PUB AND RESTAURANT IN KILKENNY
In Hiberno-English a sceilp [or skelp] ia blow or slap, such as a parent might administer to a child: ‘I’ll hit you a sceilp …
In 2005 when I first visited Kilkenny there were 226 pubs operating in County Kilkenny in 2005, compared to 185 in 2021. This represents an 18.1% decrease in pub numbers locally during that time. I suspect that the number is even lower now in 2024.
Although all 26 counties experienced a decline in the number of public houses during the 2005 to 2022 period, the lowest decrease was in Dublin at 3.4%.
The largest decrease was seen in Limerick with 32% less pubs in the county since 2005. Roscommon (30.3%), Cork (29.9%) and Laois (29.9%) say the next largest decreases, with a further eight counties all showing the closure of more than a quarter (25%) in the number of pubs: Offaly (28.7%), Leitrim (28.6%), Tipperary (28.6%), Mayo (27.8%), Longford (26.5%), Donegal (26.3%), Clare (25.7%) and Waterford (25.4%).
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