In the 18th century the game of billiards, or pool, was popular with the colonial gentlemen of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and billiards tables were commonplace in their taverns. In New ...

Eight ball in the corner pocket, you say. It's a shot that could perplex even Minnesota Fats when played on one of JM Billiard Co.'s custom tables. That's because the tables have no corners. The ...

Step forward O’Reilly’s Bar in the Co Kerry town of Kilgarvan, where the specially made round pool table — the first of its kind in Ireland — proved so popular with locals that the bar fell foul of ...

Rectangular pool tables? Sounds great, gramps, but why don’t you come join us ballers in the 21rst century and have a little fun? Today it’s all about round tables with custom add-ons, like stripper ...

A sign outside one of the three pubs in the Co Kerry village of Kilgarvan promises Ireland's first round pool table. And O'Reilly's really does have a remarkable circular pool table, the size of a ...

The Rudds is an absolute stalwart of the Middlesbrough pub scene. And it’s as popular today as it’s always been. Here we take a little look back at the Marton pub on Stokesley Road that’s evolved and ...

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