Drinking places in Carlow?

Sleipnir

Around twenty of us lads are heading down to Carlow in two weeks for a stag weekend of drink, drugs and whatever else we can get our hands on.

Just wondering if anyone from Carlow could recommend any pubs for all-day drinking
and any clubs for the rest of the time?

Cheers!

Ponster

I haven't been there since my student days but for all-day drinking I'd say...

Scraggs Alley, Tullow Street. Student-type bar.
Tully's Bar, Tullow Street.
Dinn Rí

Teach Dolmain, maybe a bit quite for what you're doing though.

Pretty sure that Dinn Rí has the biggest (best?) nightclub in town.


While I know that in the past 5 years there has been a LOT of new pubs opened in the town I don't think very many would be the drink & drugs type, mostly beiong a little more upmarket than others.

Sleipnir

ah I was only kidding about the drugs. well, mostly anyway!

That's a few to go alongs with, Teach Dolmain sounds like it'll do for breakfast pints.

Thanks Ponster!

Kalina

Tullys is a good pub, it's usually fairly lively. I've been in Scraggs a few times but that was a while ago, don't know what it's like now.

HarryD

if it's a sunny day, the beergarden of Dinn Ri is a great place to chill out..
Nancy Whiskeys ia a Nice new pub but can attract a few dodgy ppl
If Foundry (Dinn Ri) is full the new 'Edge nightclub' is an alternative.
Cosmo Browns is quite good too just across the road from Dinn Ri..

Lainey

my kinda night in carlow would be dinn ri beer garden as the gentleman above said depending on whether, then onto scraggs for a few late afternoon ones and then to tullys for the night.. its great in there, prob my fav carlow pub..

dinn ri is ok, but the nightclub is great cos sat night they have bands in the tower and you have access to both..

have good night.. stay out of supermacs afterwards though;)

Sleipnir

ah I can't go down to Carlow without visiting SuperMac's!

Can we get a tour of the kitchen area for the stagman???

Lainey

ha ha.. in my experience from supermacs in carlow after disco you could be put through a window ha ha.. although i rarely drink in carlow now.. it could be diff.. was in tullys last weekend, it's my favourite.. nice place..

why carlow????

Lex_Diamonds

Cosmo Petes or something, not bad in there.

Lainey

Originally posted by Lex_Diamonds
Cosmo Petes or something, not bad in there.

is that the new disco.. can never remember the name.. up at top of town beside chippers?????

Villain

Originally posted by Lainey
is that the new disco.. can never remember the name.. up at top of town beside chippers?????

Cosmo Browns, upstairs is very small.

I'd skip Carlow and head to kilkenny, much better, btw I live in Carlow

Sleipnir

Yeah Kilkenny was the first one suggested but we thought it would be more difficult for us all to get into the same place. plus we'd all be in separate B&B's and it would get messy.
There's a golf club/hotel in Tullow that has holiday homes separate to the hotel so we've booked a few of them.
We can go stone mad without fear of reprisal there.

Villain

Originally posted by Sleipnir
There's a golf club/hotel in Tullow that has holiday homes separate to the hotel so we've booked a few of them.
We can go stone mad without fear of reprisal there.

OMG you serious, thats Mount Wolseley, I live within a mile of that place, you won't go too mad there, it's a bit of a dive, if your heading out tullow for 1 first go down the down and at the top of the town after BOI you'l see the Tara Arms probably the best spot to go for a few pints, town is very quite exceot sat night, you'l want to get ataxi early sat night to get to carlow and make sure you book a return taxi.

Those excuses for taxi drivers don't like driving to Tullow on a sat night, they make more money on town runs.!

Need any more info let me know

Lainey

Originally posted by irish1
OMG you serious, thats Mount Wolseley, I live within a mile of that place, you won't go too mad there, it's a bit of a dive, if your heading out tullow for 1 first go down the down and at the top of the town after BOI you'l see the Tara Arms probably the best spot to go for a few pints, town is very quite exceot sat night, you'l want to get ataxi early sat night to get to carlow and make sure you book a return taxi.

Those excuses for taxi drivers don't like driving to Tullow on a sat night, they make more money on town runs.!

