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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Kimchi Hophouse
Is it a pub or a Korean restaurant? Why not both? Indeed, the Kimchi Hophouse is resolutely two things at the same time – a slightly scruffy, traditional Irish pub, and a thriving Korean restaurant, in...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Stag’s Head
Look! We’ve gone south of the river! It does sometimes happen, if the right opportunity presents itself. And so, to The Stag’s Head. While I had been to the pub at some point in the dim and distant...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Piper’s Corner
Piper’s Corner is very much a trad bar, and while I end up there not so infrequently, I’ve oddly never been in when a session is on, despite being something of a folk music nerd. And while at some...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Porterhouse Temple Bar
They don’t have German beer on tap any more. While The Porterhouse has been serving its own beer in Temple Bar since 1996, it used to highlight more overseas craft and traditional beers as well; or, at...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Old Spot
I had every intention of writing something about the couple of new-to-me bars I had a chance to pop into in New York while I was over for work – Beer Run, for obvious running-nerd/beer-nerd reasons was...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Brickyard Gastropub
This week in Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs, we’re not just crossing the Liffey – we’re going Far Away, to the suburbs (though still via public transit – we’re not monsters here). While I had been told by...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Botanic
We’re back to normal Weirdo Dublin Pubs service this week, and we’re back in our normal Northside haunts (so seasonal!) with a new entrant to the field: The Botanic. Previously known as The Botanic...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Gravediggers
It had to be done. Although I’m a relatively short walk away, I rarely make it up to The Gravediggers (aka John Kavanagh’s), but as it’s That Time of Year, it seemed only right and proper. My more...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Ivy House
Welcome to the new home for Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs! If you’re a regular visitor, you’ll notice we’ve spun off to a new, stand-alone site, just in time for the first anniversary of this series, and...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Boh
Copyright Archiseek It seems to me that every time I’ve been into The Boh, I’ve been assigned an elderly gentleman as a discussion partner. Indeed, it was no different on my most recent visit, when I...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: J. McNeill’s Pub
As is the case for countless Dublin pubs – indeed, for countless pubs across Ireland – J. McNeill’s Pub purports to be quite a different business, at least partially; in this instance, a music shop....
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Barber’s Bar
This week’s Weirdo Dublin Pub is properly a little bit weird, in the best possible ways; we’re heading back to Stoneybatter for The Barber’s Bar. Although you can no longer get a haircut while you sip,...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Christchurch Inn
As a general rule, when I’m in this part of town, I head to The Oak, or wander further into The Liberties for spots like Dudley’s or Arthur’s (or, really, anywhere that is a stop on the...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: The Lord Edward
Some Dublin pubs are spoken about in slightly hushed tones, with an air of wonder; when you admit you haven’t been to one of those ‘classics,’ there are frequently two standard responses: ‘ah, you...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Dudley’s
We’re back in the ‘my sort of Dublin pub’ category: one with great craft beer – and a good variety, not simply one or two taps – there are 28 in total at Dudley’s, which is one of my favourite spots in...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Fagan’s
Bill Clinton wuz here. And you’re not likely to forget it, as he seems to be on every wall in Fagan’s, somewhere. Of course, to Dubliners, Fagan’s is better known for its Bertie Ahern connections, but...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Love Tempo
One of the most pleasant thing about a pub crawl through The Liberties is that there truly is a spot for everyone, with old-school boozers like The Lord Edward, to tourist-friendly spaces like The...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Bowes
I don’t have the largest list of city centre Dublin pubs to recommend (yet!), simply because I’m not in the more touristy parts of town very often, but one pub in this area I do quite enjoy is Bowes....
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: O’Neill’s Pub & Kitchen
As tourist season seems more or less nearly in full swing, we’re sticking with Dublin city centre this week and O’Neill’s Pub and Kitchen – a tourist-friendly but also authentic pub that caters to a...
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Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs: Toner’s
Despite its Viking-era foundations, Dublin rarely feels like an ‘old’ city by European standards – something we can, in large part, blame on the Wide Streets Commission, which resulted in the...
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