What is the point in Irish themed style pubs in Ireland

bodhrandude

I never understood this, Jurys Inn in Galway has a Guinness sign outside called Irish pub, well I never, your kidding me. No seriously though I seen a pub in Ballyshannon, Donegal called Dicey Reillys which claims to be an Irish themed style pub, WTF! Can understand this maybe in the States, UK, Europe but Ireland?

Rhinocharge

For tourists

Hasmunch

For sheep

The Internet Explorer

Bitches love Irish themed style pubs.

The Scientician

As Rhinocharge says it's for tourists, but also I think if you're redecorating a pub in this country it's the path of least resistance to go with that style.

policarp

What's the point?
To show off the grandparents goods and chattels and the
photos of the local team that nearly got to the final years ago.

Skylinehead

The Irish theme has to come from somewhere

bodhrandude

But every pub in Ireland is an Irish pub, so do we need Irish IRISH pubs then or just Irish ones lol.

OPENROAD

bodhrandude wrote: »

But every pub in Ireland is an Irish pub, so do we need Irish IRISH pubs then or just Irish ones lol.

Really ?

RichieC

I like all the crazy crap on the walls.

RebelBOK

I think there`s a difference between an Irish pub and an Irish themed pub. Spose you can argue that every pub in Ireland is an Irish pub seeing as well it`s IN Ireland, but agree these Irish themed pubs are strictly for the tourists, prob more likely to see these kinda places in tourist hotspots like Galway or Killarney! Have to give the yanks a bit of paddywhackery and all that! We`ll have students dressing up as leprechauns, running around shouting ``where`s me gold`` in said hotspots for a bit of pocket money during the summer months soon!

drunkmonkey

and what's with all the same piss foreign drinks on tap in every bar. Budweiser and Guinness are about as Irish as Oprah.

RebelBOK

Actually now that i think of it is the drink ``Kilkenny`` actually sold anywhere in Ireland?? I hav`nt been to Kilkenny in years but dont recall ever seeing it there. Every time i go into an Irish pub abroad i see it on tap next to the Guinness and the local`s think it`s as part of our regular diet as Guinness and potatoes! and they always seem genuinely suprised when i explain to them that i`ve never actually seen it in Ireland! Perhaps they have it in those Irish Themed pubs.

EKClarke

drunkmonkey wrote: »

and what's with all the same piss foreign drinks on tap in every bar. Budweiser and Guinness are about as Irish as Oprah.

It's called Diageo now.

talkinyite

Because there's feck all real pubs left, they've all gone "metro" playing ****e chart music and all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toFgdbf33hg

RebelBOK wrote: »

Actually now that i think of it is the drink ``Kilkenny`` actually sold anywhere in Ireland?? I hav`nt been to Kilkenny in years but dont recall ever seeing it there. Every time i go into an Irish pub abroad i see it on tap next to the Guinness and the local`s think it`s as part of our regular diet as Guinness and potatoes! and they always seem genuinely suprised when i explain to them that i`ve never actually seen it in Ireland! Perhaps they have it in those Irish Themed pubs.

I was in Kilkenny awhile back and couldn't get a pint of Kilkenny anywhere, was sickened!

DjFlin

For the same reason America has "American Sports Bars".
Not everybody is as self-loathing as you OP :P

ejmaztec

It's to remind people what it was like to go on foreign holidays before they went bankrupt.