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  Last year The Long Hall on George’s Street celebrated 250 years in existence. A huge achievement and a significant milestone. To celebrate, the pub teamed up with Powers Whiskey, which was established not long after the pub and started it’s existence on John’s lane near Thomas Street. Together they created a whiskey blend unique […]

  Doheny and Nesbitt’s has been a landmark pub in Dublin since it opened in 1867, and especially so since it got it’s name in the 20th century. D & N is one of the remaining Victorian era pubs of Dublin, and so it has the design characteristics of this period. One of these characteristics […]

  The Barge at the top of Charlemont Street by the canal is an incredible building on the inside. If you have a big enough corporate group, you could book out the entire bar.     Alternatively, they have many areas that are easily segregated into semi private spots. There’s the downstairs bar area, the […]

  The quiz is a staple of the midweek calendar in Dublin pub culture. Pitting your wits against others, and bickering among friends as to who has the right answer. Oscars in Christchurch now have a new Pub quiz to add to the calendar. It’s a 12 week league called ‘Wise Guys’. They operate the […]

  Let pre-drinking at home be a thing of the past from now on. The Pav, well known as a very central spot to have a few very reasonably priced cans, and Tramline on Hawkin’s Street, an exciting new music venue and club have teamed up to put together an ideal night out. For years […]

  O’Donoghue’s, with it’s live traditional music associations tends to get a good amount of overseas visitors in. They’ve done something quite clever to broaden their appeal and make sure that more and more people pay a pilgrimage when they’re in Ireland.   They have specially made O’Donoghue’s postcard beer mats. On the front is […]

  Today see’s the start of Dublin Amber Friendship Week, an initiative by the Licensed Vintners Association to raise money and support ALONE, a charity that supports older people to age at home. 300 pubs across Dublin have been selling the Guinness Dublin Amber Ale, which was created to celebrate 200 years of the existence […]

  Christmas party season is one of the busiest times of years in pubs, but not every office, trade, or profession can have their actual Christmas party in the month of December or on the right side of Christmas. For some, their industry is so caught up in the rush that they only have time […]

  Christmas party season is one of the busiest times of years in pubs, but not every office, trade, or profession can have their actual Christmas party in the month of December or on the right side of Christmas. For some, their industry is so caught up in the rush that they only have time […]

Last Thursday we put together a Pub Crawl taking in 4 of Dublin’s newest pubs. We (John and Luigsech) guided a group of 14 people, giving them a bit of history and also exposing them to some new pubs that they had never considered before. As the 4 pubs we were visiting were all new […]

  Take a look inside The Den Bar on Baggot Street. Take note of their Raglan Room in the back that can be set up for banquets, as a theatre, or open plan.