Nearly 1,500 people voted in the final and there was nothing in it at the end.
A little bit of history was made in the Dublin pub industry on Tuesday evening as Harry Byrne’s in Clontarf was crowned as the inaugural winner of the Dublin Pub Cup.
The Cup, which you may have read about on JOE earlier this week, started out as a bit of fun on the @FMLocalHistory account on Twitter last week before escalating to the extent that 1,381 people voted in the final, which Harry Byrne’s contested with Kavanagh’s of Marino a short distance away.
In the end, Harry Byrne’s just pipped its rival to the award with 53% of the vote to be crowned as winner of a competition that started out with 32 pubs in the areas of Fairview, Marino, Clontarf, Killester, Donnycarney, Drumcondra, Ballybough, North Strand and East Wall in north Dublin.
#PubCup 2017#ItsOnlyFun #IThink
The Final@harrybyrnespub
Clontarf
V@KAVANAGHSMARINO
MarinoWho's the #BestPub@OldeEire@OldDublinTown
— Local History 🇺🇦 (@FMLocalHistory) April 30, 2017
Kavanagh’s, to be fair, were incredibly magnanimous in defeat and Harry Byrne’s were incredibly gracious in victory, qualities that will hopefully go onto be associated with the competition if and when it returns in 2018.
Thanks everyone who voted for us #pubcup2017 especially to @KAVANAGHSMARINO who are deadly and to @FMLocalHistory for a great bit of craic pic.twitter.com/2kwHN9HbEX
— HarryByrnesClontarf (@harrybyrnespub) May 2, 2017
I think it's safe to say CONGRATS @harrybyrnespub Thanks @FMLocalHistory and frm all us tks for the great support all along #drinksonharrys pic.twitter.com/7jnPmL9EGw
— Kavanaghs Marino (@KAVANAGHSMARINO) May 2, 2017
Glasses raised to Harry Byrne’s, whose new honour already takes pride of place in their Twitter bio. They never miss a trick, those guys…
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