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Temple Bar Area Dublin
126 Reviews Dublin is one of the places in the world with the liveliest nightlife. Temple Bar is an area where the bars and restaurants are side by side, the choice becoming very difficult. We wanted live...
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Live Music Cork
7 Reviews An Crúiscín Lán is a nice pub at the centre of Cork with lots of live music- normally there will be bands playing every night from Wednesday to Saturday. But beware: we’re not talking about...
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Night Clubs Galway
10 Reviews So who can help? For a lads' trip (in their mid-20's) to Galway on April 26th for four days where would be good places to visit, hang out and drink. Places where it won't feel like we're in a German...
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Various Pubs Limerick
6 Reviews Nightlife in Limerick is fairly limited. Pubs I would recommend are: The Cornmarket Old Quarter Charlie Chaplins Mc Daids Smyths Molly Malones The Sibin Smart Casual. Make an effort on Saturday...
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Danny Mann's Killarney
5 Reviews Well, there are loads of pubs in Killarney, all of which are sure to impress. The Danny Mann is one that I particularly like. They have live bands every night of the week and the food is also...
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T & H Doolin's Pub Waterford
2 Reviews Have you ever walked past a place every time you're in the City and didn't even think of going inside? Ever wonder what you were missing? Today I was in town shopping for my Vegas trip, and decided I...
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Langtons Bar & Club Kilkenny
6 Reviews Langton's is probably the best known nightclub in Kilkenny. I've been here far too many times and whenever we go out in Kilkenny we always end up in here. On Saturday nights or over the Christmas...
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Pubs.. Sligo
4 Reviews For the complete night out come to Shenanigans where you can Eat, Drink and Dance the night away. For great music, great food, great drinks and a great atmosphere what ever the occasion, you'll find...
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Muddy Maher's Kinsale
1 Review A wonderful pub with a great atmosphere, get bartender (John) and great live music. Spent my Friday night here and enjoyed the potato skins and Guinness while listening to live music and conversing...
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An Droisead Beag Dingle
5 Reviews This place is definately one of my favorite pubs in Europe. It had a fantastic atmosphere, the music was great, and the people were friendly. I would recommend getting their early, as the bar can get...
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Good Time Charlies Howth
2 Reviews A small friendly club with a good atmosphere. My main memories of the club consist of the doorman wearing shiny suits and trilby hats, and my then girlfriends friend putting a condom over his head...
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Bars... Tralee
2 Reviews Sean Og's is a great little pub. We were there on the night of the All Ireland Football Championship, so can't say if the place is always this full. There was live music, fiddles playing and patrons...
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Banquets Shannon
1 Review Knappogue Castle in Quin, Co.Clare was built in 1467 and was the home of the MacNamara Clan. The original structure has Georgian and Regency additions. It is furnished in 15th century pieces. If you...
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O'Connors Pub Doolin
11 Reviews Gus O'Connor died in the beginning of 2003 and the new owner tries to set the tradition further, that Gus started and made Doolin so famous for it’s life music. We had a great evening there, sitting...
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PJ's.... Castlebar
1 Review Panama Jacks Night Club For dancing the night away try Panama Jacks or 'PJs' as it is known at the TF Weekends nightly from ~11:00 pm to late (finishing approx. 2:00am)
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Monk's Pub Ballyvaughan
2 Reviews A cosy pub at the entrance to Ballyvaughan. We had lunch here (outside even! Something you don't find often in Ireland!) and had planned to return at night. But then we never made it. It looked like a...
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Nerve Centre Derry
1 Review This venue is primarily a multimedia centre. It has training facilities for all kinds of audio/video. They also hire out practice rooms to local bands and have a small cinema. But the main...
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The Paddy Quinn County Clare
2 Reviews certain pubs in this region of the world have a charm that is hard to describe but after being there one feels at home. Paddy Quinn is such a place. Easy spot to make friends. The first time you are a...
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Foxy John's County Kerry
1 Review DINGLE: Foxy John's This is sooooooo lovely. The left side of the shop is a pub and the right side of the pub is a hardware shop! I loved this place. What I hated though was tourists who come in with...
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Traditional Irish Music County Dublin
2 Reviews This is the seond time I have been here and it was just as I had remembered. Busy, loud and great fun. There are normally a few bands playing and there is only a short interval between them. The music...
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Clubs Dublin
74 Reviews Copper Face Jacks is a nightclub that is for fun and single people. It's well know to be a pick up place , well know for Teachers, guards, and nurses along with the odd prison officer thrown in...
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Reardens Cork
3 Reviews I was there on a sunday night, its free entrance and had a live band, who were excellent in my opinion. It was a big venue with lots of beautiful girls! The staff are friendly. Well worth a visit.
