[twobitcoins]

The Pewter Mug was plain and unadorned inside and spoke more of Knickerbocker New York. Not so much the Ivy Green, another Democratic bar a few blocks away on Elm Street (now Lafayette Street), across from the Tombs—the city’s prison—on the edge of the notorious Five Points, the most dangerous neighborhood in America. If the Pewter Mug was intense, the Ivy Green was free and easy. Founded in 1844 or thereabouts by Malachi Fallon, a former Tombs warden and second-generation Irishman, the bar was famous for its rowdy fun: songs were sung, music was played, there was wrestling, boxing, and general devilment. All of the popular heroes of the 1840s and 1850s hung out there, if they were Irish, anyway. John Morrissey, the fearsome bare-knuckle heavyweight turned politician, was a regular, and so was the fearless middleweight Yankee Sullivan—indeed, once Sullivan had to shoot a man there when the man followed him into the bar and lunged at him with a knife (he survived). The police were frequent visitors. Indeed, one of them, John Stacom, was among the chain of owners who followed in Fallon’s wake after he joined the Gold Rush in 1849.

[seq2010]

The first of these didn’t start as Irish. The Pewter Mug, a porter-house and oyster saloon on Frankfort Street, near where you will now find the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, opened in the early years of the 19th century. It was a standard, three-story frame house with a very plain bar-room on the ground floor. The bar’s history was always intertwined with the politics of the city. Indeed, Aaron Burr kept a room on the second floor with its own alley staircase to meet with his cronies in secret and—conveniently—Tammany Hall, headquarters for the city’s populist Democrats, was right next door. By the beginning of the 1830s, it was kept by Francis Peckwell, a Tammany “Sachem,” or chief. From him it went to one “Major” Joe Hopkins, a Tammany hanger-on with a rowdy reputation, who in turn passed it on to Tom Hazard, who passed it to an “amiable, handsome and intelligent” widow, Mary Lynch, a friend of Martin Van Buren and Andrew Jackson. On her death in 1850, it fell into the hands of Tom Dunlap. [links]

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Some of those ports of call were lively, pleasant places such as McSorley’s, downtown on East 7th Street, or the Dublin House, up on West 79th, or the large and friendly Glocca Morra on 3rd Avenue near 23rd Street, or Eamonn Doran’s just-off-the-plane shebeen uptown on 2nd Avenue. Some were tight-knit and perhaps a little hostile to strangers: At McSwiggans, a couple of blocks down 3rd from the Glocca Morra, I learned quickly not to order Scotch and to put in when they passed the hat for the IRA. Others were just bars, places a file clerk or a meter reader or a fabric cutter could go and have a couple of cheap, stingy drinks and a plate of grey—but free—corned beef from the steam table. Many of those belonged to chains: There were 23 perfunctory Blarney Stones, some even within sight each other, and 28 even-less-jolly outposts of the McAnn’s empire. more

[joeydangerous]

When I was a shaggy-haired youth, back in the late 1970s, New York—or at least Manhattan—was basically an archipelago of Irish bars, separated by short stretches of gum-spotted sidewalk. And it wasn’t the sort of archipelago where there’s one island over here, another one a day’s journey over there, yet another over the horizon. No, Manhattan’s Irish-bar archipelago was tight: Whenever you set sail from one bar you could usually see your next port of call down the block or across the street, with only a few, easily-skirted stretches of open ocean to worry about.

[Thor]

After that, things get murky. One source claims, on I don’t know what evidence, that there were “2,000 saloons… found in Irish neighborhoods by 1840.” If so, the vast majority were informal, come-and-go neighborhood places, nothing more than a room where a recent immigrant could nurse a mug of ale or throw down some cheap whiskey in the company of his compatriots. McSorley’s began as precisely such a place, and the fact that it’s still with us is as astounding a feat of beating the odds as a three-legged horse winning the Preakness. There were a few places that stood out. In the 1820s, there was Dooley’s Long Room, in the Sixth Ward Hotel, but it was more a drill-hall for militias with a bar at one end than a dedicated drinking establishment. (It even had a dummy cannon for the tipsy militiamen to heave around.) In 1835, the city’s business directory includes listings for T. Conlan & Bros. on Pearl Street, which claimed to be “stocked with the choicest liquors,” and Daniel Sweeney’s “house of refreshment” on Ann Street, in the heart of the business district. A few others turn up here and there. But there were two bars that really stood out; that became institutions. here

[asdf]

So were judges. In 1852, a certain “French Louis” was being arraigned across the street for disorderly conduct. While the clerk was taking the arresting officer’s affidavit, the judge took the prisoner by the arm and escorted him out the side door. When they didn’t return, the clerk went across the street and found them drinking together at the bar of the Ivy Green. French Louis “refused to return to the station-house until the Judge promised to go bail for him.” It was that kind of bar. The Ivy Green didn’t last much past the Civil War.

[jnishioka11]

Ben has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, and many more.

[swinewine]

I find the idea of swilling my ale from a 230 year old pewter tankard highly appealing, if you do too you can check out the upcoming Bonham’s auction of the The Michael Boorer Pewter Collection here, there are hundreds of tankards just like this ranging from $70 USD right the way up to $4,000+ USD. [links]

[kathybrendan962]

It might surprise you to learn that there’s a huge community of people who collect pewter tankards like this that date back hundreds of years, a lot of the mugs have the name of the pub they were cast for engraved on them to try to offset the rampant thievery of the era. more

[regina2020]

It may surprise you a little further to learn that many of these beautiful old pint mugs only cost $80-$150 USD each, making them an entirely affordable acquisition for almost everyone.

[Lord Jebe]

Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with millions of readers around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media. here

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[alanahbing142]

Individual Chasers – US$300 – Many people enjoy chasing the race during ASW with Wadadli Cats. 2022 will be no exception although less people will be allowed to be on each boat in order to ensure adherence to social distancing. The money raised will be allocated towards the charter of the catamarans to ensure the trip can go ahead. As a Chaser you will be recognised with an official Chase T-shirt as well as a ticket to enjoy chase the race on any day of ASW 2022. The T-shirts will be available for pick up mailing in January 2022. [links]

[weddingshoesmaker2003]

With the importance of Antigua Sailing Week to the national economy of Antigua and Barbuda and as the anchor event at the end of the Caribbean season it creates vital revenues for the entire island which assists in businesses being able to support themselves over the long summer period. The cancellation of the 2020 & 2021 events have created a difficult period the not-for-profit organisation and the island. In order to assist in creating a safe and exciting 2022 event the organisers are continuing their ‘Friends of ASW’ programme.

[Remizor]

Individual Race Supporter – US$200 – A critical element of our event is ensuring the safety of all participants on the water. The monies raised will be allocated to payment to the support boats and ABSAR all essential in ensuring the courses are managed safely. As a supporter you will be recognised with an official Race Supporter T-shirt . The T-shirts will be available for pick up or mailing in January 2022.

[mskwik]

Corporate Regatta Supporter – US$2500 –A tradition of Antigua Sailing Week is the pewter mug which is awarded to first, second and third in every class. And one of the most important parts of delivering ASW is the huge mainly volunteer team who work tirelessly in planning and delivering the event. The monies raised will be allocated to purchase of 60 class pewter mugs, SWAT (Sailing Week Antigua Team) Tee-shirts and tool kits needed to do their jobs. As a thank you, corporate supporters will have their logo added to the official SWAT Tee-shirts as well as to the supporter page of the website. In addition each Corporate Regatta Supporter will receive their own pewter mug specifically engraved with Supporter ASW 2022 . The mugs will be available for pick up or mailing in March 2022. more

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