The 1884 is so called after the year that the GAA was founded, and it is very much a sporty pub. And while the GAA is the most-represented sporting genre on the walls and in the niches, there’s plenty of (association) football on the screens as well, especially on a weekend visit such as our ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The 1884 first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Despite walking past it multiple times a day most days, we’ve not had occasion to call in to The Bernard Shaw recently. This part of Dublin – the Phibsborough/Glasnevin border – is already well-served with great pubs like The Bald Eagle just across the canal, more food-forward spots like The Botanic around the corner, and ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Bernard Shaw first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
In our effort to fill in the blanks when we see you getting lost in our search results, we’re aiming to visit some of the more common pubs on the tourist trail here and there, now that the bulk of the summer holidaymakers have gone home. Indeed, this week’s pub is one we’ve only ever ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Long Hall first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Yes, it's cheating a bit, since we just visited a new-to-us cask ale spot last week in Harty's Bar, but with our current work travel schedule (where we had some decent, if not amazing, cask ale in London after meetings), needs must! And while Harty's Bar is one of the very few consistent non-Wetherspoons spots ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Best Pubs for Cask Ale first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Cask ale, as we have often complained, is something of a rarity in Ireland. While there are a few more pubs with a regular cask offering up in Belfast, here in Dublin, it is simply not a regular feature in most pubs. Happily, though, a tipoff from a reader (cheers, Ciaran!) alerted us to a ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Harty's Bar first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
We know that we tend to be biased toward pubs on the north side of the Liffey, but this week, we travel (relatively) far into south Dublin – all the way to Blackrock and . Once a quiet fishing village with a sideline in early modern highway robbery, Blackrock is now one of the bougier ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Jack O'Rourke's first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Our featured Dublin pub this week is one that has been in the ‘much requested’ queue for some time. While we had to make it a flying visit, we finally got to The Cobblestone. In many ways, it’s difficult to think of a more iconic Dublin pub. News of its possible closure or truncation for ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Cobblestone first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Irish pubs are, broadly speaking, welcoming to all ages during the day and early evening – or, at least, they are more often than not, compared to pubs and pub-adjacent spaces in the UK or US (the never-ending ‘kids in taprooms’ debate there notwithstanding). Dublin has a wealth of pubs that are especially good at ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Best Pubs for Kids first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Have we found Dublin’s darkest pub? While the exterior of Frank Ryan’s Pub is bright-ish candy colours of pink and yellow, the interior is more None More Black. The smell of incense and the nod toward illumination with a string of fairy lights adds to the student-squat vibe, but this is a student squat for ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Frank Ryan's first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs
Dublin excels at Old Man Pubs. You can find them in every corner of the city; some are more scuffed-but-well-loved, like Briody’s, while others maintain their fine Victorian interiors, like The Hut, with a range of everything in between. Gaffney & Son, more commonly known as Gaffney’s, is very much at the ‘high Victorian’ end ... Read more The post Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Gaffney & Son first appeared on Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs.| Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs