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DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Away from the city centre there are a number of fine pubs that are worthy of the trek.
Many fill up with office workers straight after (or just before) clocking-off time and
then get quieter as the night progresses.
O'DONOGHUE'S
(15 Merrion Row; all city centre)
Once the most renowned traditional music bar in all Dublin,
this is where the world-famous folk group the Dubliners refined their raspish brand of trad
in the 1960s. On summer evenings a young, international crowd spills out into the court-
yard beside the pub. It's also a famous rugby pub and the Dublin HQ for many Irish and
visiting fans.
PUB
DOHENY & NESBITT'S
( 01-676 2945; 5 Lower Baggot St; all city centre)
A standout, even in a city of wonderful pubs,
Nesbitt's is equipped with antique snugs and is a favourite place for high-powered gossip
among politicians and journalists; Leinster House is only a short stroll away.
TRADITIONAL PUB
HARTIGAN'S
(100 Lower Leeson St; all city centre)
This is about as spartan a bar as you'll find in the city, and
is the daytime home to some serious drinkers, who appreciate the quiet, no-frills surround-
ings. In the evening it's popular with students from the medical faculty of University Col-
lege Dublin (UCD).
PUB
JAMES TONER'S
(139 Lower Baggot St; all city centre)
Toner's, with its stone floors and antique snugs, has
changed little over the years and is the closest thing you'll get to a country pub in the heart
of the city. The shelves and drawers are reminders that it once doubled as a grocery shop.
The writer Oliver St John Gogarty once brought WB Yeats here, after the upper-class
poet - who only lived around the corner - decided he wanted to visit a pub. After a silent
sherry in the noisy bar, Yeats turned to his friend and said, 'I have seen the pub, now please
take me home'. We always suspected he was a little too precious for normal people, and he
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