Welcome back 🙂 Whether you are trying to hit all these pubs at once, looking for a few close together to hop between or just cherry-picking a few from across the list we are pretty sure you will be happy enough. There just isn’t enough time or space on these pages to give every pub a mention. There’s plenty here to keep you occupied though. We had planned on mentioning 17 pubs since Paddys Day or as we now call it St. Pintricks Day is on March 17th. That has gone out the window but we will try to keep it around the 20 mark. We will pick out a short list of must-see pubs and must-drink pints at the end.
Back on the trail, we have a juicy hat trick of pubs all within a stone’s throw of each other coming up. Our next port of call is about a 9-minute walk from the Ha’Penny Bridge inn. We are on route for The Lord Edward. An old school no frills pub with a cracking view of Christ Church. Not as famous as your Bowes, Mulligans, Toner’s, etc but they whip up a serious pint of Guinness in here and at a much easier on the pocket sort of price.
On to the next one >>> Part 1 of a glorious threesome, hat trick hero, or whatever way you want to put it. Like our triple threat on our Kilkenny guide, this little run of pubs will have you spoiled. We have The Stags Head, Grogans and The Long Hall all very close together.
The Stags Head is a beautiful pub…… Grogans sambo, won’t over fill ya. The final part of this sexy threesome is The Long Hall. This place has a reputation for dishing up some of the best pints of stout in Dublin’s fair city and it’s true the pints are not shitty. We stopped in here recently and necked a fair few. Solid spot.
We really could wrap it up here for now but we’re not going to do that. We have another two blocks of 4 that we are going to breeze through pretty quickly. If you take a stroll down towards Grafton Street first off there’s a nice selection of pubs here as well. Bruxelles has 3 different sections with different vibes going on and a cool statue of the man Phil Lynott outside. The Guinness might not be appearing in your best-of lists but it’s a decent pub. On my couple of visits, the pints were decent enough. Across the road you have McDaids. A traditional pub, with stained glass, high ceilings, no frills, no messing about sort of spot.
A quick hop across the main shopping street and down to Kehoes we go. This is one that will pop up on some of your must-visit lists and we fully concur. Old school pub with some great snugs, Kehoe’s was first licensed in 1803 so you can imagine there has been a fair few pints necked in here over the years. The building as it stands now was completed at the end of the 19th century. The pints of Guinness in here are well worth popping in to try. The pub itself is worth a visit for an aul gander.
In the last block of pubs, we are going to weave our way through the streets of Dublin and down towards Merrion Row and Baggot Street. First up is O’Donoghues. Trad sessions, good pints, good service, what more could you want?? More pints you say, well follow me down Baggot Street way. Two absolute belter pubs within a couple of minutes’ stroll of each other. We were in both of these fine establishments in recent weeks and we can safely say the pints were ok. Better than ok actually, cracking pints. Toners have a cracking snug right at the door as you come in, definitely a spot you could get comfy in for the day necking pints of stout. On a sunny day venture out the back, they have a cracking beer garden as well. It might take you by surprise if you have never been in before. Doheny & Nesbitts is another really nice traditional Irish pub. If you are up that way you may as well treat yourself to a visit to both.
If you want to take in one more sneaky pub stop. McGrattens is worth your consideration. It’s not far from Baggot Street and just in the shadow of Government buildings. It is known as a politician’s bar and you will see the pictures on the walls if you pop your head in. Hidden away down a little side street, it kind of felt like we were approaching an Irish bar in Europe. I think it was the sun and the few pints I had 🙂 The pints were solid enough as well but no sign of Bertie.
Thank you for sticking with us. If you have been tipping away at the pubs as you read, fair f*cks you are probably banjo’d now. If you are at home on the cans getting prepped for your trip to Dublin City, crack another can and make sure you highlight the following.
What you have read over the past two pages is a decent-sized list. Whether you do 2, 4, 8 or 12 of the pubs you are sure to get good Guinness. It’s hard enough whittling it down to a few pubs/pints but if you were really persistent and threatened us with a Coldplay listening session and a helping of force-fed pints of shandy we would go with the following.
- Mulligans
- Toners
- Kehoes
- Honorary mention for Grogans and The Confession Box
The beauty of this list is that even though none of these are a million miles away from each other, you could still pick 3 or 4 that are in close proximity to each other for a mini pub hop if you wanted to.
The Baggot Street/Merrion Row block of O’Donoghues, Doheny & Nesbitts, and Toners
The triple threat threesome of Stags Head, Long Hall and Grogans
The Northside trio of The Celt, The Confession Box and Briodys
Just pop them into Google maps and away you go and cherry-pick your favourites.
There are some really cracking pubs listed.
Thanks for reading, enjoy your pints and we’ll see you in the pub.
On to the next one
