Dec 8, 2020 · Sean’s Bar, with its woodchip-covered floor and walls made of wattle and wicker interwoven with horse hair and clay, has been in business since the Dark Ages. Located near to the ruins of a 12th-Century Norman Castle, it is the oldest extant public house in Ireland, a claim officially certified by Guinness World Records in 2004.

Mar 14, 2019 · Sean’s Bar, with its woodchip-covered floor and walls made of wattle and wicker interwoven with horse hair and clay, has been in business since the Dark Ages. Located near to the ruins of a...

Sean's Bar is a pub in Athlone, Ireland, notable for its reputed establishment in AD 900, [1] [2] [3] and claim to being the oldest extant bar in Ireland. [1] However, architectural and archaeological records, including the Record of Monuments and Places and the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage , date the building to the 17th or ...

Feb 8, 2025 · What is the Actual Oldest Pub in Ireland? Dublin might have The Brazen Head, but Sean’s Bar in Athlone predates it by almost 300 years. Founded in 900 AD, Sean’s Bar is the oldest pub in Ireland (and, quite possibly, the world).

One of the best known pubs in Dublin for traditional Irish music. We are in on of the oldest parts of Dublin city and one of the most enduring legends surrounding Dublin has to be that of the woman – Darkey Kelly.

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Jul 10, 2008 · THE SO-CALLED Dark Ages were anything but dark, according to a historical scholar at NUI Galway. The years from AD 500-1,000 were the "Golden Age" for Irish medieval scholarship.

Sean’s Bar has been in business since the Dark Ages, and many locals and respected Irish historians also believe it to be the oldest in Europe and the world.

The years between 476 and 1000 are regularly called the Dark Ages, not because they were particularly unenlightened or unprogr.