Publin

Pubs for GAA fans during and after the game in Dublin.

We’ll do our best to keep everyone happy with this list, but pubs and the GAA can be a contentious issue! There’s always backlash as to why certain pubs haven’t made the list. Suffice to say, as always, we take suggestions for which pubs should also be included in this list, so let us know […]

Looking for music with your pints? The Hairy Lemon now has Live Music 7 nights a week.

It’s a very welcome trend that more and more pubs in Dublin are offering live entertainment, and not just at the weekends. The Hairy Lemon on Stephen’s Street are on trend with this and have started offering live music 7 nights a week. It’s a good spot that mixes a local and visiting tourist crowd […]

There’s a delicious pop up bringing food to The Barbers Bar.

We’re more than delighted to report that there will very soon be opening a pop up in The Barbers in Grangegorman, bringing food to the pub. It’s a very welcome development. Before this, the pub had everything going for it- dog friendly, good beers on tap, well priced G and T, an outdoor area, interesting […]

4th of July Parties in Dublin Pubs.

57 The headline The Headline are celebrating in typical fashion mixing good beer with good food. For €20 you get 2 drinks and one main course. They’re doing BBQ style food and American beers like those from Odell brewing, Founders, and Sierra Nevada. Link. For those unfamiliar with the pub, they’re known for having a […]

Keep track of all the pubs you’ve visited with this deadly Dublin pub scratch map.

You may have seen a map a few years ago designed by a guy named Eoin Whelehan. It was a map of Dublin’s best toasties, with stringy cheese playing the part of the bridges over the Liffey. Well, he’s back again with another pub related project that’s really cool and inventive. Introducing the ‘Traditional pubs […]

Take a look at this superb new Beer Garden in O’Shea’s Pub.

O’Shea’s of Talbot Street have recently unveiled a new beer garden area in their pub, rivaling anything else the cities pubs have to offer. As you enter from the main indoor bar area you’ll first find a speciality whiskey bar for tasting sessions. Up the stairs and you enter the main garden area. To the […]

All the south side Beer Gardens and Sun Spots for Summer in Dublin.

Dublin has a surprising amount of outdoor areas around the city, especially south of the Liffey. Whether they get sun or not is another matter and a good deal of them have roofing that blocks some degree of sunlight. There’s no better way to enjoy Dublin than out in the sun with a cold drink […]

A Sunday Swan Session.

The Swan on Aungier Street is one of those Dublin pubs famed for its natural ambience created by the sound of dozens of concurrent conversations. No piped in music, only chats. With all that said, it might surprise you to hear that they have a weekly Sunday trad session. It takes place in the old […]

There’s an all inclusive craft beer festival coming to The Mansion House in July.

Fidelity Beer Festival is coming to the Round Room of the Mansion House on Saturday 13th of July and it looks like being the craft beer event of the year. It’s organised by Whiplash, a small Irish brewery that has gained international renowned, and The Big Romance, one of the most popular new pubs in […]

Barney Kiernan’s pub from Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ is up for sale.

The building on Little Britain Street that once contained ‘Barney Kiernan’s’ pub is up for sale as a mixed commercial and residential property. It no longer retains a pub license. Barney Kiernan’s pub featured prominently in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’, which was set in 1904 and followed the protagonist Leopold Bloom on a journey around Dublin. […]

6 pubs to take shelter on a miserable, manky day in Dublin

Will Summer ever come? At the time of writing this article, Dublin is set for a second day of torrential rain. In true Dublin style, we can’t let the weather get the better of us and must persevere on and enjoy life as best we can. Here’s a few suggestions for pubs to visit when […]

6 Dublin pubs showing all (or most) of The Women’s World Cup.

Alas, Ireland didn’t qualify for this World Cup, but there’s still plenty of entertainment to be had from the Women’s World Cup being hosted by France. 6 Dublin pubs have indicated that they’ll be showing all or most of the games from the Women’s World Cup. They are… The Back Page The Back Page are […]

Sun Spots and Beer Gardens on Dublin’s Northside

O’Sheas, Talbot Street O’Shea’s on Talbot Street have a brand new beer garden that looks the business. They’ve got a bar, plenty of seating, cool design features that echo rural Ireland, and a screen for matches. The Barbers, Grangegorman At the front of The Barbers there is a cul-de-sac in which you can bring a […]

The Long Hall have fantastic new umbrellas and they’re giving away 50 of them.

The t-shirt, the fridge magnet, the baseball cap. These are usually the kind of merchandise you would expect to find in a Dublin pub, but The Long Hall have created something in keeping with the feel of the pub and the practicalities of Irish weather. Yesterday on twitter they announced that they had 50 Long […]

Thursday Tipples at The Church. 2 for 1 cocktails and more.

The Church on Mary Street refers to itself as ‘Dublin’s most beautiful bar’, and it’s hard to disagree. We’ve often waxed lyrical about what a stunning venue this is for a meal, drinks, or a night out. Now, we’ve come across another reason to visit, especially on a Thursday. Thursday Tipples in The Church is […]

There’s a Gin bazaar happening in a Dublin 8 pub in early June.

Following on from the roaring success of their Craft beer and spirits bazaar, 57 The Headline are back with another event sure to rival the last. This time it’s a wide selection of Irish gins on the menu. The gin bazaar will see stalls set up upstairs in the bar by some of Ireland’s top […]