This place is legendary throughout the region. "Well you HAVE to go to Hough's when your in Banagher" was a refrain heard dozens of times. One local described it as the "best and dirtiest pub in Ireland." It did not disappoint on either account. On the night we were there the music was not of the quality we had come to expect in an Ireland pub. It was apparently not to the standard normally expected at Hough's given that owner, Michael Hough, a great local character, actually came up to us and said, "Sorry, their seems to be a shortage of singers." We were there on a week night and there was plenty of room but we were told that on weekend one needs to arrive before 8 to get a spot. read more