Oldest Pub in Ireland

This evening was the annual trek to the Brazen Head, the oldest pub in Ireland (1198). It is only a few blocks from Christ Church so my colleague and I walked there while the students all took the bus from the 'burbs. A few came in early to grab dinner at the Temple Bar district. Visitors to the Brazen Head sign a piece of currency from their county and hang it on the wall. Our students each had a one dollar bill that they creatively identified as their own, and since there was no more wall space, stuck it to the ceiling near the front door. What was pretty cool was finding a bill from a former SRU PE student from 2006 and seeing a bill that my colleague had posted in 2005. I guess I will be looking for this year's bills when I return in 2009.

I returned from the pub around 9pm and realized that I had not had dinner, and my one coke from the pub hardly made a dent in my stomach. Since the kitchen at the hotel was closed for the night, I went around the corner to the world famous Burdicks Fish and Chips and ordered some very tasty, but very bad for me, fried cod and fries (hench, fish and chips!). We split one order and both were stuffed. Burdicks is a tiny hole in the wall, literally just a few people could stand inside of it at one time, and you just order at the counter and take it to go (take away, as they call it). There is a sign outside listing all of the famous people who have eaten there. It was quite the impressive list. There is often a line down the street and around the block. Not so much at 9:30 on a Monday evening. By the way, they stay open until midnight. The flat that SRU rents (that we will be moving to tomorrow) is right above Burdicks.

Tomorrow I will catch the 15B once again and visit St. Pius and St. Joseph's. More to come...