![]() “What do you mean? I can hold my liquor.” If you told some of my friends that they shouldn’t drink, they’d say We drank at dances (from a hidden flask). George Lynch, Pat Gallagher, “Sunshine,” Georgie Costello,Ĭhris, Fred, Tommy, Mara, Dan, John, Joe, Kathy-in-Erin’sĪnd they all bought back. Markey’s, McGolderick’s, Carmor, Rooney’s, Grippo’s, To be sure, many of us also went to schoolĪnd played sports and went out with girlsĭoc Fiddler’s, Cassidy’s, Jimmy Ryan’s, Keenan’s Cornerĭolan’s, The Pig n’ Whistle, Freehill’s, Terminal, Old The Jewish lads went to school and studied I grew up in an Irish/Jewish neighborhood. I hope this post sparks more memories and generates more photographs from an Inwood bar scene of not so long ago. What follows is McMullen’s poem accompanied by a series of photographs and advertisements of the Inwood nightlife of McMullen’s generation. McMullen paid tribute to the taverns and pubs of his generation in a poem entitled, “The Bars.” Nugents Bar, 1979 In his tome to the neighborhood, “ The Inwood Book,” John F. While a few bars, The Piper’s Kilt, The Liffy, Irish Eyes, as well as a few others still remain, most disappeared as the demographics of the neighborhood changed in the 1960’s and 70’s. Up, down and between Dyckman Street and 207th, there were some 100, mainly Irish, bars. ![]() There was a time not so long ago when Inwood had a thriving bar scene.
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