{"product_id":"9781848895829","title":"Have Ye No Homes To Go To?: The History of the Irish Pub","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pub has been at the centre of Irish life for centuries. It has played many roles: funeral home, restaurant, grocery shop, music venue, job centre and meeting place for everyone from poets to revolutionaries. Often plain and unpretentious, it is a neutral ground, a leveller – a home away from home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the feasts of high kings, through the heady gang-ruled pubs of nineteenth-century New York, right up to the gay bars and superpubs of today, this is an entertaining journey through the evolution of the Irish pub. Our ‘locals’ have become a global phenomenon: the export of the Irish pub, its significance to emigrants and its portrayal in cinema, television and literature are engagingly explored.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story of the Irish pub is the story of Ireland itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating … endlessly surprising.\" – Irish Independent. \"Full of brilliant anecdotes, packed with legal, literary, religious and historical bits and pieces that will keep you talking in the pub all night.\" – Neil Delamere, Today FM. \"An enjoyable romp through the ephemera and facts surrounding that most Irish of institutions.\" – Irish Examiner. \"Fascinating ... a great gift.\" – Mark Cagney, TV3\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collins Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181503463664,"sku":"9781848895829","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848895829_p0.jpg?v=1763750668","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848895829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}