Need any more info let me know

oh my god.. tullow...???? no offence irish.. my friend is living in tullow and we go down to visit sometimes.. go to a pub down a long lane irish,beside the auld black kettle.. had a few good nights but kilkenny is the only place for a mad weekend like a stag..

Villain

Originally posted by Lainey
oh my god.. tullow...???? no offence irish.. my friend is living in tullow and we go down to visit sometimes.. go to a pub down a long lane irish,beside the auld black kettle.. had a few good nights but kilkenny is the only place for a mad weekend like a stag..

Yea your talking about Daltons, its ok, but the back bar can be a little rough.

I know Tullow all to well Lainey, living there for 22 years now:D

Sleipnir

Originally posted by irish1
OMG you serious, thats Mount Wolseley, I live within a mile of that place, you won't go too mad there, it's a bit of a dive, if your heading out tullow for 1 first go down the down and at the top of the town after BOI you'l see the Tara Arms probably the best spot to go for a few pints, town is very quite exceot sat night, you'l want to get ataxi early sat night to get to carlow and make sure you book a return taxi.

Those excuses for taxi drivers don't like driving to Tullow on a sat night, they make more money on town runs.!

Need any more info let me know

Ah we won't be drinking there. Just crashing between the hours of 0400 and 1100 so I don't really mind what the hotel itself is like!
Thanks for the info about Saturday night and the Tara Arms, we may just go to the Tara Arms on Friday and get monkeydrunk and then head into town on Sat.
How far is tullow from The town centre by the way?

Villain

Originally posted by Sleipnir
Ah we won't be drinking there. Just crashing between the hours of 0400 and 1100 so I don't really mind what the hotel itself is like!
Thanks for the info about Saturday night and the Tara Arms, we may just go to the Tara Arms on Friday and get monkeydrunk and then head into town on Sat.
How far is tullow from The town centre by the way?

The holidays homes from Tullow are about a 5 - 10 minute walk depending on which one your in.

Tullow is 7 miles from Carlow town,

Sleipnir

Originally posted by irish1
Tullow is 7 miles from Carlow town,

Bugger.
Ah well, we'll steal horses or something.

Lainey

Originally posted by irish1
Yea your talking about Daltons, its ok, but the back bar can be a little rough.

I know Tullow all to well Lainey, living there for 22 years now:D

daltons is on main street is it?????? irish, its a right at the traffic lights down the lane that the phone shop is on (great deals there btw), i keep gonna call it racy byrnes but thats in carlow.. ah crap

fella in there with white hair and glasses and lorraine is the barmaid.. he he.. the things i remember

Villain

Originally posted by Lainey
daltons is on main street is it?????? irish, its a right at the traffic lights down the lane that the phone shop is on (great deals there btw), i keep gonna call it racy byrnes but thats in carlow.. ah crap

fella in there with white hair and glasses and lorraine is the barmaid.. he he.. the things i remember

LOL, thats not a lane way thats Mill Street and the pub is JJ's:D

Lainey

Originally posted by irish1
LOL, thats not a lane way thats Mill Street and the pub is JJ's:D

ha ha.. ye thats the place.. had few good nights in there but once i got very afraid too lol.. so tullow?? i would slag ya but i'm from athy ha ha..

Stephen

Buzz's bar is usually decent for live bands and the like in Carlow too. I like teach dolmain myself, but its more of a quiet pint kind of place. Scragg's is where to go if you like crap pop music and nowhere to sit! Ah its not too bad, real student pub though. Tully's Bar is better though, in my opinion.
Going to Kilkenny isn't a bad idea either. Loads of pubs and a few clubs to be seen. There's lots of B+B's and a few hotels but you won't get rooms if you're around anytime near the Cat Laughs weekend.

Villain

Originally posted by Lainey
ha ha.. ye thats the place.. had few good nights in there but once i got very afraid too lol.. so tullow?? i would slag ya but i'm from athy ha ha..

LOL ATHY, you surely can't slag Tullow

Sleipnir

Jeez, get a room guys

Lainey

Originally posted by irish1
LOL ATHY, you surely can't slag Tullow

ok, only way to sort this is a battle.. you get choice of weapons ha ha.. meet in castledermott and wreck the place

ah athy is ok.. i'm actually from a little haven about 4 miles outside athy..

