Polish nights?

azezil

I'm just curious about this, I've seen a number of clubs and societies advertising "Polish night", while I accept there's a lot of Polish people around and they're of course more than welcome, I just wonder... why have a night specifically for Polish people? And why aren't there, Asian nights or Nigerian nights?

I just find it odd, if you're in a foreign country, would you not like to get to know the natives?

6th

The Trinity Arch used to have special nights downstairs where you would get music from all over the work ... some good craic.

TwoShedsJackson

Well why do gay men and women need to have their own pubs and/or nights in various places? So they can meet like minded individuals etc etc. There you go.

monkey tennis

Well, there aren't nearly as many Asians or Nigerians in Dublin as Poles. Plus, you don't tend to see too many Asian people out clubbing.

azezil wrote:

I just find it odd, if you're in a foreign country, would you not like to get to know the natives?

Not if the price you have to pay for that is going to somewhere like Coppers...

Tha Gopher

Thursday in Zanzibar i think (and every other night, but Thurs is specifically Polish trance and techno i think). As for Nigerian theres a few, Vaults nightclub on either Friday or Saturday (cant recall which) for instance (well, not Nigerian music but most of the clintele are from there)

I suppose its because alot of foreigners wont put up with the sh1t pop played in our clubs like we do. Clubs that play fairly decent dance are usually anywhere between 20% and 80% E European clintele. Places like Redz you usually wouldnt see more than 2 or 3 around.

Owen

azezil wrote:

I'm just curious about this, I've seen a number of clubs and societies advertising "Polish night", while I accept there's a lot of Polish people around and they're of course more than welcome, I just wonder... why have a night specifically for Polish people? And why aren't there, Asian nights or Nigerian nights?

Well, I remember a few years back in Cork, Zoes nightclub used to have an Asian night. And a lot of disco's have teenage nights ... so I guess it's just catering for a mainstream social demographic. And making money to boot!

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Well, there's a couple of Eastern European themed pubs around the city (Dublin ) now too.

The Czech Inn opposite the Turks Head is a fantastic place, nice beers and hot lady staff.

The place just off O'Connell Street that used to be the Back Gate...dammit I can't think of the name of the street.

It has a college on it too.

AARRRGH

I think an Asian night would do quite well in Dublin. As in, lots of Irish men would go there spending money trying to pick up an Asian girl...

Terry

azezil wrote:

I'm just curious about this, I've seen a number of clubs and societies advertising "Polish night", while I accept there's a lot of Polish people around and they're of course more than welcome, I just wonder... why have a night specifically for Polish people? And why aren't there, Asian nights or Nigerian nights?

I just find it odd, if you're in a foreign country, would you not like to get to know the natives?

I ask the same of the people who frequent Irish pubs abroad.

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dublindude wrote:

I think an Asian night would do quite well in Dublin. As in, lots of Irish men would go there spending money trying to pick up an Asian triplets

good enough for Austin Danger Powers, good enough for me;)

Leeby

I know a pub that does a Brazilian night and it's great craic, and there's hardly a load of Brazilians here, it's just a bit of fun. I presume you don't have to be Polish to go somewhere on "Polish night", is it not a good opportunity for some Irish people to get to know a bit more about another aspect of Polish culture?

azezil

TwoShedsJackson wrote:

Well why do gay men and women need to have their own pubs and/or nights in various places? So they can meet like minded individuals etc etc. There you go.

Thats entirely different, a Polish person doesn't run the risk of getting the **** kicked outta them for hitting on someone whose not Polish

Leeby wrote:

I know a pub that does a Brazilian night and it's great craic, and there's hardly a load of Brazilians here, it's just a bit of fun. I presume you don't have to be Polish to go somewhere on "Polish night", is it not a good opportunity for some Irish people to get to know a bit more about another aspect of Polish culture?

Thats a good answer actually, I hadn't considered that, still begs the question, why not other cultured nights though

Pighead

DesF wrote:

The place just off O'Connell Street that used to be the Back Gate...dammit I can't think of the name of the street.

It has a college on it too.

Yeah thats a good old spot alright. They have all sorts of football matches on in there and the ham and cheese paninis are magnificent. Its on Cathal Brugha St and is populated with hot barmaids.

biko

The good thing is that they all speak the same language, and they are good looking.

TwoShedsJackson

azezil wrote:

Thats entirely different, a Polish person doesn't run the risk of getting the **** kicked outta them for hitting on someone whose not Polish

They might, if they hit on someone who was a total racist and or a xenophobe.

Talliesin

DesF wrote:

The Czech Inn opposite the Turks Head is a fantastic place, nice beers and hot lady staff.

Hmm. Do they make much of a day out of Easter Monday?

azezil wrote:

Thats entirely different, a Polish person doesn't run the risk of getting the **** kicked outta them for hitting on someone whose not Polish

Sure they do. That's not the only reason for choosing the scene over straight pubs either.

Leeby

azezil wrote:

Thats a good answer actually, I hadn't considered that, still begs the question, why not other cultured nights though

Well, as I said, I've been to a Brazilian night, I can't remember where it is though, somewhere near Stephens Green I think. Thomas House has a "French Friday" on the 3rd Friday of every month. Don't think I know of any others, other than Australian pubs going all out for special occasions.

