“A venue for all occasions…cosy bar an [sic] large lounge with a good selection of beer wines and spirits…Live music most weekends”. Just another local pub then? More ‘just another hunt-supporting local pub’ sadly (and in a country where hunting is shamefully still legal, that matters). A report in the pro-hunt Irish Field (10 January 2025) noted that Top Shop Bar barman Stephen Rowan “kindly opened on time to facilitate the Wicklow Hunt followers”. According to the same report, the hunt’s “collection point was the Top Shop Bar”. The next day, the Bar linked to the Field article on its Facebook page – a move which didn’t go the way they expected when the comments were dominated by the excellent Ban Bloodsports and potential customers telling the Bar that supporting hunting was ‘not a good look’. Given how fox chases are glorified in the article, it’s not a good look at all…
Top Shop Bar (Co.Wexford)
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