Agreed, it's great news. Should have been called the Gateway all along, hopefully the name is there to stay now.
Not sure of your opinion SoundMan but I know you're a fellow pub lover, and from what I can ascertain the oldest pubs in Ireland are -
Sean's Bar Athlone
The Brazen Head Dublin
The Gateway Bar Cork
Is there anywhere else that is up there with those three?
And...
Does the Gateway still count given that it has been closed and has traded under different names?
I'm always suspicious of claims by dubs (of which I believe you're a halfwan ) that they're the biggest, oldest, longest, highest etc. I heard that about the Brazen Head alright and for years I think they referred to it as being the oldest, until Sean's Bar in Athlone was pointed out as I think going back many hundreds of years.
They also claimed to have the highest pub in Ireland in Johnnie Fox's, but the one in Top of Coom near the Cork Kerry border is highest, and there's one in the Glenshane Pass in Derry, The Ponderosa, that's higher than Fox's as well.
You need to be careful of braggard dubs
Edit: See what I mean about them dubs
Johnnie Fox’s Pub, Glencullen, County Dublin
This pub, set in the Dublin Mountains, is also known as “the highest pub in Ireland.”FFS
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