One part of Pat's Bar still recalls his youth in County Galway, minus only the jars of cockles and mussels.

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Mussels will be on the menu for the next few weeks, before cockles, sprats and spinach will be added to the diet, which is rather more up-market than its usual fare of jellyfish.

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