Monthly Archives: March 2017

  Last weekend The Sunday Times reported that Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, had rejected calls for the lifting of the prohibition on selling alcohol in pubs and off licenses on Good Friday. The decision was apparently made because it might have appeared that the government were sending mixed messages with relation to alcohol. I.e. […]

  Oscars in Christchurch have another promo that makes for an interesting headline. During Thursdays in April, they’ve got a deal where you can roll a dice and pay the price for a pint of Guinness. So, if the dice lands on €1, that’s what you pay. Same goes for €2, €3, €4, €5, €6. […]

  For years some bars have had a reputation for catering to members of the public sector, primarily Gardai, teachers, and nurses. One of those bars, McGowan’s of Phibsboro are now going the whole hog and saying outright that they’re the place for those professions. On Thursdays at least!     They’ve got a new […]

  It’s like a book club but instead of reading a book, you drink gin. 57 The Headline on Clanbrassil Street have recently turned part of their upstairs into a dedicated gin bar area, serving a wide selection of mostly Irish gins. Now, they’ve launched a gin club to connect new and existing gin suppliers […]

  Soder and Ko on George’s Street closed for renovations last month and we weren’t quite sure what it was going to reopen as. Now we know! It’ll become Nolita, an Italian eatery/New York style bar. We’ve only really heard of this development today, so we can’t really give you our opinion on how it […]

  This one was news to us until yesterday. The Pogues, not known for their temperance when it comes to alcohol, apparently have their own official whiskey. Other groups such as Iron Maiden have come out with the own ‘Trooper Beer’ in the past, so it’s not uncommon for musicians to delve into a market […]

  O’Shea’s Merchant on the quays started a very interesting initiative last summer to cater for visiting tourists in a way that not other pub (to our knowledge) has thought of doing. They partnered with Ancestry genealogists, The Ancestor Network to give visitors to the pub the chance to speak with a genealogist and to […]

    Whelan’s on Wexford Street has been one of the premier small music venues in Dublin for over 20 years now. They recently had a big celebration of 25 years as a music venue. Over the years they’ve had some really big acts play here, including quite recently, Ed Sheeran, as part of an […]

A few months ago we were on a pub walking tour with Kevin Martin, the author of ‘Have ye no homes to go to? A history of the Irish pub‘. During the tour, in a section about literary connections to Dublin pubs, Kevin mentioned the James Joyce short story, ‘Counterparts’. Kevin mentioned it as we […]

  The Hill pub in Ranelagh are opting for a slightly alternative Paddy’s day celebration this year. While most people will be lorrying pints of varying shades of black, green, and gold into themselves, The Hill be offering something a bit different. In terms of food, there will be a pop up on the day […]

  Take a quick look around The Swan Victorian pub on Aungier Street, Dublin. It’s a fine place for Guinness, and is well known as Dublin’s rugby pub. It’s also one of the cities oldest pubs.    

  Regular visitors to Publin might remember a story that we found in October of 2015. It featured a man named Yuya Abe, who set himself the task of visiting every pub in Dublin and having a pint of Guinness (where possible) in each one. Yuya was making his way through a book called ‘The […]