[QUOTE=“chewy louie, post: 1003896, member: 1137”]I will be spending the Sunday in the Oval, followed by McGraths, followed by The Celt Bar* on Talbot Street. So Saturday night we will be looking for somewhere with a mix of pubs, we will have 15 men aged between 18 and 55. So a mix would be nice.
*Best pub in Dublin[/QUOTE]
The William Street area is the best place to start for that
You’d have PMacs (fake hipster), Hairy Lemon (a bit Orish but not bad), Grogans (old man/hipster), Pygmallion (D4/hipster), Lost Society (D4, an absolute cunt fest), Dakota***.
Just off there you’d be close to the Long Hall (Old man/corporate), Hogans (a mixed crowd, one of my favorites in the area), Capitol (Cocktail bar)*, Stags head (Oirish/old man/corporate), mercantile (mixed crowd), International (a proper dank shit hole), Exchequer (D4/Hipster), Market Bar (a cool place but more of a restaurant really). Loads more as well that I can’t think of.
Personally I’d probably go PMacs, Hairy Lemon, Grogans, Long Hall, Hogans, Capitol, Stags Head, Merchantile, Foggy Dew and then into the madness of Temple Bar.
If Temple Bar is your end goal then I’d aim to be hitting there no earlier than 12, it’ll be a long night of being gouged otherwise.
Not sure what the craic is on a Saturday but on the last few Friday evenings I’ve been down there there’s been live music outside of Stags Head/Merchantile/Dame Tavern which kind of face each other in a triangle. Nice buzz down there and you can draw from any of the bars.
The only places likely to stop you there are Hogans or capitol. Even at that you’ll be grand in small groups if you can stand up. Temple Bar can be strict enough in places.
**after 9.30 before I’d go there
***After 10.30 before I’d go there