Nightclubs in Limerick city

conor93a

Hi all, was just wondering could anyone give me a list of nightclubs in Limerick city and advise on which is the best one? Thanks.

Insect Overlord

They're all rubbish...

...but if you insist:

Angel Lane
The Icon/Mór Dioscó

conor93a

Insect Overlord wrote: »

They're all rubbish...

...but if you insist:

Angel Lane
The Icon/Mór Dioscó

That's it? I thought there was more.

Insect Overlord

conor93a wrote: »

That's it? I thought there was more.

Late bars with room for dancing/awkwardly shuffling:

Molly's
Costello's
Aubars

conor93a

Insect Overlord wrote: »

Late bars with room for dancing/awkwardly shuffling:

Molly's
Costello's
Aubars

Ha! Blimey that's pretty poor. Cheers for the info.

TheEntertainer

Dont forget the Sinbin.
Bentleys could be counted on the Bunga Bunga nights as a nightclub couldnt they?

conor93a

So where'd the best place be on a Saturday night then, if anywhere?
The reason I ask is 'cos I'm big in to going out, and I could be living in Limerick next year.

savagecabbages

conor93a wrote: »

So where'd the best place be on a Saturday night then, if anywhere?
The reason I ask is 'cos I'm big in to going out, and I could be living in Limerick next year.

Well I could tell you one place is the best, and have 5 people disagree with me:D:D
Depends on what you're in to... I'd sooner jump into the Shannon than go to Angel Lane, but they can find 5 or 6 hundred people every saturday night who feel different!

Heres the list sofar with some additions i could think of:

Clubs:
Icon (7 nights)
Angel Lane (tues, thurs-sat)
Sinbin (tues, thurs-sat)???
Costello's (mon, thurs-sat)
Aubars (fri sat)
Bentleys (club nights fridays)
Bakers (not sure when its open..)
The Lodge

Late Bars:
Bentleys (late every other night)
Mollys (7 nights)
Nancys (wed-sun)
Flannerys (thurs-sat)
The Office (thurs-sat)???
The Blind Pig (not even sure if its open late)
*i'm not 100% sure what nights places are open feel free to correct me, and of course add to the list!!


EDIT: To answer you're question, the 'best' club is Icon as its open 7 nights and more people go there than anywhere else. I hate the place!
In terms of age groups, the Sinbin is for over 18s so caters to the teenyboppers. Angel Lane seem to change their age policy every week, but is generally over 20s. Icon also over 20s but has a slightly older clientele (average age +-25), and Aubars is over 23s though the average age is well into the 30s. They all play roughly the same chart dance music. The other clubs mentioned are more alternative and you could find any age group in there on any given night.

conor93a

savagecabbages wrote: »

Well I could tell you one place is the best, and have 5 people disagree with me:D:D
Depends on what you're in to... I'd sooner jump into the Shannon than go to Angel Lane, but they can find 5 or 6 hundred people every saturday night who feel different!

Heres the list sofar with some additions i could think of:

Clubs:
Icon (7 nights)
Angel Lane (tues, thurs-sat)
Sinbin (tues, thurs-sat)???
Costello's (mon, thurs-sat)
Aubars (fri sat)
Bentleys (club nights fridays)
Bakers (not sure when its open..)
The Lodge

Late Bars:
Bentleys (late every other night)
Mollys (7 nights)
Nancys (wed-sun)
Flannerys (thurs-sat)
The Office (thurs-sat)???

*i'm not 100% sure what nights places are open feel free to correct me, and of course add to the list!!

Thanks! I thought the Lodge closed down?

savagecabbages

I did, but I was told it has re-opened this college year. Maybe someone else knows for sure??

bullets

Is Aubers the place that used to be the New Town Perry ?
if it it is I think when it first opened it seemed to have a kind of Posh Dress
code associated with the place with a female bouncer and red rope barrier.
Wondering if the place is still the same now or has it got more casual.

Although Dolans is not a Nite/Night Club it might be worth a mention if the
OP likes to go out a lot. Plenty of gigs & events if going out.

~B

roast

The Blind Pig is a late bar for the weekends, with gigs or events on every night.

hightower1

roast wrote: »

The Blind Pig is a late bar shoebox for the weekends alt teens with parent issues / Kevin Smith look 'a' likes , with gigs or events on every night.

