1990’s. Unfortunately the inside was totally revamped during the so called…

The Sea Horse Tavern in Tramore

This is the entry for the Sea Horse Tavern Pub in Tramore, Co. Waterford, from the book ‘The Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East,’ which was published in 1991. We will be going around to all the pubs featured in the book over the coming weeks and months to see how  things have…

Coffey’s Pub in Clough

Pages from Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East.

  Here is the entry for John Coffey’s Pub in Clough, Co. Kilkenny, which was originally published in 1991 in the book, ‘The Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East.‘ I’ve had many a great night in the fine establishment over the years, but alas Coffey’s, which was based in the lovely rural heritage…

The Lobster Pot in Carne

The Lobster Pot in Carne, Co. Wexford.

Just to give a flavour of the the reports we published 21 years ago in the book ‘Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East,‘ here is the original printed report from the book on the famous pub and restaurant near Carnesore Point, the Lobster Pot in Carne, Co. Wexford. This particular report was penned…

Pubs we visited in County Wexford

So here’s the contents page for the County Wexford section of the ‘The Famous and Historical Pubs of the South East,’ 12 pubs in all. We covered pubs in the towns of Gorey, Ballymoney, Enniscorthy, New Ross, Kilmore Quay, Rosslare Harbour, Tagoat, Carne, Ferrycarrig and of course Wexford town itself. Many of these establishments. Some…