Ponster

[hijack]
Seeing as there's some Carlow folk on this thread....

When I was a student there (1992-1996) I remember before Dinn Ri we used go the The Seven Oaks and again before that we used go to a disco out the Kilkenny road in a hotel about 3 miles on the right-hand side.

The deal was that you and 3 others got a taxi, paid £1 each and then only had to pay £1 to get into the 'disco' (hall with white plastic garden chairs).


Any idea what the name of the place was???

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Villain

Originally posted by Ponster
[hijack]
Seeing as there's some Carlow folk on this thread....

When I was a student there (1992-1996) I remember before Dinn Ri we used go the The Seven Oaks and again before that we used go to a disco out the Kilkenny road in a hotel about 3 miles on the right-hand side.

The deal was that you and 3 others got a taxi, paid £1 each and then only had to pay £1 to get into the 'disco' (hall with white plastic garden chairs).


Any idea what the name of the place was???

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The dolmen hotel??

Lainey

Originally posted by Ponster
[hijack]
Seeing as there's some Carlow folk on this thread....

When I was a student there (1992-1996) I remember before Dinn Ri we used go the The Seven Oaks and again before that we used go to a disco out the Kilkenny road in a hotel about 3 miles on the right-hand side.

The deal was that you and 3 others got a taxi, paid £1 each and then only had to pay £1 to get into the 'disco' (hall with white plastic garden chairs).


Any idea what the name of the place was???

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hey i used to go to the oaks of a sunday night.. loads of students there.. madness ha ha.. get in for free every sunday night then try to get lift home durrrrr

misswex

I think Carlow is a great spot to go out in!!

Dinn Ri is the best place to end up in on a Saturday night, the live band in the Tower are usually brilliant and it gets a fairly decent crowd

Hope ye guys enjoy your stag night, I've a feeling that Tullow will never be the same again - which isn't necessarily a bad thing

Ponster

Originally posted by irish1
The dolmen hotel??

I'm pretty sure that The Dolmen wasn't there in 1992....

Villain

Originally posted by Ponster
I'm pretty sure that The Dolmen wasn't there in 1992....

It was just called something else:D

leonotron

Just stay out of carlow, it's a dump

Ponster

Originally posted by irish1
It was just called something else:D

Err, yeah, that's the name I'm looking for :-)

Villain

Originally posted by leonotron
Just stay out of carlow, it's a dump

Now now, it's not that bad, not far off but not that bad.

Ponster, it was the Carlow Lodge Hotel

Ponster

Ahhh, Carlow Lodge Hotel.....that's it I think.

Which means that the disco was called The Beaumount I believe

Sleepy

Hey irish1, you've probably met my cousins from Melbourne! My mother grew up on Bridge Street and my uncle rebuilt the house there about 5 years ago. One of my cousin's was living there until very recently and her younger sisters seemed to get through half the men in Tullow every time they came over!

Villain

Originally posted by Sleepy
Hey irish1, you've probably met my cousins from Melbourne! My mother grew up on Bridge Street and my uncle rebuilt the house there about 5 years ago. One of my cousin's was living there until very recently and her younger sisters seemed to get through half the men in Tullow every time they came over!

Doesn't ring a bell, but should, have relations in Melbourne myself.

Ah well its small but not that small:D

Sleepy

You might know my cousin's husband, Dick Dempsey? he's a Tullow man...

I refuse to believe that Tullow isn't that small :P

Villain

Originally posted by Sleepy
You might know my cousin's husband, Dick Dempsey? he's a Tullow man...

I refuse to believe that Tullow isn't that small :P

lol, I know of him alright

Sleepy

See, knew that Tullow was that small! Still, tempted to retire down there given the price of a pint compared to up here in Dublin!

Villain

Originally posted by Sleepy
See, knew that Tullow was that small! Still, tempted to retire down there given the price of a pint compared to up here in Dublin!

Well if the dubs keep moving down at the current rate, I'm sure the Bar owners will be only to happy to match the big smoke prices.

Stephen

get a room, funboys.

Villain

Originally posted by Stephen
get a room, funboys.

Sorry did I miss something?