Alledgedly this pub is 9 miles from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fields_of_Athenry" class="extiw" title="w:The Fields of Athenry">low-lying fields</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenry" class="extiw" title="w:Athenry">Athenry</a>. The sign is an authentic <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Irish</a> bi-lingual road sign. It was probably stolen from Or, to be more charitable, since I recently discovered that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" class="extiw" title="w:Republic of Ireland">Republic</a> has gone metric with its road signs, this sign may have been discarded from its original location and obtained legitimately. In fact this is the <i>Claddagh Ring</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/public_house" class="extiw" title="w:public house">public house</a> in Church Road, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendon" class="extiw" title="w:Hendon">Hendon</a>, north <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" class="extiw" title="w:London">London</a> near the junction with Church End at Photographed 2002 June 29 13:15 (BST)
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:RHaworth" title="User:RHaworth">user:RHaworth</a>
June 29 2002 ; 29 June 2002 (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format" class="extiw" title="en:Exchangeable image file format">Exif</a> data)
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>