The Plough and Stars is a bar and music venue in Cambridge, Massachusetts.It was founded in 1969 by brothers Peter and Padraig O'Malley, named after the play of the same name by Seán O'Casey.[1] The Boston Globe and Boston Phoenix have noted its disproportionate cultural influence for its size, with a number of noted musicians, writers, and politicians frequenting the bar over the years.[2][3] The literary journal Ploughshares is named for the bar, where it was founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and former bartender/owner Peter O'Malley.This pub-related article is a stub.