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Sat 10 Oct 2008ONE FOR THE ROAD
SOCIAL HISTORY:The authors of 'Vanishing Ireland', Turtle Bunberry and James Fennell, have turned their attention to pub culture in a handsome new book, 'The Irish Pub', just published by Thames & Hudson
'IN AFFLUENT new Ireland, rural pubs are so yesterday". That was the headline of an article published by the Washington Postnot long ago. So that's it. Our cover is blown. No longer can we fool the Americans that we live on a verdant green island replete with mischievous shebeens where old men guffaw into creamy black pints and red-cheeked children ring rosies around the turf fire to the sound of giddy fiddles.
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