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Pubs with Traditional Music Galway
14 Reviews Came across a brilliant session here on Thursday (18/1/2007), eleven or so musicians, great acoustics and ambience. Fast reels and jigs, but also ballads, slow airs, even some blues thrown in....
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Dolen's Limerick
5 Reviews It's a very typical, no frills pub but I've never had a bad time. I come to Ireland 6-8 times a year and always stop at this pub when I'm in town, I refuse to spend my evening elsewhere =) The food...
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The Crypt Killarney
2 Reviews Killarney has no shortage of pubs, and the craic is equally good in places such as Tralee, Dingle and Kenmare. For clubs, you can try The Crypt in Killarney, it's a hotspot for the young of Kerry....
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Since the end of March, 2004, a smoking ban has been introduced for all public areas in the country. This includes all night clubs, pubs, theatres, restaurants etc.Ash trays are provided outside many pub/club entrances and the black public trash cans are fitted with ash trays as well.Anyone disobeying this law can await a huge fine.
Dublin nowadays has more posh and pretentious places than you could possibly shake a stick at. They're quite often the main focus of local mockery and as such are not favoured among the 'aulder' generation. Young urban hipsters, however, are taking to these places like fish to water. The pic features Cocoon, one of the cool loungy hangouts. You can find this and much more at the following sites:www.worldsbestbars.comwww.beerintheevening.comEspecially short-time visitors might be more inclined to look for the old-fashioned pubs to get a bit of a taste for the auld Irish atmosphere. In that case Toner's in Baggot Street and The Long Hall in George Street would be your best bets. Then again, why not spoil yourself and indulge in a little trend-setting? In any case, Dublin has plenty of bars to satisfy any serious drinker's needs! Dress up and make an effort: everyone else does it!
The Gaels are used to tourists- and they will even put on the best craic (Krack for rednecks means fun) for you. If you don't like the black pints then they either have uisce (whiskey - water of life) or you can stick to a girly drink like Irish cream.
the band starts about 6 pm every sunday. they play everything from rock ,jazz to blues. it is very loud, but you can dance away . its just something different in a town where you hear traditional music everywhere. whatever you fancy
There is usually a traditional Irish band playing from 9-11pm and then another live band start up near the back of the pub til about 1am. The night we went there was a really good rock band, Bluemoose, (http://www.bluemoose.ie) playing and we all had a really good night. There is also a dancefloor area through the back that opens up later in the night. Anything goes from what I could tell
In Galway, don't miss a chance to enjoy a pint or two and take in the local music scene. The place we went on both nights we were there was the Quay. This place has a small front room tapping Guinness and Murphy's that ends in a dorrway by the corner. Walk through there and the place opens up! Now you're in a cathedral like auditorium, with a band playing on a small stage above a long bar. You'll find people from all over the world drinking pints and moving to the sounds of traditional Irish music or local rock. Have fun! No special dress
Tommy has been doing the rounds recently. I caught him at the Galway Arts festival in July 2003. Reviews of his shows are somewhat mixed, but if you like comedy in the tradition of Billy Connely then you will probably be laughing away like a good 'unI liked the fact that much of his comedy was connected to Ireland and his life there.I especially liked his comparison of the Irish attitude to life with Buddhist philosophy. Buddhism teaches that we have to accept the pain and suffering of life which we know will end in death. Only then can we reach true happiness in this life.In the same way he argues if an Irishman is invited to a party, then you just know it's going to be sh*te, so you accept it's sh*te, but then sure, you can have some craic. Tommy makes no effort - why should you ?What a scruffy bugger
The Black Stuff: GUINNESSAt the end of the day, or any time of the day for that matter you can have a nice couple of pints to look forward to. You must have a pint of Guinness when in Ireland, otherwise your trip will not be complete. Certain pubs will have a dress code, especially in the bigger cities where you may find doormen. As a tourist at least I don't think you will have any trouble.
In the parks there are often concerts of classical, "country/irish" or centic music.Those are for free, just sit and enjoy the music.I feel this should be a "must do activity", maybe I'll move this tip, because the real Irish atmosphere comes also from these occasions, don't miss them.
The pubs are where the fun is in the evenings. Their warm and inviting with local food and drink. Ask at your hotel or B&B for the best pub in town for Irish music, the locals alway know where to go. The pubs are always casual - no need to dress up.
Westbury Hotel Dublin
4 Reviews and 722 Opinions If location is a must and you have the extra to spend, Westbury's is certainly a place to go. Just...
Fitzgerald's Vienna Woods Hotel Cork
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Park House Galway
2 Reviews and 657 Opinions I selected the Park House Hotel because it is very convenient to both the bus and train stations in...
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