LAST WEEK, MICHELIN Guide announced named The Butcher’s Arms in Eldersfield as the Michelin Pub of the Year 2016.

The Guardian reports that the 16th century pub was named the best pub in the UK and Ireland and praised for being a “laid-back home from home”.

Sure, it might serve gourmet food and it might be really old and quaint, but is it really better than our Irish pubs?

We think not.

1. Keep your mini oxtail pies — the true measure of a pub is the quality of its ham and cheese toasties

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Toastiefrom Grogan’s > everything else

2. Can you do a spot of hardware shopping in The Butcher’s Arms like you can in Foxy John’s?

Didn’t think so.

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3. Do the staff of The Butcher’s Arms wear lab coats?

Because they most certainly do in Morrissey’s, Abbeyleix.

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4. You think The Butcher’s Arms is old because it dates from the 16th century? Sean’s Bar, Athlone, dates from 900 AD and is the oldest pub in Europe

So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

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5. Does it have toilet graffiti like this?

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Spotted in Blackbird, Ballycotton.

6. Does it have views like this?

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The Blue Light, Stepaside

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O’Looneys Bar, Lahinch

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Aherlow House Hotel, Co. Tipperary

And do they have sessions like this?

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Or pints as glorious as this?

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Pulled in Matt Molloy’s, Westport.

Take that, Michelin Guide

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O’Dowd’s, Roundstone

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Dick Mack’s, Dingle

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L. Mulligan Grocer, Stoneybatter

Previously: 21 pubs in Dublin you have to visit before you die >

19 of Ireland’s most spectacular pubs to drink pints with a view >