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pubs are often overrun with noisy students. Still, your chances of landing a seat close to a
churning band surrounded by new Irish friends are good any evening of the year. Touristy
and student pubs are found and filled along the main drag down from Eyre Square to the
Spanish Arch, and across Wolfe Tone Bridge, along William Street West and Dominick
Street. If it happens to be Tuesday, cross the bridge and start at Monroe's, with its vast,
music-filled interior (trad music Tue and Sun at 21:30, set-dancing Tue at 21:00, a mixed
bagoffolk/rockmusic other nights, Dominick Street, tel. 091/583-397, www.monroes.ie ).
Several other pubs within earshot frequently feature traditional music.
Pubs known for Irish music along the main drag include Tig Coili, featuring Galway's
best trad sessions (Mon-Sat at 18:00 and 21:00, Sun at 14:00 and 21:00, intersection of
MainGuardStreetandHighStreet,tel.091/561-294, www.tigcoili.com ) ; Taaffe's (nightly
music sessions at 17:30, Shop Street, across from St. Nicholas Church, tel. 091/564-066);
and The Quays (trad music most nights at 21:30, sporadic schedule, young scene, Quay
Street, tel. 091/568-347).
An Pucán Pub, a cauldron of music and beer drinking with an older crowd—including
lots of tourists—is worth a look. An Irish dance troupe called Mystic Force performs
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