The Corkman behind Beautiful Pints and Sh*t London Guinness

Humans of the Sesh co-founder has grown up, taking Irish drink discourse with him — and a bar in Crookhaven is one of his highest-rated pints 

Ian Ryan: the man behind Beautiful Pints and S**t London Guinness

It’s strange to have to explain Humans of the Sesh in something approaching the past tense. 

In the late 2010s, the social media page’s visceral documentation of young people’s experiences in post-recession Ireland veered from shaggy-dog stories of wild house parties pastiching the Humans of New York phenomenon to lectures for UCC Philosophy Soc, advocacy for social causes like repealing the Eighth Amendment and trans rights, and having courted audiences of millions weekly on Facebook, a brief period of international recognition.