St Patrick's day London tour

Hey folks,
So I've a few days off to take this month, so going to do a at Patrick's Day London tour, seeing as there'll be no craic anywhere anyway ☘️☘️☘️

Looking to any London Irish cultural historians out there for inspiration for stops to call at, and will plan a route later to get in as much as I can.

So far I've got about 10 blue plaques for Irish writers & historical figures, half a dozen Irish pubs, lots of street names based on counties names

Don't want to go too mad on pubs, only God tier Irish pubs please 😎
Looking for ideas for more architectural spots, arts venues or theatres of note (X show premiered here etc or Y played their first gig here)

I'll post the route (starting N4) when I've made it at the end

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1B-_mEQlJsFKHW0TenUdP5h_uGMvhaRh_&ll=51.50272031121045%2C-0.1377227311275231&z=12

This could make an interesting historical tour:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_London?wprov=sfti1

Yeah, I didn't think it would be needed to be said that I won't be including any provo stuff But there you go 😣

Really, no one going to say anything?

Yeah, add all the places boarding houses that had no Irish, no blacks and no dogs in the window.

10 years in London you get used to that kind of crap. Don't feed the trolls

WAC ☝️

There’s also the run of pubs from the magnet on Archway road down past the red cap and the florin. Shame the lion and the blue quays have gone, but the lamb further down is still there. There’s the Sheephaven Bay in Camden too. The 10 pins in Finsbury Park is Irish owned and run, good place for all Ireland finals.

Glad you have McGovern park, Tir Chonaill Gaels are also out in Greenford. There’s a ground up in Hendon somewhere. Never went to any others, so don’t know if McCurtains’ pitch is worth a shout. Fun fact Tinie Tempah played for Dulwich Harps as a youth.

Oh and Bernard Shaw court estate in Camden.

This is also worth a shout https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/bernardo-o-higgins-bust

His father was from Sligo, and he was the first president of independent Chile.

Could swing by the Argentine embassy to remember Admiral William Brown

Sorry.

Check out the Guinness rides for all the closed pubs to ride past (bring tins)

Bernard Shaw court estate

looks like there's a Bernard Shaw plaque in town too https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/george-bernard-shaw/

good call on Bernardo O'Higgins, he also has a blue plaque somewhere but think the bust is going to be the one to go to

Blythe Hill Tavern is god-tier Irish pub for sure and you can get up into the South London Alps down there for some lovely riding.... https://lewishamledger.tumblr.com/post/175773986381/cons-stance-is-noble

Cool, that's not far from Shackleton's blue plaque

This is churning over in the back of my mind now... There's a plaque to michael collins in shepherds bush as well

god-tier Irish pub

Lol

You’d have to go past the site of the Galtymore.

Galtymore is a good call, list so far
found the collins plaque too

list so far

Blue Plaque: Oscar Wilde
Samuel Beckett lived here
Blue Plaque: William Butler Yeats
Blue Plaque: Bram Stoker
Sean O'Casey Blue Plaque
Blue Plaque: Tom Moore
Francis Beaufort Blue Plaque
Blue Plaque: Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sir Eyre Massey Shaw Blue Plaque (possibly demollished)
Blue Plaque: James Joyce
George Bernard Shaw Blue Plaque
Bernardo O'Higgins Blue Plaque

The Auld Shillelagh
The Auld Triangle
The Tipperary
The Porterhouse
The Faltering Fullback
The Toucan
Tir Na Nog
Philomena's Irish Sports Bar & Kitchen
The Kilkenny Tavern
The Twelve Pins
Blythe Hill Tavern

Saw Swee Hock Centre O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects

LSE Saw Swee Hock Student Centre O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects

7 Buckingham Gate Countess Markievicz born ( at no. 6 or 7) Buckingham Gate
St Patrick's Catholic Church
London Irish Centre
London Irish Rugby Club
London GAA
Bernardo O'Higgins Bust https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/bernardo-o-higgins-bust
Plaque : Michael Collins W12, Netherwood Road, 5

Balcombe Street is fairly historic

Embassy of The Republic of Ireland , Grosvenor Place

Which Kilkenny Tavern? because the one in Wimbledon is a) a dump b) until a few years back was The Dark House c) the big Irish pub around there was The Grove, across the road and now gone RIP

The one had in mind definitely wasn't the one in Wimbledon 😬 killed it from the list, may have gotten my wires crossed with another spot, will have to check my crumpled receipts / notes

Blythe Hill Tavern's a must, obviously rather more when it's open again. They'll re-open as soon as they'll be allowed to. Lovely pub. I can't wait for the music and the poetry to be on again.

I'm not super keen to include Provo stuff, was but it's hard to ignore, don't know how to include it and keep it respectful.

I might include Buckingham Palace as the site where "Irish" Mick Fagan broke into the Queen's bedroom looking for cigarettes 😂

On a slightly less cultural side and for those of a certain age, the HQ of Murphys in Kentish Town. One of the big employers of Irish in London back in the day and founded by a Caherciveen man (just like Daniel O’Connell)

I'm a few years too young for murphys but thats a great idea, will also add a Ballymore development too, I did a lot of work (as an architect) for them when I first got to London

Irish emigrants built London. They dug the canals, built the railways, dug the tube tunnels, tarmac-ed the roads. Until the recent spate of Eastern European migration, the construction industry was dominated by Irish emigres or their kids. Irish migration to London has occurred over centuries but the greatest period of London's growth in the second part of the nineteenth century coincided with the greatest period of Irish migration. There isn't an aspect of London that is not influenced by the Irish diaspora. A ride around London is a celebration of Irish contribution to it.