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Locomotion

Can anyone recommend a good pub to watch the six nations in this year?

jamiedav2011

Locomotion wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good pub to watch the six nations in this year?

Well that's a bit of a teaser.

In what city first of all, because I hear there's a cracking rugby pub in Mogadishu!

BBDBB

jamiedav2011 wrote: »

Well that's a bit of a teaser.

In what city first of all, because I hear there's a cracking rugby pub in Mogadishu!

nah its gone downhill since the landlord stopped selling cheese n onion crisps

ssaye

Locomotion wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good pub to watch the six nations in this year?

Location? Dublin


City Centre, pretty much all will have it on but ones that can be good include
Woolshed, Living room - Young sports bars

ONeills on the big screen, tourists and Irish crowd,

The Old Stand - Older quieter Rugby Crowd

In the suburbs it depends on the barman, some brilliant and one or two I have seen turn rugby off 10 minutes before kick off due to a different barman coming in and wanting horse racing. So if out in the suburbs double check they will keep it on.

If Dublin Southside

Anywhere around Baggot Street - Bath Avenue - Ballsbridge - Donnybrook

Doheny and Nesbitts, Searsons, Slatterys, The Bath, Kielys is excellent with loads of screens and a large HD projector screen.

For something different a lot of rugby clubs will let anyone in to watch them so thats something different and will be a great buzz

Teferi

Go to a rugby club pub - best atmosphere generally.

Luckycharm

Dropping well in milltown is a great rugby pub

Winters

I think I've spent 50% of my adult life watching the 6 Nations games downstairs in Doheny & Nesbitts. It gets better when matchgoers return after a home game. Gets packed too though!

I have to admit, been quite disappointed with some pubs who operate a soccer over rugby policy. Never had it happen during the 6 Nations but experienced it several times during the Heineken Cup.

Rattlehead_ie

McSorelys of Ranelagh, nice food or some nice restaurants there and Rugby is always on.

dregin

+1 for Doheny & Nesbitts.

If you're around Kilmainham, The Royal Oak always has the rugby on provided kick off is 6 PM+, since the bar doesn't open until then.

melekalikimaka

kielys in donnybrook, the bath, wouldnt rate the wool shed at all, dire establishment, dont see the appeal at all

Judgement Day

"The Antique Tavern" in Enniscorthy, a bastion of Leinster (and Munster) rugby! Great Guinness but get there early as twenty is a crowd.

dregin

Put one step into The Bath and turned around. People are there to be seen, not to watch rugby.

SebBerkovich

melekalikimaka wrote: »

kielys in donnybrook, the bath, wouldnt rate the wool shed at all, dire establishment, dont see the appeal at all

Must agree with you there about the woolshed.

CatFromHue

Judgement Day wrote: »

"The Antique Tavern" in Enniscorthy, a bastion of Leinster (and Munster) rugby! Great Guinness but get there early as twenty is a crowd.

Does the Nitelink go by here?

Judgement Day

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1348844929-2.pdf

Not quite the Nitelink but the Wexford/Dublin Bus Eireann goes past the door.

.ak

The appeal of the Woolshed/Living Room is massive projectors and space, also a large amount of tourists/ex-pats make up the clients so you get a kind of 'away' feel in them.

However I'd much rather somewhere like Kiely's with a decent pint, somewhere comfy to sit and an open fire!


... Jaysus I sound like I'm getting on.

Grimebox

O'Neills is pretty good during the six nations. I used to work behind the bar there and you would often have Welsh/Scots/Italians/French in there on holidays so every match is hugely exciting

SebBerkovich

Any time i head out to see a game i go to houricans on leeson street.

it may not for everyone though, it's quiet, rarely packed (for leinster games). Great folk behind the bar and always a great laugh when one of the aul fellas shout something off the wall at the screen.

blindsider

Judgement Day wrote: »

http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1348844929-2.pdf

Not quite the Nitelink but the Wexford/Dublin Bus Eireann goes past the door.

JD - do you still watch matches in the kitchen?

who_me

Since the OP still hasn't mentioned a location, I'll mention the Rob Roy, Cork. More TVs that you can shake a stick at, and always a good buzz on match days.

For Munster games, sadly, there's no guarantee of it being a "Good Rugby" pub.

awec

Kielys is a good spot.

It also sells Harp which is a major plus.

dregin

awec wrote: »

Kielys is a good spot.

It also sells Harp which is a major plus.

Yeah, but does it sell packets of dates??

P_1

awec wrote: »

Kielys is a good spot.

It also sells Harp which is a major plus.

You can take the man out of Ulster...