Remembering Old Bars and Clubs

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

I was on Exchequer St and then Dame Court in Dublin 2. There was a bar there back in around '02 before the Exchequer. I think it had a bit of a reputation for serving underage folk like myself. I was 16 or 17 when I got served. I remember it as being with a few heads that hung around Temple Bar.. (yes, those freaky goth, hippy, grungers) Can anyone remember the name of it? My friend seems to think it began with a 'C.'

Also, feel free to reminisce about Nightclubs or pubs you loved growing up that aren't there any more.

Back in the day - I used to hang out with a lot of the grungers and goths from Central Bank and the bar we used to always go to was Fibber McGees for our underage drinking. Never went anywhere else.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Wasn't a Club a bar. Or was it a biscuit? We used to say they were bars.

kylith

The Roxy in Waterford.

The gents' had no door and the ladies' flooded, but by gods the music was loud and the beer was cold, and they'd sell Jaegermeister to anyone.

RayCon

McGonagles, South Anne St. Knocked down years ago, still miss it. *sniff*

kfallon

kylith wrote: »

The Roxy in Waterford.

The gents' had no door and the ladies' flooded, but by gods the music was loud and the beer was cold, and they'd sell Jaegermeister to anyone.

The Bok only passed away a couple of months ago

Sir Henrys, Cork, early 90s.

Just...legendary.

dodderangler

Club Sara in rathfarnam.
Been in a fair oul few scraps down there. Once the tallaght lads mixed with the white church heads shît would hit the fan.

vicwatson

Piper Savory Jazz wrote: »

Wasn't a Club a bar. Or was it a biscuit? We used to say they were bars.

Now now, its a biscuit not a bar !

"If you like a lotta chocolate on your biscuit join our club"

Señor Fancy Pants

Paparazzi and The Top Hat, both in Dun Laoghaire.

Ziggy's in Deansgrange

Those places were just mental.

kfallon

Breens in Waterford, you could pay the bouncer 20p each and he'd let ye in!

jester77

Dorian Grays in Frankfurt airport, that place was just epic. They closed for renovation around 1999 or 2000 and never opened again. Really miss that place. I remember doing Sambucas one night in there and I lit the whole bar :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjZWbLRDMhY

Menas

The original Hennigans in Sligo was a great bar.

dudara

Sir Henry's in Cork - quite possibly the greatest music venue & club that ever existed. I still feel sad that it's gone.

The Oval in Cork, before it got polished up, was a great pub. Black & White Russians for 2 quid each, poured out of a 2l coke bottle.

greenbicycle

The Palace in Camden street, I dont mean the way it is now I mean the way it was back in the early 2000's, upstairs for dance music (with the green lasers) and downstairs for the pop music which included a little sample of the A team theme tune or baywatch to mix it up a little, the dance floor used to go wild! Every thursday without fail, great times, there have never been nights like it since.

The Corinthian

The Vintage on Camden street. A dirty old, spit and sawdust, pub that is long gone. Back around 1991, a pint of Guinness would set you back £1.50, which was cheap even back then.

harry Bailey esq

Ska nights at Bensons in the Parnell Mooney I remember fondly,very lax drug policy.Happy times.Had some brilliant nights in the castle in Finglas too,they also had a very pragmatic drug policy. Early morning dancing in The White Horse,a 'niteclub' that opened at 7.30 am...No prizes for guessing their drug policy!

donegaLroad

kfallon wrote: »

The Bok only passed away a couple of months ago

The Bok was my introduction to Waterford.. he was hilarious.

donegaLroad

dudara wrote: »

Sir Henry's in Cork - quite possibly the greatest music venue & club that ever existed. I still feel sad that it's gone.

The Oval in Cork, before it got polished up, was a great pub. Black & White Russians for 2 quid each, poured out of a 2l coke bottle.

I used to play in Sir Henrys every Wednesday night in the back bar upstairs,

and I also used to go to the Oval when it opened first. Ever go to The Liberty?

Kerrydude1981

Spirals Nightclub in Tralee,

Used to have an ad on 2fm

"See your face in the place"

Kerrydude1981

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Spirals Nightclub in Tralee,

Used to have an ad on 2fm

"See your face in the place"

Remember it 20 years back...it just seemed more exciting than Horans!

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Ska nights at Bensons in the Parnell Mooney I remember fondly,very lax drug policy.Happy times.Had some brilliant nights in the castle in Finglas too,they also had a very pragmatic drug policy. Early morning dancing in The White Horse,a 'niteclub' that opened at 7.30 am...No prizes for guessing their drug policy!

