Sean's Bar, the Glossary
Sean's Bar is a pub in Athlone, Ireland, notable for its reputed establishment in AD 900, and claim to being the oldest extant bar in both Ireland and Europe.[1]
Table of Contents
14 relations: Athlone, County Westmeath, Guinness World Records, History of Athlone, Irish pub, John Bradley (historian), National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, Office of Public Works, Pub, Pub token, Record of Monuments and Places, The Brazen Head, Wattle and daub, Wicker.
- Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
- Buildings and structures in Athlone
- Organisations based in Athlone
- Pubs in the Republic of Ireland
Athlone
Athlone is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Ireland.
County Westmeath
County Westmeath (Contae na hIarmhí or simply An Iarmhí) is a county in Ireland.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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History of Athlone
Athlone is a town on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree in Ireland.
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Irish pub
In Ireland, a "pub" is an establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
John Bradley (historian)
John Bradley (11 January 1954 – 7 November 2014) was a historian and archaeologist at NUI Maynooth.
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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) maintains a central database of the architectural heritage of the Republic of Ireland covering the period since 1700 in complement to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland, which focuses on archaeological sites of the pre-1700 period.
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Office of Public Works
The Office of Public Works (OPW) (Oifig na nOibreacha Poiblí.) (legally the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland) is a major Irish Government agency, which manages most of the Irish State's property portfolio, including hundreds of owned and rented Government offices and police properties, oversees National Monuments and directly manages some heritage properties, and is the lead State engineering agency, with a special focus on flood risk management.
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Pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
Pub token
Pub tokens or tavern tokens (as they are known in Great Britain and Ireland) or bar tokens or chits (United States usage) are a form of exonumia used in drinking establishments.
Record of Monuments and Places
The Record of Monuments and Places (RMP; Taifead ar Shéadchomharthaí agus Áiteanna) is a list of historical and archaeological sites the Republic of Ireland established under the National Monuments Acts.
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The Brazen Head
The Brazen Head is a pub in Merchant's Quay, Dublin, built as a coaching inn in 1754, on the site of a merchant's dwelling dating back to at least 1613.
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Wattle and daub
Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called "wattle" is "daubed" with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
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Wicker
Wicker is a method of weaving used to make products such as furniture and baskets, as well as a descriptor to classify such products.
See also
Buildings and structures completed in the 10th century
- Al-Azhar University
- Alcázar of Seville
- Caliphal Baths
- Camus Cross
- El Maipés Necropolis
- Grand Bazaar, Isfahan
- Manwoldae
- Nanchong White Tower Park
- Palazzo Corvaja
- Puerta Bab al-Mardum
- Puerta de Alcántara
- Puerta de Bisagra
- Qur'an Gate
- Sean's Bar
- Sueno's Stone
- Taj Palace
- Thurayya Palace
- Tomb of Wang Jian
- Tonggun Pavilion
- Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar
Buildings and structures in Athlone
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Athlone Little Theatre
- Athlone Railway Bridge
- Athlone Town Stadium
- Athlone Towncentre
- Athlone railway station
- Custume Barracks
- Dean Crowe Theatre
- Dubarry Park
- Golden Island Shopping Centre
- IRA Memorial
- Sean's Bar
- St Mel's Park
- Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
Organisations based in Athlone
- Élan
- Athlone Institute of Technology
- Athlone Little Theatre
- Athlone Town A.F.C.
- Athlone Town A.F.C. Ladies
- Athlone Towncentre
- Buccaneers RFC
- I105-107FM
- Midlands Gold
- Sean's Bar
- State Examinations Commission
- Westmeath Independent
Pubs in the Republic of Ireland
- Brennan's Criterion Bar
- Jack White's Inn
- Kyteler's Inn
- Leo's Tavern
- MacCarthy's Bar
- Moran's Oyster Cottage
- Sean's Bar
- Teach Mhicí
- The Diamond Bar
- Vintners' Federation of Ireland