Yearly Archives: 2017

Towards the end of 2016, we made a list of 16 new pubs that had recently opened or were on the verge of opening. Link. Some of the pubs on that list, also make it onto this list, considering they opened so late in the year. We’ve also got some new additions that are more […]

  This is the second in a series of article that looks at documents that we found and scanned in the archive of the Licensed Vintners Association, who are celebrating 200 years in existence in 2017. The following document shows the immediate reaction of the Guinness company in St. James’ Gate t the 1916 reaction […]

  We came across this photo in Briody’s on Marlborough Street of Paul McGrath pulling a pint in the pub. It looks like the 1980’s.

  We’ve created a 360 degree photo so that you can look around and get a feel for Generator in Smithfield. It’s a bar within a hostel. An excellent place to meet people visiting Dublin and to recreate the feeling you had of staying in hostels abroad. Check out the Jameson bottle chandeliers, the pool […]

  In the video for Phil Lynott’s ‘Old Town’ he visits some iconic Dublin locations, including the Ha’Penny Bridge, Howth Pier, the Stephen’s Green bandstand, and the quays. He also pays a visit, in a more somber part of the song, to The Long Hall on George’s Street. He sits alone at the bar with […]

Capitol Bar on George’s Street are, at this stage, well established as one of the best known cocktail bars in the city. Their €5 cocktails are legendary. For the new year they’ve put together a low calorie cocktail menu for those that aren’t quite ready to have a dry January, but do want to maybe […]

Late last year downstairs in Kennedy’s on Westland Row went under a bit of a renovation. It’s under new management these days and the historic pub has been going back to it’s roots. The new underground area is called ‘Kennedy’s Station’, and captures a bit of the old history of the area (especially the old […]

  We’re now doing 360 videos! In our ‘Pub in a Picture’ series we’ve given you the skinny of some of Dublin’s best pubs. Now, we’re taking it up a gear by giving you the opportunity to look at pubs in full 360. Our first pub in focus is Ryan’s on Parkgate Street. It’s a […]