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Talliesin wrote:

Hmm. Do they make much of a day out of Easter Monday?

Don't know.

Is Easter Monday a big thing in Czechoslovakia?

Terry

€50 says someone will skip over this post in their rush to point out that mistake.

humanji

There's an ad on 98fm for some pub advertising an asian night. And I remember a while ago, some other bar had an african night. It was ****, but they made an effort, I suppose.

Dun laoire

Childrens allowance night. All the single mothers gagging for it. Great times lads

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What the hell is an African or an Asian night?

Do the different countries on these continents not have their own cultures?

Do bars in Africa and Asia have Irish Nights or European Nights?

What would a European Night entail?

Maybe this is why the African night was crap, I mean if you were somewhere in Africa and they advertised a European night, and it was all Bulgarian and French stuff, you'd think it was pretty brutal.

Same for a Nigerian I'd imagine. If he went to an African Night, and it was all Egyptian and Lesothoan stuff, he'd have a pretty crap night.

IMO.

Sonnenblumen

Terry wrote:

€50 says someone will skip over this post in their rush to point out that mistake.

You mean the Czech republic!

jdivision

There are Chinese nights in some pubs in Dublin The one in the Exchequer hotel certainly did have it at one stage.

Terry

Sonnenblumen wrote:

You mean the Czech republic!

And Slovakia, but someone will still do it.

Scally07

is it not a good opportunity for some Irish people to get to know a bit more about another aspect of Polish culture?[/QUOTE]

This is Dublin not Warsaw.

If you want to learn about the Polish way of life - ie. thinking you own the place, Dressing badly, drinking Vodka and acting like a knob - go to Poland.

cailinoBAC

Is Easter Monday the day all the women get soaked?

DonJose

DesF wrote:

Don't know.

Is Easter Monday a big thing in Czechoslovakia?

Dont you mean Czechyorema.













Did I hear someone say €50

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jdivision wrote:

There are Chinese nights in some pubs in Dublin The one in the Exchequer hotel certainly did have it at one stage.

I used to work in a pub on Parnell St. Across from the Rotunda. Second name Mooney.

That was Triad central. Scary, scary place.

One part of Chinese culture I never want to experience again.

ToxicPaddy

There is a place off Dame St, just down a side street near the *******.. ended up there one Tuesday night a few weeks back as it was a late bar and it was wall to wall Asians.. never seen anything like it.. dunno what the occasion was, but it was kinda cool.. however a group of us all fairly tall and broad builds stood out like sore thumbs..

Well they claim that something like 3-5% of people living in Ireland are Polish.. so why wouldnt they have Polish themed nights? Guaranteed to find some fine looking ladies there (with their huge polish bf's in tow!!!)

Tox

SimpleSam06

dublindude wrote:

I think an Asian night would do quite well in Dublin. As in, lots of Irish men would go there spending money trying to pick up an Asian girl...

Asians generally don't do clubs, because a more insular bunch you will never meet (and yes I speak for most Asian cultures). They do rockin' house parties instead, and if you ever get invited to one you'll know the meaning of craic, let me tell you.

Thats the Filipinos anyway, can't speak for the Chinese. As far as I know they all get drunk and gamble in the privacy of their overcrowded rented accommodation. There aren't really enough Koreans to form a community, and the rest are micro minorities.

Terry

Don't think you're right there, Sam.
I have a couple of Vietnamese friends and they are very friendly. I've been invited to several parties, which kicked ass. Not house parties either. All the people there were very friendly too. Unless they were speaking Vietnamese and making fun of me. I'll never really know.

There is also a barman in one of the pubs I frequent who is insistent that me and my friends go to China with him next year. Quite a few have taken him up on the offer.

SimpleSam06

Terry wrote:

Don't think you're right there, Sam.
I have a couple of Vietnamese friends and they are very friendly.

Oh I never said they weren't friendly, just insular. You'll never meet a friendlier bunch than the Filipinos for example, but they don't go out of their way to mingle with the locals. Its very unusual to encounter them in nightclubs, for example.

It might have something to do with the way that they have more traditional established methods to meet women than docking up to them at the bar after a skinful of dutch courage and trying to remember that sassy chat up line that was memorised.

Terry wrote:

I've been invited to several parties, which kicked ass. Not house parties either. All the people there were very friendly too. Unless they were speaking Vietnamese and making fun of me. I'll never really know.

Vietnam is one of the few places in SE Asia I haven't been to, so I can't really speak for them. I do know several Vietnamese though, and they tend to be very friendly alright. There aren't a lot of them in Ireland, however, so maybe that outgoing aspect is because there just aren't enough of them to exclude outsiders.

Terry wrote:

There is also a barman in one of the pubs I frequent who is insistent that me and my friends go to China with him next year. Quite a few have taken him up on the offer.

For the Chinese, the world begins and ends in China. A bit like Americans in the US. I have very little time for regimes like theirs, however, no matter how effective their brainwashing is.