Over the last few years, the Irish pub as an institution has spiralled into what appears to be terminal decline: almost 2,000 pubs have closed in the Republic since 2005, never to re-open their doors. At the present rate, about 150 are closing permanently every year.

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They are called 'Irish pubs' because that's what they are. Ireland is a completely separate country from the United Kingdom (the UK comprises England, Wales, Scotland and the six. counties of Northern Ireland, all forming one union). The remainder, the greatest part of the island, comprises the Republic of Ireland.

Everything You Need to Know About Irish Whiskey Since then, they've expanded into 53 countries, everywhere from Canada to Iraq. The Irish Pub Company built the first Irish pub in Moscow (Shannon's, in the airport), and the first one in the far-flung Faroe Islands (The Irish Pub, in Torshavn).