Nightlife Tips for Dublin

Temple bar gets packed with tourist crowds, especially weekends. Overpriced drinks. Generic irish music for tour groups.

Cobblestone in smithfield is where actual dubliners drink. Traditional sessions most nights. €4.50 pints. Proper atmosphere without the selfie sticks.

Also try near91. Craft cocktails that don't cost your firstborn. Bartender knows what they're doing.

Ok so dublin literary pub crawl sounds cheesy but genuinely brilliant. Two actors guide through historic pubs performing joyce wilde beckett scenes. Sounds terrible is actually hilarious and educational

Nightly 7:30pm from duke pub near grafton. €16 per person 2.5 hours through 4-5 pubs. Performances proper good and you learn dublin writing culture while sampling pints

Book website especially summer when sells out. Way better than reading irish literature in dusty museum. Made account originally to recommend this but now cant stop posting apparently