“And so this is  the 5th year of Publican Enemy. And what have youuuu done ?”

Who’d a thunk after the trials and /or tribulations of 2020 that we would have the fresh hell that was 2021, a year that began with even more pessimism yet  ended in a hazy brew of jaded acceptance  & moral turpitude . After 5 years of prime travel content, 2021 stood out as the year of least travels, only once could I get away, a new low. Yet, what of highlights ?  Well, in no order other than chronological;

1. In the icy grip of a winter lockdown, cabin fever saw the making of this  short informative vid on the ever- elusive Murphys and their fab ads,  the video being inspired by the fact  there was bollix-all else to do

https://publicanenemy.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/publican-enemy-episode-4-corkonian-samurai/

2. One year late and dangerously close to an apocalyptic English victory, running concurrently alongside the football Euro 2020 was the hastily improvised and arguably superior ” Beer-o 2020″ where I attempted to choose a winning brew from the 24 participating nations by arbitrarily pitting them against each other in a haze of hops and crude stereotyping. Highs included Ukraine being represented by a delicious chicken kiev.

3. ” We all dream of a massive bag of cans,  a massive bag of cans , a massive bag of cans ”     One of the purest of pints, watching Clapton CFC in Walthamstow.

4. FINALLY ! Come August , after months of  foreplayesque titualtion via instagram vids, the pure release of  the main event – a trip to visit Irish pub number 50 in the fantastic schismed Isle of Cyprus. An odyssey of Mythical proportions.

https://publicanenemy.wordpress.com/2021/09/12/cyprus-chill-50th-irish-pub-spectacular/

5. Could we see a new era of parsimonious hedonism with the long awaited non alcoholic Guinness in ” Less than Zero” ?

No.

6. Never again to be undervalued , the pubs of Kerry threw open their doors welcoming this son of Erin home. Until they had to close at 8.