Queer-Friendly Pubs on the Northside

diddlybit

Hey all.

My partner and I are mvoing shortly to the Northside, hopefully just on Dorset Street at the NCR junction. We are leaving Ranelagh *slow tear falls* where we had a great choice of pubs and where noone would bat an eyelid if we were a little affectionate or held hands.

I've had my fair share of hassle in pubs (mainly ones in the city centre) when I've been out with partners and know that sometimes behavior has to be, to an extent, censored for fear of harressemnt, abuse etc. Yet still, I do enjoy a quiet pint out sometimes without having to behave any differently to anyone else.

We go to the queer places in town, but we're on the search for a local, that won't cause us any problems. I don't fancy dragging myself all the way in everytime I fancy a pint and my liver won't thank me for it either as they always end up as blow-outs.

Any suggestions or is this fruitless? Anywhere we should avoid at all costs?

I think Ranelagh has spoilt us.

Azure_sky

The Aurora is ok. Pretty respectable and never had any problems. Of course you'll get a-holes everywhere, so there is always an element of luck.

wonderfulname

If your up for a walk porterhouse north is a nice spot, I'm about as far away from it as you and I always find myself heading there. Its not quite as Irish as any of the others around...

diddlybit

Thanks guys. Really appreciate the suggestions. Now all I have to do is convince the guy to lease the apartment to us!

rainbowdrop

I like the way you prioritise Diddlybit. Sorting out your new local before you sign the lease lol:p

A person after me own heart....

gcgirl

The gravediggers is a cool place running amach have had get togethers there it's off prospect ave !

Azure_sky

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I like the way you prioritise Diddlybit. Sorting out your new local before you sign the lease lol:p

A person after me own heart....

Well we are Irish.:pac:

azezil

You're practically *in* town on the Dorset st, especially NCR end! How local does a pub have to be for you!!!? :P

anotherlostie

azezil wrote: »

You're practically *in* town on the Dorset st, especially NCR end! How local does a pub have to be for you!!!? :P

I was thinking that - surely Pantibar is less than a mile away?

I would be very sad too IF I lived in Ranelagh and was moving elsewhere.

diddlybit

Thanks for the suggestions all. Decided to walk to it today from town and couldn't actually believe how close it is. I reckon it's about 20mins walk from most places in the centre. The girlfriend and myself got very excited when we hypothesised that if it's about 25 mins to Panti, it's about 28 mins to the Front Lounge.

But alas, we didn't get it (damn that other couple whoever they are.) I will pathetically admit that I cried a little.

Off to drown my sorrows in all those pubs you all told me about, and begin the hunt again tomorrow.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Quinns in Drumcondra pretty close if you get somewhere else in the area. Doubt you'd get any hassle in there. I know a gay couple who go there every week.

Endymion

Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »

Quinns in Drumcondra pretty close if you get somewhere else in the area. Doubt you'd get any hassle in there. I know a gay couple who go there every week.

Quinns is not a gay friendly pub. I'm sure the management couldn't give a damn if your gay/straight/into animals, but you'd stand a pretty decent chance of running into someone who would care in that pub. It's a pretty rough pub even without bringing sexuality into it.