The Pub at DuskNotebook No 161August 2026
Upstairs on Oliver Plunkett Street, where the rules are not written down.
Collected by Deborah. Read her editorial perspective
At The Hi-B, you will find Ireland's best Guinness poured by hands that have done so for decades. This room above a shop on Oliver Plunkett Street is small, with fewer than thirty seats. Conversations begin with strangers and often conclude with exchanged numbers.
Dingle
The unwritten rules are as much a part of the pint as the stout itself. We observe no phones at the table, no lingering at the bar once seated, and never interrupt the pianist. Cork respects its small, intimate spaces, and The Hi-B is the most important of them all.
Afterward, head to the English Market for a coffee at its balcony cafe. This contrast is the entire point.
The Ireland Edit Way
Cut the itinerary in half, then cut it again. The letter we send before every first visit.
Every hotel change costs you half a day. Luxury, in Ireland, is staying put.
Six questions we apply before booking any room in Ireland. The November test, the dinner-twice test, the landscape-over-room test.
To understand Ireland, stop looking at the castles and start looking at the kitchen table.
From the notebook
Collected notes. A few times each season.