A quiet pint

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Dublin Pubs

With over 1000 pubs, Dubllin is probably the world's most famous driking city. There are many different pubs in Dublin, from the small quiet traditional pub to the modern and sophisticated pub. Most pubs provide with food and a large number of them offer live music.

There are different areas, Temple Bar is filled with pubs and bars serving up food and drink as well as live music.

Another suggestion, although quite far from town is Johnnie Fox's pub. However it is highly recommended.

In Dublin there is a tradition called the pub-crawl which consists of visiting one pub after the other and of course having a pint in each of them so the more pubs you visit the more changes you will end up drunk. Normally this is organized among friends, making a list of between 6 to 10 pubs . The aim is to complete the list although this may be tricky after few pints, so a high level of concentration is required.

There are also some organized pub-crawls with a specific subject. These are The Dublin Literary Pub Crawl (click here for further details) and The Musical Pub Crawl (click here for further details).
Now some useful info: The legal age to buy alcohol is 18. Opening times: Most pubs open at 10:30am. Closing times are: Monday to Thursday 23:30, Friday and Saturday 00:30 and Sunday 23h, with half an hour drinking up time given. Most nightclubs and late nite bars will serve alcohol until 2:30. Pubs in Ireland are open every day except on Good Friday and Christmas Day. Price of a pint varies depending on the pub and the brand you drink. Guinness and Smithwick's are the local brands so they are the cheapest although not much cheaper. Anyway, you should expect paying between €4.5 and €5.5 for a pint.

It is simply not possible to make a list with the best pubs in Dublin. However our highly dedicated team has done a very intense research and these are some suggestions:

O'Donoghues on Baggot Street.
Rody Bolands on Upper Rathmines Road.
O'Neills - Traditional pub also serves very nice food.
The Porterhouse - The brew their own beer so you won't be able to get any of the usual brands on tap, live music most nights.
Messrs Maguire - Another brew pub although you can get any brand on tap.
Mulligan's - Best pint of Guinness in Dublin? Check it out.

and finally ... The Gate Clock Bar at Dublin's airport (Terminal B). Last chance to have a nice pint of Guinness in a traditional Irish pub before your departure.

Any other suggestion is more than welcome.