So one of my dreams has always been to build an Irish bar inside of a Mediterranean restaurant to honor both sides of my family as well as to enjoy the food and drink. Now there are a lot of bars out there which call themselves "Irish Pubs", but really besides the beer and the owners (if in fact they are Irish at all) what does that mean? So I want to ask the real Irishmen in this group what are the essentials for an Irish pub? Does it even matter as long as you have a place to sit, drink and shoot the shyte? What are the Pubs like on the Isle?
Personally it never makes a difference what the pub is like as long as it's not dirty, full of English tourists, or guilty of watering down your pints, plenty pubs in town do that, do be sick with it :p