Ask an Irish bartender: Mike Polk Jr. chats with Sean Gormley [Video]

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — If you want a real taste of Irish hospitality this St. Patrick’s Day, look no further than Gormley’s Pub in Rocky River. I had the pleasure of sitting down with owner Sean Gormley — a proud Derry native — to chat about Irish traditions, pub culture, and, of course, what not to do when trying to get a bartender’s attention on the busiest drinking day of the year.

Sean has been a barber since he was 15 years old back in Derry, Ireland, but when he came to the United States, he decided to stick with another time-honored Irish tradition: running a pub. While St. Patrick’s Day may be a huge celebration here, he told me that back home, it …