FYP

xsiborg

Originally Posted by roast
The Blind Pig is a late bar shoebox for the weekends alt teens with parent issues / Kevin Smith look 'a' likes , with gigs or events on every night.

hightower1 wrote: »

FYP

i have to say i strongly disagree with your assessment. i was in there recently for the boards beers night out and i saw none of what you claim, just regular people in a regular bar, that was plenty big too to be able to move around without jostling through crowds.

just to point out too that im actually 35 and went in wearing a shirt and tie, hardly the Kevin Smith lookalike you allude to in your post.

i cant decide between the three clubs in town, sin bin is a bit small, angel lane and icon do be jam packed to the rafters, i dont go for the music though or really to meet people, i go to chill out for a bit and get lost in the atmosphere.

generally i head to smyths and then straight into icon as it's the handiest.

gaf1983

Icon (it's big, plays cheesy pop music, but you should know that going in - saying that, €12 is steep), Costelloe's and Bunga Bunga would be my own preferences.

Bunga Bunga got a great write-up in the Limerick Post recently:

http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php/navigation-mainmenu-30/entertainment/4012-bunga-celebrates.html

conor93a

Cheers guys. I guess Limerick seems like a pretty decent place to go out then. Thanks for the info

bullets

xsiborg wrote: »

i have to say i strongly disagree with your assessment. i was in there recently for the boards beers night out and i saw none of what you claim, just regular people in a regular bar, that was plenty big too to be able to move around without jostling through crowds.

just to point out too that im actually 35 and went in wearing a shirt and tie, hardly the Kevin Smith lookalike you allude to in your post.

i cant decide between the three clubs in town, sin bin is a bit small, angel lane and icon do be jam packed to the rafters, i dont go for the music though or really to meet people, i go to chill out for a bit and get lost in the atmosphere.

generally i head to smyths and then straight into icon as it's the handiest.

Still waiting to check out the blind pig myself. I dont really go out anymore
since no place plays the music I like, I hate clubs and prefer a quiter more relaxing place where you can chat to a few friends and have a few pints.
Not into metal music at all so hopeing the blind pig has Rockish type or alternative stuff also.

From looking at the photo's
on facebook it appears to be the biker & metaler crowd that frequented,
The Highstool and Quinns. Seen some familar faces I've not seen in over 10
years (wearing what looks like the exact same clothes :eek: )
The only thing thats changed appears to be some of them have less hair!

Have not got a clue who Kevin Smith is, is he some sort of famous Emo like character
or the new marylin manson?
[EDIT: google tells me he's the bloke from the Jay and Silent Bob movies????]
~B

roast

bullets wrote: »

Still waiting to check out the blind pig myself. I dont really go out anymore
since no place plays the music I like, I hate clubs and prefer a quiter more relaxing place where you can chat to a few friends and have a few pints.
Not into metal music at all so hopeing the blind pig has Rockish type or alternative stuff also.

From looking at the photo's
on facebook it appears to be the biker & metaler crowd that frequented,
The Highstool and Quinns. Seen some familar faces I've not seen in over 10
years (wearing what looks like the exact same clothes :eek: )
The only thing thats changed appears to be some of them have less hair!

Have not got a clue who Kevin Smith is, is he some sort of famous Emo like character
or the new marylin manson?
[EDIT: google tells me he's the bloke from the Jay and Silent Bob movies????]
~B

Aye, it's not all metal anyway. Good few of the bikers and the heads from the high stool were there on the opening night. Awesome laugh.
Definitely check it out.... even if it's just to sample the Erdinger.... yumyumyum.

EDIT:I have no idea who Kevin Smith is either. :pac:

yupyup7up

The important stuff :

It's easy to pull in any of them

Seriously though, I go out most weeks and head to Icon (if I end up in a club).

Icon is generally the best, notorious for the bouncers being odd with people sometimes, no matter how frequently you go there.

Aubars has an older crowd but I've actually had a laugh a few times I've went there and I'm only 24!

Stay away from Mollys! Worst place in Limerick (very annoying young crowd) and Angel Lane was good for about 6 months before Trinity Rooms closed down and is now full of annoying kids again.

xsiborg

bullets wrote: »

xsiborg wrote: »

i have to say i strongly disagree with your assessment. i was in there recently for the boards beers night out and i saw none of what you claim, just regular people in a regular bar, that was plenty big too to be able to move around without jostling through crowds.

just to point out too that im actually 35 and went in wearing a shirt and tie, hardly the Kevin Smith lookalike you allude to in your post.

i cant decide between the three clubs in town, sin bin is a bit small, angel lane and icon do be jam packed to the rafters, i dont go for the music though or really to meet people, i go to chill out for a bit and get lost in the atmosphere.

generally i head to smyths and then straight into icon as it's the handiest.

