LOCK-IN AT AN OLD PUB

Conroy’s Old Bar, North Tipperary

USP: The listing says: ‘Aglish may not be the first place you would choose to go on holiday, but it does happen to be where the world’s first self- catering pub is located’ — and it’s in the centre of Ireland, near many major cities.

SLEEPS: Four guests in two bedrooms (one in the old beer cellar), plus there is a cot for a baby. WHAT YOU GET: The whole pub — mahogany bar, snug, beer pumps, gleaming optics, open fire, darts board, skittles — but

no booze. Yes, it no longer has an alcohol licence. However, the village pub is nearby, luckily.

DON’T FORGET: To take some drink (the nearest shop is four miles away).

PERFECT FOR: Fans of old-fashioned pubs.

COST: £82 a night.