The top five weird Irish bars

You may need a drink after a drink in one of these

From animal testicles to ghostly apparitions - there are some pretty strange Irish bars out, as this list shows.

Bad Irish, Boise, Idaho

What could be more wrong with than getting served a pint of Guinness by a barmaid in a low cut top and a Catholic schoolgirl’s uniform?

Well, quite a lot of things, in all likelihood – but still, drinking in Bad Irish, an Irish bar in Boise, Idaho, that caters for those of us who have a Catholic schoolgirl fetish and enjoy a Guinness, should surely be grounds for excommunication.

The operator, John Ronchetti, has told his local paper that the bar is “Irish drinking meets American party bar.”

"I know people would say, 'Aren't there enough Irish bars in this town?” Ronchetti, who has Irish roots, has said. (And with a name like Ronchetti, that should be obvious.) “But there's not another one like this."

Sounds like reasonably clean fun – maybe a little too clean, in fact.

“They'll add to the place, but they're not the entertainment themselves,” Ronchetti said. "Which, I guess, depends on perception."

Which means that there is to be no gyrating wildly on the bar from the “Bad Girls”, or jumping on top of the bar for a little strip tease to the Angelus. 

The Dog’s Bollix, San Francisco 

Bollix, as we explained in our short dictionary of Irishisms, is a slang term for a man’s testicles in Britain and Ireland. “The Dogs Bollix”, somehow, is an expression that has come to mean “very good.” (We have no idea why.)

Example:  “That was a great game of soccer you just played, Declan,” said Declan’s friend, John. “You truly are the dog’s bollix.”

But The Dog’s Bollix is also the name of an Irish bar in San Francisco that has since closed down. From what we can gather, it was once quite the popular hangout. 

The Dog’s Bollix is also the name of an Irish bar in Auckland, New Zealand. The Auckland venue describes itself as the “city’s premier music venue” and says that it serves “outstanding pub food.” Whether canine testicles are included on the menu, we cannot be sure.

Slainte Irish Pub, Houston, Texas

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