Man in charge - Michael Begley behind the bar at Sally O'Brien's. I'm sitting here with Mike Begley of Sally O'Brien's, the newest Irish pub in Prague, right? Well we opened New Year's Eve 2023. So we've been open like a year and pushing on four months. And will you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you ended up in Prague and what gave you the idea to open an Irish pub? Myself and my best friend Liam, we own the pub [Sally’s] together. We moved to England when we w

Man in his native habitat - Seán O'Sullivan about to enjoy a Pint of Plain at the Three Fiddles. So today I'm with Seán O'Sullivan, sitting at The Three Fiddles - so Seán, tell me a little bit about yourself, where are you from and how did you end up in Prague? Originally I'm from Dublin, and I ended up in Prague in a rather roundabout way, like I'm sure so many others have. I had been working in EU affairs and had been posted to Belfast consequent to the Good Friday Agreemen

Successful First Pop-Up Gaeltacht in Prague! On Monday, 9th September, the first meet-up of Irish-language speakers and practicants took place in comfortable surroundings of O’Che’s Irish Bar in Prague. The event, organised by Adam Volf with the support of the Czech-Irish Business and Cultural Association, marks the flagship gathering of what is intended to be a monthly event allowing a channel to all to exercise their Irish-language skills. The Gaeltacht attracted 16 attende

Thanks to all who participated in making the St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17th 2024 such a great success. In glorious sunshine, we had a perfect trinity of events - the Wild Geese Parade Preparation Workshop with face-painting, the Parade itself, featuring St. Patrick (courtesy of Prague Hibernians GAA), and of course the concert on Staroměstské náměstí with the fabulous Conamara Chaos, with Inspiral Dance Company and Andrej Mikulka providing the dancing. A special thank