Dublin w/e 99 Responses

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hansglib
I've got to go to Dublin this weekend for a wedding, but have a couple of nights and a day to explore - any recommendations? Never been before, don't know anything about the place. I've got a guidebook but any interesting tips would be welcome.
Ta ever so
Aug 7, 12, 1:11 a.m. – Permalink
23kon
It's Ireland's fastest growing city!
Do you know why? ....
... 'Cos it keeps Dublin' and Dublin' and Dublin'
Badda-Tush (Comedy Cymbal)
- *crickets– hansglib
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 2:02 a.m. – Permalink
raf
What are you looking for? Art, museums, restaurants, landmarks, landscapes?...
http://www.lecool.com/dublin/en/…
- interesting stuff off any tourist trail– hansglib1/2
  follow the Leprechaun– pressplay2/2
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 4:33 a.m. – Permalink
Centigrade
Just avoid temple bar and you should be fine.
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 7:51 a.m. – Permalink
Centigrade
Take in the Natural History Museum. It's small and won't take too much time... but it's a museum that hasn't changed in over 100 years. So it's like a snap shot of how museums like that used to be. The gorilla's have bullet holes in them etc. Says more about the people of that era than of the animals. They have a dodo too.
- lol at shot-up gorillas o_0– hansglib1/4
  You have to see it to believe it. It bizarre.
  – Centigrade2/4
  dodo? teh bird?– teh3/4
  Yep the bird.
  – Centigrade4/4
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 7:53 a.m. – Permalink
Daithi
Second Centigrade on the avoiding Temple Bar -- all the tourists go there at night, when it is honestly best avoided. For live music and places to go at night, check out Wexford Street and Camden Street (they're beside each other), where there are a few nice bars. It's all down to personal taste, but Anseo and Whelan’s are good for music and Devitts is a good old fashioned boozer with live Irish music upstairs. Further down that street is the Bernard Shaw which is a full of hipsters and usually good fun. It's run by http://www.bodytonicmusic.com/ who you should check out if you are into dance as they've a lot going on in a few different venues.
The Iveagh gardens is a nice hidden away park during the day if the weather is nice, if you’re into galleries check out the Project Arts Centre, IMMA, and a few others. The leCool guide linked above is good for things that are on that particular weekend, it comes out on Thursday or Friday.
The best coffee in town is served at Third Floor Espresso, and I always like lunch in the Irish Film Institute (IFI) which is hearty and reasonable, and in a nice atrium space.
Enjoy!
- coolio - thx– hansglib1/2
  The centre is so small, there's no point avoiding Temple Bar, worth a walk through to know what it is.– raf2/2
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 8:35 a.m. – Permalink
mirrorball
Yah gotta go to St James Gate for the Guinness brewery tour, it's a feckin must!
- BRILLIANT!– teh1/5
  was intending to as you get a free guinness at the end of the tour.– hansglib2/5
  and i've never had a guinness before...– hansglib3/5
  it's always seemed like disgusting muck to me - never dared try it– hansglib4/5
  It's indeed free, with the ticket.
  The ticket only costs the equivalent of 4 pints, sounds like a good deal to me! :)– raf5/5
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 8:37 a.m. – Permalink
mg33
Let Raf show you around, he's an excellent tour guide!
Make sure you get the Oyster Stout at Porterhouse.
Keep your eyes open - the women there are beautiful.
Eat yourself sick on fish and chips at Leo Burdocks - there's Raf doing exactly that next to my lady.
- Good times!
  When are you in town hansglib? We sure could grab a scoop!– raf1/8
  we arrive thursday evening sometime, have friday to wander around and then the fecking wedding saturday– hansglib2/8
  returning to the smoke sunday sometime– hansglib3/8
  a fish supper and stout... sounds good 'n oirish to me!– hansglib4/8
  I was thinking of going to http://pubstandards.… on Thursday, right next to Leo Burdocks.– raf5/8
  what time does it end? i think we land at 8.30ish, have to get to a hotel somewhere but if we have time and the wife is up for web dev/designer chat (!) we'll drop in– hansglib6/8
  web dev/designer chitchat (!) we'll try and drop by. i'll be the tall git shouting "i am the man from teh internetz"– hansglib7/8
  < lol– sine8/8
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 9:45 a.m. – Permalink
Centigrade
Oh for decent proper boozers (proper pubs):
The Long Hall.
Grogans
Keogh's
Upstairs in The Central Hotel
and lots more. I'm others can chime in here.
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 10:03 a.m. – Permalink
mg33
I had a great time there. We went to Ireland last May/June 2011 and had a weekend in Dublin, then five days in the country in Adare, then then a Saturday in Dublin. Hung out with Raf both of those Saturdays. Easy to navigate, and the hop-on/off bus was good for going to the Guinness brewery. Easy to drink yourself into oblivion early in the summer when the sun doesn't go down until after 11:00 PM.
The Church bar was pretty cool, definitely worth going to for something a little out of the ordinary.
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Dog-earAug 7, 12, 10:09 a.m. – Permalink

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