M O'Shea

Counties Wexford, Waterford, Carlow & Kilkenny


Surprises abound in this tidy warren of rooms, which combines a grocery shop, hardware store and an old-fashioned pub where spare electrical parts, wellies and bits of machinery hang from the ceiling. There are occasional live-music sessions, and decent food is also served.


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