The craic is NOT mighty in a real Irish pub - it’s just right

A lot of lyrical waxing has been done about the Irish pub, about the intangible qualities that make it a superior night-time venue. 

The word ‘craic’ is mentioned a lot. Before I write the word ‘craic’ again, I know there are people who maintain that the reverse-Gaelic spelling of the English word ‘crack’ is an abomination that should be punishable by near ‘Saudi’ methods, but for the purposes of this article, it will be spelled ‘craic’.

Anyway, people who moan about the spelling of craic are ‘no craic’ — it’s axiomatic.