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118  DUBLIN AREA B Y AREA

Dublin’s Best: Entertainment

It’s easy to pack a lot into a night out in Dublin. Most of the
best nightspots are situated close to each other and, in the
Temple Bar area alone, there are plenty of exciting haunts
to try out. The city offers something to suit every taste and
pocket: choose from world-class theatre, excellent concert
venues, designer café-bars and lively or laid-back clubs
hosting nights of traditional, country, jazz or rock music.
Even when there is no specific event that appeals, you
can simply enjoy Dublin’s inexhaustible supply of
great traditional pubs. Gate Theatre
The Gate puts on both foreign
plays and Irish classics such as Sean
O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock
(see p94).

North of
the Liffey

see inset
map below
Stag’s Head
This gorgeous Victorian pub has a long,
mahogany bar and has retained its original
mirrors and stained glass. Located down an
out-of-the-way alley, this atmospheric pub is 0 metres 500
well worth seeking out (see p117). Southwest
0 yards 500
Dublin

The Temple Ha'penny
Bar Area L i f f e y Bridge
It will take more than Millennium BEDFORD ROW
Bridge
a couple of evenings W E L L I N G T O N Q U A Y R O W A S D I L L’ S
Ha’penny
to explore fully all Bridge Inn
that these narrow T E M P L E B A R
streets have to offer. The Workman’s T E M P L E B A R TEMPLE
Many of Dublin’s Club BAR The Auld
Dubliner
best mid-priced E S S E X S T R E E T E A S T Bar
restaurants are here,
while modern bars sit CECILIA STREET CROWN ALLEY
next to traditional MEETING E U S TA C E S T R E E T CURVED T E M P L E L A N E S O U T H The Temple C O P E S T R E E T
HOUSE
Project
pubs hosting fiddle Arts Centre SQUARE STREET F O W N E S S T R E E T SQUARE A N G L E S E A S T R E E T
sessions. There are SYCAMORE STREET The
also theatres and the Gallery of Mezz C R O W S T R E E T
Irish Film Institute. Olympia Photography
Theatre
Later, clubs play Irish Film
Institute
music rang ing from
country to the latest D A M E S T R E E T
dance sounds.
0 metres 100
Street theatre events take place
0 yards 100 throughout the summer in Temple Bar.
This actor is portraying George Bernard
Shaw in a typical street performance.
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