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I'm woefully deficient
in my knowledge of seventeenth century Irish authors. I think Jonathan
Swift wrote some television miniseries starring Ted Danson as some
giant or something, but beyond that, I'm at a loss. I can only assume
the guy liked to drink and knew some Latin (Hibernia is the Latin
name for Ireland.) Don't worry, I'm not making any judgments about
the Irish, only pointing out the fact there are like a million beer
taps at this wacky pub. The large, curved bar would have made Swift
proud. The tilted beer menus above said bar are a site to behold,
especially when the floor is listing from side to side after one too
many stouts. Something about the nice wood and soft lighting (and
many beers) causes the crowd to appear relatively young and attractive.
The way the pub narrows in the entry can bring about bottlenecks on
packed, weekend nights, but the friendly, raucous crowd is only there
to have fun and imbibe libations and will gladly make room for you
to wade up to the bar for another. We've been here on more than one
occasion where our vision and judgment has been impaired to the point
of ridiculousness, but our hilarity has only grown when surrounded
by the jolly drunks of Mr. Swift's house of hops. [MF]
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