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( 01-677 8596; 1 Chatham St; all city centre)
One of a string of classic Victorian boozers off
Grafton St once patronised by Dublin's legless literati, Neary's is a perfect stop-off day or
night. It combines great service, a bohemian atmosphere and attractively worn furnish-
ings, and is popular with actors from the nearby Gaiety Theatre.
OLD STAND
( 01-677 7220; 37 Exchequer St; all city centre)
Refreshingly unreconstructed, this is one of the
oldest pubs in Dublin and seems to be just sauntering along at the same pace it did 10
years ago, as if the whole Celtic Tiger thing never happened. It's named after the old stand
at Lansdowne Rd Stadium, and is a favourite with sports fans and reporters.
TRADITIONAL PUB
PETER'S PUB
( 01-677 8588; 1 Johnston Pl; all city centre)
A pub for a chat and a convivial catch up, this
humble and friendly place is more like Peter's Living Room, and is one of the few re-
maining drinking dens in this area that hasn't changed personality in recent years, and is
all the better (and popular) for it.
TRADITIONAL PUB
SWAN
( 01-647 5272; 70 Aungier St; all city centre)
John Lynch's pub (known to all as the Swan) is
home to two kinds of punter: the in-for-a-pint-and-a-chat tippler that doesn't venture far
from the Victorian front bar; and the more animated younger person, who finds solace and
music in the side bar. A beautiful marriage that works because neither troubles the other.
TRADITIONAL PUB
CAFÉ EN SEINE
( 01-677 4369; 40 Dawson St; all city centre)
The wildly extravagant art-nouveau style of this
huge bar has been a massive hit since it first opened in 1995, and while it may not be the
'in' place it once was, it is still very popular with suburbanites, the after-work crowd and
out- of-towners. Maybe it's the glass panelling, or the real 12m-high trees; but most likely
it's the beautiful people propping up the wood-and-marble bar.
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