Still waiting to check out the blind pig myself. I dont really go out anymore
since no place plays the music I like, I hate clubs and prefer a quiter more relaxing place where you can chat to a few friends and have a few pints.
Not into metal music at all so hopeing the blind pig has Rockish type or alternative stuff also.

From looking at the photo's
on facebook it appears to be the biker & metaler crowd that frequented,
The Highstool and Quinns. Seen some familar faces I've not seen in over 10
years (wearing what looks like the exact same clothes :eek: )
The only thing thats changed appears to be some of them have less hair!

Have not got a clue who Kevin Smith is, is he some sort of famous Emo like character
or the new marylin manson?
[SIZE="1"][EDIT: google tells me he's the bloke from the Jay and Silent Bob movies????][/SIZE]
~B

i thought hightower (police academy anyone? ) was referring to harry enfield's character Kevin, the stroppy teenage character from that sketch show he used do years ago (on the mobile now so embedding a youtube reference vid would be a pain!), but the music was definitely non-mainstream pop or dance, i wouldnt call it mainstream alternative either, there was a band there the night we were there and i remember the lead guitarist strumming a few trippy riffs alright, certainly different from the usual 'free beer' covers in smyths!

i've never had any trouble getting into any club in limerick myself, then again i've never had any trouble getting into any club anywhere, and always found the doormen (and doorwomen) good natured and professional.

savagecabbages

The thing about Limerick is that the vast majority of people only go to a few pubs or clubs, and have no interest in going anywhere else. On the surface Limericks nightlife looks very poor with two or three superpubs/clubs, but as we see here there is more than meets the eye!

Re: Bunga Bunga I've been there once or twice, really like the setup + music there but the rave atmosphere was a bit OTT for my liking (the crowd not the music if you know what i mean;))

xsiborg

yupyup7up wrote: »

The important stuff :

It's easy to pull in any of them

Seriously though, I go out most weeks and head to Icon (if I end up in a club).

Icon is generally the best, notorious for the bouncers being odd with people sometimes, no matter how frequently you go there.

Aubars has an older crowd but I've actually had a laugh a few times I've went there and I'm only 24!

Stay away from Mollys! Worst place in Limerick (very annoying young crowd) and Angel Lane was good for about 6 months before Trinity Rooms closed down and is now full of annoying kids again.

cant multi-quote on mobile but i wouldn't say angel lane is full of kids (wrong impression for the OP surely? ), the age range would be 18-22 perhaps, college go-ers maybe the same age as the OP (i presume they're college age from their post in the UL forum), sin bin i cant say i really noticed, but the same could be said for icon, the age range is 18- well, i know one woman who defied her 44 years of age (she looks 34!) and could hold her own on the dance floor with the best of them!

as for being 'on the pull', *shudders*, sorry, just my own pet peeve hatred of the expression, but you could literally say that about anywhere, club or pub, county or country, and it goes both ways too as long as you dont reek of desperation!

above all OP limerick is a great city to live in and go out in with plenty of variety nightlife to suit every taste, oh and lest i forget- dolans! was in there for limerick pride night a while back, that kylie impersonator was more enchanting than kylie herself!

conor93a

It's funny, the first replies I got were quite critical, but the general view of nightlife in Limerick and Limerick itself are positive. Cheers for the advice, at least I know there are plenty of friendly people in Limerick

badboyblast

Most Limerick people hate Limerick and are very negative, god knows why they still live here :rolleyes: maybe they like being negative

RonMexico

badboyblast wrote: »

Most Limerick people hate Limerick and are very negative, god knows why they still live here :rolleyes: maybe they like being negative

...and most of the problems in this city stem from a head in the sand attitude. :rolleyes:

Insect Overlord

badboyblast wrote: »

Most Limerick people hate Limerick and are very negative, god knows why they still live here :rolleyes: maybe they like being negative

Comment on the topic at hand, or say nothing at all. Thanks.

CiaranMT

Where's this Blind Pig establishment?

roast

CiaranMT wrote: »

Where's this Blind Pig establishment?

