Was often in it, from the 90s onwards, but not since about 2005. A good pub. That seems to be the back, off the car park. The front door on the main street in old Tallaght village, just opposite the Dominican Priory, is quite different! We also used to go to the Penny Black, not far away. A new pub, but good also. Good food too. Or used to have.
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That’s old Tallaght of course.
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Was often in it, from the 90s onwards, but not since about 2005. A good pub. That seems to be the back, off the car park. The front door on the main street in old Tallaght village, just opposite the Dominican Priory, is quite different! We also used to go to the Penny Black, not far away. A new pub, but good also. Good food too. Or used to have.
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Nope, wrong, that actually is the front, just never saw it like that. Wow, the decade that taste forgot, bigly…
The Embankment on the Blessington Road was a place for trad sessions back then. Real journey to get there, but drink driving was the thing… 😗
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