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Homesick Irishman living in Canada converts garage into authentic Dublin pub
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Posted on 04/05/2021 12:45:27 PM PDT by mylife

AN IRISH expat is the toast of Toronto after transforming his tiny garage into an authentic Dublin pub.

Kieron Daly moved to Canada from Ireland 20 years ago, but he’s never lost touch with his roots.

A proud Irishman who works as a production manager for a sign company, Daly lives in a quaint two-bedroom cottage close to the coast.

However, it’s what he’s got going on in the small garage attached to the property that has got people talking.

For the past two years, Daly has been hard at work converting the space into his very own home away from home.

According to blogTO, it all started when Daly got his hands on an old wooden bar from a pub in the north of Toronto.

Splashing out $125, the Irishman brought home the authentic centre piece and the hard work began.

Since then, friends, family and locals have chipped in with helping Daly source essential items for the bar, including taps and various bits of Guinness paraphernalia.

His efforts have been helped considerably by his brother, who runs an old antique store in Dublin and has been only too happy to send things over the Atlantic to his homesick sibling.

(Excerpt) Read more at irishpost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: canada; ireland; kierondaly; toronto
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Sweet!


1 posted on 04/05/2021 12:45:27 PM PDT by mylife
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2 posted on 04/05/2021 12:47:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: mylife

Where are the Murphy’s Stout posters?


3 posted on 04/05/2021 12:47:40 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Won’t be long before the people of ireland are homesick


4 posted on 04/05/2021 12:48:39 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: central_va

I’m totally stealing that!...lol


5 posted on 04/05/2021 12:49:06 PM PDT by major_gaff (University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
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To: mylife

That’s very charming.

I wonder when Canuck authorities will shut him down.

Because Canada.


6 posted on 04/05/2021 12:49:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Trump is a deposed Pres. in exile. America is truly a banana republic. Our govt. has been overthrown)
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To: central_va

my garage never looked so good.


7 posted on 04/05/2021 12:50:07 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Indeed.


8 posted on 04/05/2021 12:51:15 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

Guinness Stout. Probably my favorite brew. But not Guinness Draft, a nitro charged. Too flat.


9 posted on 04/05/2021 12:51:25 PM PDT by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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When I was in Dublin a couple of years ago, I did not see Murphy’s - it was all Guinness (I guess since the factory is there). Western Ireland (especially Southwest) had plenty of it though.


10 posted on 04/05/2021 12:52:35 PM PDT by utford
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11 posted on 04/05/2021 12:52:40 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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That is really awesome. I loves me a well-made Black & Tan!


12 posted on 04/05/2021 12:52:42 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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Too bad he can’t open it. There has to be some kind of law against it in Candida...there is against everything else.


13 posted on 04/05/2021 1:00:06 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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That barrel must be the sick bucket!🤮☘


14 posted on 04/05/2021 1:02:05 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Wow! That’s nice! It looks like the roof is leaky, though. Save your investment!


15 posted on 04/05/2021 1:03:29 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: mylife

I see this as just another ugly stereotype story about the Irish and alcohol.

Does every story about the Irish have to have some reference to drinking?

Can’t we have some nice stories from Ireland about their sports or their hobbies or their entertainment?

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Yeah...it is all about drinking.


16 posted on 04/05/2021 1:05:48 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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That was my first thought, as well. Now with this out in the news, odds are his pub is in its last hours before being demolished, and he’ll have some huge fines to pay, if not jail time.


17 posted on 04/05/2021 1:07:36 PM PDT by NEMDF
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It must be difficult for an Irishman, living amidst all those arrogant holier-than-thou Canadians.


18 posted on 04/05/2021 1:08:15 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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He couldn’t remember what the inside of his house looked like.


19 posted on 04/05/2021 1:09:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: mylife

Nice!

My dad had some friends who built a British-style pub on their property in Virginia that looked a little like that. Whenever I was up there visiting my dad, we’d usually stop over for a pint or two. 🍻


20 posted on 04/05/2021 1:09:41 PM PDT by Allegra
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