The Irish pub has always been about more than drink. In part two of this conversation, Tara Duggan is joined by social historian Donal Fallon to explore the quieter, deeper layers of pub life — from snugs and gendered spaces to music, photography, county associations, and the pubs that shaped communities before disappearing from the map. 

They talk about how pubs are responding to shifting drinking and socialising habits, the experience of women in pubs for much of the twentieth century, and (Tara’s personal bugbear) the awkward placing of ladies’ toilets.  

📘 Further reading 

The Dublin Pub: A Social and Cultural History by Donal Fallon is published by New Island Books 

👉 https://www.newisland.ie/product/the-dublin-pub/