Foxes Bow. Metal door, under the archway onto Thomas Street.

vkid

the wicked chicken
the blind pig
the mucky duck
used to be the Pink Elephant

any other animal related ones?

woeful names for bars

CiaranMT

roast wrote: »

Foxes Bow. Metal door, under the archway onto Thomas Street.

Ah yeah. Was there for a Hip-Hop night last year that never really took off.

xsiborg

vkid wrote: »

the wicked chicken
the blind pig
the mucky duck
used to be the Pink Elephant

any other animal related ones?

woeful names for bars

wasnt there a pub called the wild swan at one stage, up around urlan tv there somewhere?

only reason i remember it so well is because myself and a couple o lads went in there for drinks one time, of course i love anywhere there's a pool table, what didnt go down so well however was me putting damien rice's 'blowers daughter' on the jukebox! i could've slid out under the door i was stared out of it so hard!

Seamus B

I know i shouldnt be posting on this thread QUEENS nightclub in Ennis if you can travel..

Icky Thump

xsiborg wrote: »

wasnt there a pub called the wild swan at one stage, up around urlan tv there somewhere?

only reason i remember it so well is because myself and a couple o lads went in there for drinks one time, of course i love anywhere there's a pool table, what didnt go down so well however was me putting damien rice's 'blowers daughter' on the jukebox! i could've slid out under the door i was stared out of it so hard!

the black swan is around the corner from the wicked chicken

the moose is down beside st johns cathederal and accross from a bar called the horse and hound

the spotted dog is in janesborough

bazz26

i thought the Black Swan was in Annacotty?

adaminho

xsiborg wrote: »

wasnt there a pub called the wild swan at one stage, up around urlan tv there somewhere?

only reason i remember it so well is because myself and a couple o lads went in there for drinks one time, of course i love anywhere there's a pool table, what didnt go down so well however was me putting damien rice's 'blowers daughter' on the jukebox! i could've slid out under the door i was stared out of it so hard!

The wild geese was the pub on old Clare street, closed a good while ago.

leakyboots

xsiborg wrote: »

wasnt there a pub called the wild swan at one stage, up around urlan tv there somewhere?

only reason i remember it so well is because myself and a couple o lads went in there for drinks one time, of course i love anywhere there's a pool table, what didnt go down so well however was me putting damien rice's 'blowers daughter' on the jukebox! i could've slid out under the door i was stared out of it so hard!

And rightly so!

Roadend

bazz26 wrote: »

i thought the Black Swan was in Annacotty?

There's two of them

vkid

Icky Thump wrote: »

the black swan is around the corner from the wicked chicken

the moose is down beside st johns cathederal and accross from a bar called the horse and hound

the spotted dog is in janesborough

Jesus, its worse than i thought...

Bar owners in Limerick need some serious originality lessons..
(and probably not just in their names)

cson

The Lame Duck is another animal name one kinda in the Limerick region.

Well it is if you're in UL.

savagecabbages

Lets not forget The Stables to house all these animals...

CiaranMT

What's the problem with all the animal-related names? I like em.

cson

Yeah I think they're great too.

vkid

CiaranMT wrote: »

What's the problem with all the animal-related names? I like em.

No problem per se...but in a town like Limerick.
1 is fine, original, different.
2..someone copying the original half decent idea...
3 and above is just laziness

All imo.

Roadend

vkid wrote: »

No problem per se...but in a town like Limerick.
1 is fine, original, different.
2..someone copying the original half decent idea...
3 and above is just laziness

All imo.

Hmm, what about:
The Turkey's Neck
The Dog's Bollo*ks
The Savoury Swan
The Chicken Sh*ts

bazz26

Don't forget:

The Mucky Duck and The Bucket of Blood

lewas93

Hi, just wondering where is the best spot in Limerick city of a Wednesday night? :)

Insect Overlord

lewas93 wrote: »

Hi, just wondering where is the best spot in Limerick city of a Wednesday night? :)

Nancy's have live music in the late bar until around midnight and then their usual playlists until after 2:00. The Icon is the other option, the night club across the road. If you're in the 18-21 bracket then Molly Malone's might suit you too. Not many options on a Wednesday!

leakyboots

Is The Red Hen (formerly The Bailey) open late on Weds? I know they have a late licence

seachto7

For a crowd Nancys probably your best bet later on in the night

Seamus B

The all new Icon Nite club opening tonight, should be very nice..

bennyl10

Seamus B wrote: »

The all new Icon Nite club opening tonight, should be very nice..

have they really changed much though.. :P