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[bouncer]

bouncer,

how has everything been?

could you fill me in a bit more about the IRA?

one of my friend's father moved from ireland to the US, because he was scared as hell that his sons might somehow get involved with the IRA.

pOink I really couldn't tell you awhole lot about the IRA, sorry. But if your friends father moved to get away from the Northern Ireland violence he made a good move.
The last thing we need here is more 'freedom fighters'..

Anyway back to 2thick. If you arrive in my fair city and want to see the real Dublin, honestly let me know when you arrive, I'll give you my cell phone number and I'll give you the works. Dublin is steeped in history, most of which (and no offence intended) Americans and Canadian can't full comprehend. Dublin its self if over 1000 yrs old (other European cities are older) and alot of the building in the city centre go back 3,4,5 and 600 yrs and more. Unfortunatly this thread would have you thinking that Dublin is just for drinking and fighting, its much more than that. If its real culture you want to see we've got in in abundance.

Bouncer

 

[circusgirl]

circusgirl what are they policies on sgian dubhs? as you may have read in my posts I dress in highland wear and was just wondering about that policy

Well the law doesn't define what constitutes a weapon. A knife as part of highland dress isn't something you wear for the primary purpose of using as a weapon. Same for a delivery guy going home with his tools (including boxcutter knife) in his pocket. If you are attacked and have reason to believe your life is in danger you may use anything you have handy to defend yourself, you just aren't allowed to carry anything that is for the purpose of acting as a weapon only.

So, a bald guy with a comb who defended himself with it could be accused of carrying a weapon, or a rock-in-a-sock, but if you work on a building site and happen to have a knife or spackling trowel handy on your way home, that doesn't count.

To be honest Dublin is a very nice place. I lived there for 5 years. There are bad neighbourhoods in Boston and DC but a tourist would never guess it, with Dublin, just a matter of knowing where is ok and where is not.

Bouncer is right BTW, there are lots of great historical buildings. Make sure you visit Dublin Castle, the Book of Kells in Trinity College Library and the national museum (lots of gorgeous ston-eage gold jewelery on display, plus a relatively new and very informative modern 20th century history display. They also have Michael Collins's actual uniform .

There are some fine paintings in the national gallery too, not as many as, obviously, in the equivalent gallery in London as paintings are $$$$$ and cost $$$ to keep. But there are some.

And Dublin seems to have really taken to the pavement cafe idea, lots of places where you can get a good latte.

The area around between Grafton St and George's St has a lot of good restaurants and bars nowhere near as posey as nearby Temple Bar. If you like fresh garlic olives try George's St arcade market mmmmm.

A pub I like - O'Neills on Suffolk St, much nicer and more traditional than the euro-super-pubs around it (the Mercantile, barf!).

For EXCELLENT Guiness, Mother Redcaps, which Bouncer I'm sure knows about .

 

[theoak01]

what about drinking age in that fine country? I wouldnt expect I should worry but its a concern,we mostly will be in hostels but may pop into a pub or two.

as it stands now we plan to see county claire,tipperary ,dublin and maybe a few more dpending on time

 

[Mandinka2]

what about drinking age in that fine country? I wouldnt expect I should worry but its a concern,we mostly will be in hostels but may pop into a pub or two.

as it stands now we plan to see county claire,tipperary ,dublin and maybe a few more dpending on time

Good to see Bouncer on this thread , he's always tellin me on the phone that he won't come back to ef but i reckon he can't resist...
In any case the legal drinkin age is 18 but in truth it's much younger if u know where 2 go.I had my first pint in a pub age 3 , my father brought me in and put me in front of a pint of guiness! I fell off the stool after about 20 mins. I'm told .... am not a huge fan of drinkin to this day.

 

[theoak01]

excellent I definatly will get my fill of guinness but with all our walking it will probably make me die for a day. ive been told guinness served in pubs there is different from the way we get it in a keg here so I must compare

 

[Mandinka2]

excellent I definatly will get my fill of guinness but with all our walking it will probably make me die for a day. ive been told guinness served in pubs there is different from the way we get it in a keg here so I must compare

It's so different I guarentee u will never want to drink Guinness outside Dublin again , it never travels well. Same is true for 'Murphys' in Cork. Amazing.

 

[2Thick]

How is the cider in Dublin?

 

[Mandinka2]

How is the cider in Dublin?

Cider is just fermented apple juice , no reason why it should be any different due to location. There are many brands available. It is considered a beginner drinker's choice.

 

[2Thick]

Cider is just fermented apple juice , no reason why it should be any different due to location. There are many brands available. It is considered a beginner drinker's choice.

 

[KA-BAR]

you hit that one on the button! They love to drink drink drink. I have many relitives over there that come to visit and they can drink some beer now! wow.

LOL....no.

You're going to find yourself pulling pints during lunch with them.

Fonz