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Where to eat, drink and party This is a 2night Entertainment Ltd publication, all rights are reserved. in Dublin 2night is copyright of 2night Spa and it is licensed to 2night Entertainment Ltd. Reproduction of the 2night Magazine, in any form, is strictly prohibited. For further information email: [email protected] re u feat INTERVIEW ecial CRAfT BEERS LITERARy PUB that money can buy are over. live music lovers’ pub crawl, LIVE Sp If you’ve only drunk Guin- The pub, the poet and the pint Thankfully, many of the best we’ve chosen Anseo on Cam- ness, Bud and the other usual is something many outsiders pubs in the city are aware of den Street, The Cobblestone suspects to date, you simply understandably associate with this, and have cut their prices on King Street, O’Donoghue’s haven’t lived. More and more Dublin: you’ll often find all to suit cash-strapped drinkers. on Merrion Row, The Pint on ‘craft brewers’ are emerging three in the one place. Many But there are some pubs that Eden Quay, The Purty Kitchen across the world, offering inno- of Dublin’s best writers were have gone above and beyond in Temple Bar and Whelan’s of vative recipes and high quality fond of a tipple, some tragi- to offer value for their custom- Wexford Street. drinks from pale ales to stouts. cally so, and anyone trying ers, so we’ve given them their Ireland has witnessed a craft to capture the city’s life accu- due respect here. The great STyLISH/ beer boom itself, encouraged rately simply has to include a value places we’ve chosen are CELEB Spotting by a 2004 tax break given to mention of its pubs. Happily, the Czech Inn in Temple Bar, For a small country, we punch ‘microbreweries’. While the some of our best-loved pubs Harold House on Clanbrasil above our weight in music, renowned Porterhouse group from literature are still stand- Street, Karma on Fishamble theatre, sport and other fields may be the most high-profile ing and serving drinkers to Street, The Pavilion Bar in of talent. It’s little wonder that success story in Irish craft beer this day. You might even have Trinity College, Restaurant we’ve turned out some a-list – and their Parliament Street a favourite watering hole that Royal on Stephen Street, and celebs over time. Of course, pub is of course on our ‘craft you never knew was loved by the Sub Lounge at Tara Street when they come home to beers’ itinerary – Ireland is a renowned Dublin writer. The Dart Station. the old sod, they’ll naturally By 2night.ie Staff host to several microbreweries literary pubs that we find par- be drawn to the hippest bars including the Franciscan Well ticularly worth visiting are The LIVE MUSIC and clubs that the city has to in Cork, the Carlow Brewing Brazen Head on Lower Bridge Whether it’s traditional Irish offer – which are of course Company (makers of O’Hara’s Street, Davy Byrne’s on South or cutting edge, Dublin pubs well worth visiting in their Stout) and the Hooker Brewery, Anne Street, The Duke on have long been popular own right. We’ve dug up a who create the much-loved Duke Street, McDaid’s on places to check out good few classy spots that are par- Galway Hooker. While the pubs Harry Street, The Stag’s Head music. Singer-songwriter ticularly loved by Irish celebs in this itinerary proudly display in Dame Court, and Toners on nights abound in many good and others with discerning pub their craft beers for all to see, Baggot Street. establishments, but some taste: Café en Seine on Daw- many Dublin pubs will have places have excelled them- son Street, Dandelion on a small selection of top Irish CHEAP PUB selves in supporting great Stephens Green, the Horse- drinks, so don’t hesitate to ask musicians. Whether it’s The We dubliners love our pubs, and with good reason: we have some of the best Even people who haven’t shoe Bar at The Shelbourne, what’s on offer! The pubs we’ve Dubliners cutting their teeth in in the world. So it seemed only natural for us to dedicate our first issue to a taken a financial hammering Krystle on Harcourt Street, selected for this itinerary are O’Donoghue’s, the indie acts celebration of Dublin’s best drinking emporia through the time-honoured pub in the last 18 months (they do Lillie’s Bordello off Grafton crawling The Bull & Castle at Christch- exist, you know) are minding that have found an audience Street and Mint Bar in The crawl. After enjoying some exhaustive research, we’ve selected some top venues urch, The Gingerman on Fe- in Whelan’s down the years, that are worth going that extra mile for. Whether you enjoy a quiet literary pub, their pennies a little more right Westin Hotel. nian Street, Messrs Maguire on or the stars of tomorrow get- a night out that won’t cost the earth, brilliantly-crafted beers, live music or a bit now. In other words, the days Burgh Quay, O’Neill’s on Suf- ting their first gigs at The Pint, of celeb spotting in Dublin’s most stylish joints, Dublin has something for you. of setting out with a credit card folk Street and Tramco Brewery Dublin musicians owe a lot to Check out the fun itineraries over the following pages for you to try. in search of the best night on the lower Rathmines Road. some of these pubs. For our photo by Tiberiu Ana from flickr.com Ana from Tiberiu by photo 4 cc 5 PUB Crawl Interview – COLM QUILLIGAN olm Quilligan is the brains And where’s the best place Street, and McDaid’s, a great pub. Cbehind the Dublin Literary for a literary connection? Brendan Behan was a regular there in pub Crawl, a lively tour through Davy Byrnes is associated with Joyce his heyday. THE BULL & THE the history of Dublin literature and Samuel Beckett was there for a Castle GINGERMAN with plenty of pints thrown while before he left the country in the And what’s your best tip for a Christ Church Square 39-40, Fenian Street rawl in. To find out more about the 1930s. He’d just resigned from his successful pub crawl? Dublin 2. Dublin 2. C Tel: 014751122 Tel: 016766388 Dublin Literary pub Crawl, visit teaching post in Trinity College in 1931, Well, ours has been running for 21 B www.dublinpubcrawl.com. so he was remembered as a remote, years. They say it’s the pub, the poet u p isolated figure. and the pint, and that’s what we’re his place calls itself a gastropub and beer hall, and it’s the latter amed in homage to J.P. Dunleavey’s popular tale of late-1940s de- Where’s your favourite place known for around the world. They’ve that we love. The Bull & Castle has a jaw-dropping array of drinks, bauchery this pub also gives a nod to literature by renaming their to go? And what pubs would you go read about writers and poets going eers including O’Hara’s Red, O’Hara’s Stout, Lean Follain (a strong stout) selection of craft beers – the pub serves The Franciscan Well Brew- B T N Somewhere quiet! The Keogh’s is a through on the literary pub from bar to bar. And they had to, be- and Curim, an intriguing Irish wheat beer. They also stock drinks from the ery’s Revel Red and Rebel Block, billing them as Writers Red and Writers great pub on South Anne Street. I usu- crawl? cause the only way to get published in Whitewater Brewery in Down, the Hilden Brewery outside Belfast - Molly’s Block respectively.