Around the globe

On 19 January 1785, Richard Crosbie, dressed in a fur-lined silk robe and leopard skin cap, became the first Irishman to make a manned flight. Witnessed by over 35,000 people, Crosbie launched his balloon from Ranelagh Gardens in Dublin intending to fly across the Irish Sea, and maybe even around the world. Sadly, he descended into the fishing village of Clontarf, barely five miles away. Although he was rescued after making several further attempts – once with his cat in his arms, Crosbie never realised his dream. Until now…..

This menu created for The Coral Room propels Crosbie (a real-life Phileas Fogg) and his ‘Aeronautic Chariot’ over the wilds of Bohemia to the mysterious Hindustan, the unexplored territories of New Holland and old Edo in the East; and, armed with cocktails that evoke the spirit of the lands over which he floats, gives this intrepid Irishman the opportunity to imagine what might have been.