Granny Annies

It is Saturday night so we went in search of live traditional Irish music. We had dinner and listened to an accordian player and singing guitarist at Granny Annies. There are 3 of these pubs in different towns. They are based on a real granny named Annie born in 1916 and have a wonderful collection of ecclectic decorations.

The pub has an old horse drawn carriage hanging from the ceiling, stuffed animal heads and half an old staircase on the wall, ornaments, photos etc. It all created a cosy interesting atmosphere.


Location: Enniskillen, United Kingdom

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Anonymous said…
Apologies if this post has hit before, having difficulties this end, re what plant is this in Lazy Sunday blog. From the pic it looks like a variety of rosehip berry. Interesting to see how served as the hairs on the inside are used to make itching powder:)

Keep on blogging, immensely enjoyable
Yoda

26 August 2018 at 22:09
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