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Photo Highlights From Raglan Road Pub’s First “Great Hooley” Celebration

2 September 2012 by Suzannah Otis 1 Comment

Saturday my daughter and I were invited to experience Raglan Road Pub’s Great Irish Hooley, or celebration. Nestled between Downtown Disney’s Pleasure Island and Marketplace, the Great Irish Hooley is central Florida’s first boutique Irish festival, taking place from Friday to Monday this Labor Day weekend.

Raglan Road Pub is always a favorite for my family, featuring great food mixed with authentic Irish musicians and dancers throughout the day and night. The Great Irish Hooley enhanced all of that fun, with more bands, more dancing and lessons, and of course, great food – with no cover charge. It was wonderful to learn the stories behind the Irish dances being demonstrated along with the music and edible delights!

Here are some photo highlights of our experience on Saturday:

Irish Dancers and me
Anyone can dance!
Irish Dancers
Irish dancing demonstration outside Raglan Road for the festival
Raglan Road Beer Flight
One of the Raglan Road beer flights available for tasting
Lobster Club with peas
Lobster Club – Lobster & avocado salad, crispy prosciutto, watercress & citrus herb mayonnaise.
Beef Curry Pie
Beef Murray – Beef curry pie with spinach, potatoes, mushrooms & apple chutney.
Shepard's Pie
Keen eye for the Shepherd’s Pie – my daughter had this and loved it.
Raglan Risotto with shrimp
Raglan Risotto with shrimp
Raglan Risotto
Raglan Risotto – Risotto with shiitake mushrooms, garden peas, shaved parmesan & rocket lettuce. You can add chicken or shrimp but I had it without and it was delicious!
Cashel Castle salad
Cashel Castle – Crumbled Cashel blue cheese, carmelized pecans, grape tomatoes, raspberries, prosciutto crisps, crostini’s & raspberry vinaigrette. You can add chicken or shrimp.
Chicken fingers and chips Raglan Road
Chicken fingers and chips – not on the menu, but on the kids menu with 2 fingers, just ask your server!
Appetizer Sampler Raglan Road
An appetizer sampler brought out for our table – Scallop Forest – Georges Bank Scallops in a golden batter served with citrus lime dipping sauce & sweet chili jam. Heaven on Earth – Baby back ribs tossed in a Guinness glaze. Nom Nom Wings – Sweet ‘n spicy wings tossed in a honey, chili flake, soy & ginger sauce. Dalkey Duo – Battered cocktail sausages with a Dalkey mustard dipping sauce
Kiss Before Prawns
Kiss Before Prawns – Pan seared prawns in a garlic & chili lemon butter sauce with crostinis.
Tart Art goat cheese tart
Tart Art goat cheese tart with asparagus and peas – delicious!
Irish Soda Bread
Irish Soda Bread with sweet Guinness dipping sauce
Jay'Gail Sangria
Jay’Gail Sangria – A refreshing blend of Magners Cider, Peach Schnapps and Fruit Liqueurs & squeezes.
Inside Raglan Road
I love the stained glass inside Raglan Road!
Irish dancer
An Irish dancer on the raised stage in the middle of Raglan Road

And here is a quick video of one of the Irish dancing demonstrations taking place during the Hooley:

 

The Great Irish Hooley is still going on now through Monday, September 3 – check out performance times at TheGreatIrishHooley.com and more information and menus at RaglanRoad.com. Special thanks again to Raglan Road Pub and Disney for providing lunch for my daughter and I.

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Filed Under: Central Florida Family Entertainment, Disney Dining, Disney Movie News & Reviews, Disney Planning, Disney Special Events Tagged With: celebration, Disney, Downtown Disney, Great Irish Hooley, Irish dancing, irish festival, Irish food, irish hooley, Irish music, irish musicians, labor day, labor day weekend, Pleasure Island, Raglan Road Orlando, Raglan Road Pub

About Suzannah Otis

A child of the 80's, Zanna climbed trees and roller-skated till the streetlights came on. She sipped her her first iced coffee at age 10 and never looked back. Growing up outside of Boston, all of these things shaped her life, as did the original EPCOT Center, which brought her where she is today.

Zanna is the mother of 2 adult humans, a 13-year old (also human), and 6 (yes, 6) cats. She is also the wife to one husband, who lovingly puts up with all of the above. Zanna tries to find that one little spark in everything, and thanks you very much for taking the time to read this.

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