It’s virtually time for St Patrick’s Day, and what higher place to spend March 17 than at considered one of London’s incredible Irish pubs.
We’ve acquired collectively a listing of the best, a bunch of largely old-school boozers honouring Gaelic traditions throughout the capital. At the high? The mighty Auld Shillelagh in Stoke Newington. Hard to spell however simple to like, this Irish mainstay hosts common trad music nights and reveals all the main Irish sporting fixtures. As effectively as sure, serving an excellent pint of Guinness.
It’s simply (solely simply!) overwhelmed south London’s Skehans – a former topper of our Best Pubs in London list – in second place. Skehans in Nunhead is a contact rowdier than the Auld Shill, and just lately confirmed its Irish credentials by internet hosting a gig by legendary London-Irish folk-rock band, The Pogues.
At quantity three we keep in south London, with the iconic Blythe Hill Tavern in Catford, a shocking little spot made up of three tiny, wood-panelled rooms.
In fourth place we return as much as north London once more, with Mannion’s Prince Arthur in Tottenham. Come for the Guinness, keep for the majestic oil portray of the pub house owners using a horse via the Irish countryside.
Read the full list of the 14 best Irish pubs in London here. At some, you’ll discover the nation’s music, meals and even dancing; at others, you’ll be served tasty Thai meals.
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