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Comet, Dublin

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John and Sally McKenna
Aug 07, 2025
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In Walter Pater’s famous aphorism, “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.”

This little sentence goes some way towards explaining just what Kevin O’Donnell is doing in Comet, his new Dublin city-centre restaurant. Because O’Donnell’s cooking aspires towards the condition of music.

Let’s take three of his signature dishes as an example …

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