Miscellaneous
Almost wherever you travel, you’re likely to come across an Irish pub. There are upwards of 8,500 of them in 152 countries around the world. Their motif is often the same: dark wood paneling, Irish memorabilia on the walls, music, sports on TV, raucous conversation, and of course Guinness on tap. Irish pubs proliferated beyond Ireland in the 1980’s and 90’s when Guinness set up a consulting firm called Irish Pub Concept, which helped start thousands of Irish themed pubs around the world. Tim Jones, professor of Political Science at Bellevue College near Seattle Washington, takes us to a very different kind of Irish pub on the Wild West Coast of Ireland.