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A Pint of Plain: Tradition, Change, and the Fate of the Irish Pub Memoir_Gift_Guide Six months ago she wokeAfter meeting an Irishwoman in London and moving to Dublin, Bill Barich, a "blow in," or stranger, in Irish parlance found himself looking for a traditional Irish pub to be his local. There are nearly 12,000 pubs in Ireland, so he appeared to have plenty of choices. He wanted a pub like the one in John Ford's classic movie, The Quiet Man, offering talk and drink with no distractions, but such pubs are now scarce as publicans increasingly rely on flat