I had a pint of Guinness which at €4.50 was as much as I'd paid for a drink during our stay but it was passable for a drink that has a reputation for being a worse traveller than Dennis Bergkamp !!
Shelley stuck to the wine but wasn't overly impressed due to the fact that the shiraz that she'd been drinking earlier in Bar Ole was that good.
There is an emphasis on live music in Mullarkey's, and there was a band playing during our stay who in all honesty weren't too bad. They performed standard Irish classics like Dirty Old Town but these were interspersed with some less traditional numbers with Born To Be Wild being the pick of the set.
I'd got a taste for the black stuff by this stage and one for the road soon became three for the road.
I was quite proud of my end to the night, I managed to avoid the kebab shop and enter our hotel room without the assistance of a security guard. A feat I hadn't managed the night before !!
UPDATE 20th May
I mentioned in the prologue to this blog that there may be times when I struggle to remember information to put in my posts due to the effect of alcohol, our return visit to Mullarkey's is one such occasion.
I take full responsibility for this impromptu visit as we were on our way home from The Number One Bar when I suggested a night cap in Mullarkey's which is at the bottom of the hill where our hotel was situated.
I will state the facts as I remember them : I was on Guinness, a dreadful rockabilly band were performing, the barmaid was easy on the eye, the barman was impressed that I recognised a song by Joe Walsh. That is pretty much it.
Pictorial evidence would suggest that Shelley handled her drink better than I did, as I began striking drunken poses.
Neither of us remember the walk home !!
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