Which bar is the best pure irish bar in dublin?

Question

I am staying in Dublin over the weekend and I do not want to get trapped in tourist stuff.

Answer 1

Johnny foxes is outside dublin but I should go because it is old, famous and local

Answer 2

Doheny & Nesbitt and O'Donoghue's both on Lr Baggott Street are a sure bet for some good craic, especially Friday night, also try McDaids a short walk away on Harry Street.  All 3 are traditional pubs but if you're after something a bit more modern try Dakota on Clarendon St for cocktails and the Market Bar, it's huge but the food is great.  Stop by the Horse Shoe Bar in the revamped Shelbourne for some history, it's back to the original decor and if it's too much of a squeeze the new bar is just across the hall.

Have a fab weekend!

Answer 3

there are a few bars off Grafton Street still have a 'real' sense of Ireland. Can't believe it my mind is a blank, but basically around Wexford street, and the top of South William street, there's a small place called Peter's bar,real small town bar in Ireland, stuck in Dublin.

Another old type bar is The Stags head, off Dame street, lunch food gorgeous, and not over priced either.

But there's 'the international', 'sheedy'[or sheehys] and the long haul..

http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/11...

this site gives bars, choose what you think you want, but basically, Dublin gets hectic, and if you find a spot you enjoy stay til closing,

I wouldn't be bothered going to Johnnie Foxes, too far,too expensive and too twee for a weekend in Dublin

Answer 4

It is hard to escape.

I moved to Dublin from west coast of Canada recently, and all my ideas of Irish pubs (traditional types) were smashed against the ground.

I now live in the sticks and don't go to pubs.

Answer 5

If ur staying in dublin city center knightsbridge is good or if u wanna go outside da city johnny foxes is good 2. enjoy ur wkend?

Answer 6

Mulligans in Poolbeg St.Only a minutes walk from O Connell Bridge. As featured in the Irish tv series Batchelors Walk. A genuine Dublin pub with no airs and graces. If you don't like Guinness however, go somewhere else

Answer 7

anyone away from Temple Bar

Answer 8

Grogans. I think its in Clarendon St. but, if not, then very near to it so you can be directed. Its a good pub, but what I don't like about it is the fact that they won't let you sing. If you as much as make a musical sneeze, you are out on your ear. If singing is not your thing, this is a great pub. Singing is frowned on in a lot of establishments because some foreman decide one night, that, 'if they're singin' then they ain't drinkin' and so, banned it. The talk in Grogan's is great , tho, so give it a shot.

Another good pub is The Palace Bar, in Fleet St. That's where we go when we've been out for a day's shopping.  People have mentioned Mulligans. Personally, I think it tries too hard to be ethnic. If the 'characters' ain't there then you are left with this awful anachronism-before civilisation hit the pubs. It takes more than a dirty decor to make an Irish pub so, give Mulligans a miss.

Answer 9

well, this weekend Dublin are playing Offaly in a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, which holds 83,000, so you can imagine the buzz around town, but most pubs are packed. I would recommend going to the mountains, theres a pub called "The Merry Ploughboy" and they have music after the match. only thing is, you will have to get taxis.

whatever you do, i hope you have a great weekend in Dublin!!

Answer 10

Slatterys in rathmines great beer great music and great people from all over ireland drink there.

Answer 11

Toners lounge on baggot street

Dcdaids just off grafton street

there is one on south Anne street too

still have their original look and decor not necessily the most comfortable places to drink as they are normally packed but you wanted a real looking Irish pub.

Answer 12

I have two recommendations; firstly, Cassidys on Westmoreland Street, a new operation run by the famous Cassidy family:

http://www.cassidysbar.com/

If you mention my site www.hidden-dublin.com and ask for Barry, he will give you some great info about Dublin's bars, pubs, clubs and culture, as well as a passionate account of their own excellent business.

Secondly (and reviewed in my pub guide below), the Wexford Street area in the south city has a lot of genuine Dublin bars off the main tourist trail.

Have a great weekend!