They have The Breakfast Club there now. It's called The Dark Horse now though and people don't eat sausages or beans...

The Cool

Cuba in Galway was my college haunt, closed about 5 years ago. The first floor of the nightclub was pop, R&B, 90s etc and the second floor was rock and indie. Bar 903 on the ground floor always had brilliant bands and salsa nights and good cocktails. We were gutted when it closed, we were in the place every week!

The Backwards Man

Do you know what's worse than people taking about pubs they drink in?

Talking about pubs that no longer exist they drank in.

harry Bailey esq

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

They have The Breakfast Club there now. It's called The Dark Horse now though and people don't eat sausages or beans...

I've been in midweek a couple of times for an early Eye-opener, different name, different clientele.All stockbrokers and cocksmokers these days

donegaLroad

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Do you know what's worse than people taking about pubs they drink in?

Talking about pubs that no longer exist they drank in.

remember the Hair of the Dog in Moville??

The Backwards Man

donegaLroad wrote: »

remember the Hair of the Dog in Moville??

I remember when it was the Anchor. I'm sure someone somewhere remembers when it was the shipping office for the boat to the US.

Very few reading this care about that.

PandaPoo

McGowans/Rodeo Jobs in Churchtown was my local nightclub. I worked in supervalu across the road so the bouncers new me and let me in even though I was underage.

yourdeadwright

The Temple Theatre in Dublin,
God what a kip but the nights out in there where unreal,

via4

Tripod!

fortwilliam

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Paparazzi and The Top Hat, both in Dun Laoghaire.

Ziggy's in Deansgrange

Those places were just mental.

I was resident DJ in all three back then, as well as Scruples in the Kingston... the stuff I saw, from Ridin' to Killin' and everything inbetween...

suicide_circus

Danger Doyles

Kerrydude1981

Deleted User wrote: »

Remember it 20 years back...it just seemed more exciting than Horans!

It was the best nightclub Tralee has ever had,it was some spot

Now its a gym

blue note

Reading this thread made me so happy. Hardly recognised a name. I feel so young Only downside is I'll still be working to pay your pensions :mad:

Kerrydude1981

Ballybunion had the Alantic and then you had a nightclub in Banna just outside Tralee

Dyr

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

I was on Exchequer St and then Dame Court in Dublin 2. There was a bar there back in around '02 before the Exchequer. I think it had a bit of a reputation for serving underage folk like myself. I was 16 or 17 when I got served. I remember it as being with a few heads that hung around Temple Bar.. (yes, those freaky goth, hippy, grungers) Can anyone remember the name of it? My friend seems to think it began with a 'C.'

Also, feel free to reminisce about Nightclubs or pubs you loved growing up that aren't there any more.

Charlies? On aungier street I think

Badly Drunk Boy

The nightclub I visited most was Nijinsky's on the Curragh. In the early 90s, my group of friends (and one in particular) convinced the manager to have an indie/alternative night on Fridays, the night hardly anyone went to. "Why would you want us to play Indian music?". After a short while, in was more popular than the Saturday/chart music night, and was eventually moved to the Saturday night. Sometimes, if there was no transport available, heading across the Curragh plains on foot to Newbridge was the only option. Since there were no lights, the aim was to avoid falling into a hollow (or a sheep, although maybe everyone didn't have this policy).

Of the ones mentioned here, I've been to a good few gigs in McGonagles, had many drunken night in Fibber McGee's (including what I call the 'Mr Puke-Sleeve Night", I've been to The Roxy in Waterford, and my only visit to the Top Hat was for Sonic Youth/Nirvana in 1991.

kjl

greenbicycle wrote: »

The Palace in Camden street, I dont mean the way it is now I mean the way it was back in the early 2000's, upstairs for dance music (with the green lasers) and downstairs for the pop music which included a little sample of the A team theme tune or baywatch to mix it up a little, the dance floor used to go wild! Every thursday without fail, great times, there have never been nights like it since.

I used to go there at least twice a week, IE£1.50 / €2 a drink was nuts. I actually drank so much back then that I stopped drinking in 2002 and have been sober since.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

Bambi wrote: »

Charlies? On aungier street I think

No, it's on Dame Court. Next to Ri-Ra and it's now called The Exchequor. Been trying to find out for ages

Knine

The System - off Grafton Street. Everybody danced facing the DJ. Was kinda like an aerobics class.

Club M with the Laser Light Show.

kjl

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

No, it's on Dame Court. Next to Ri-Ra and it's now called The Exchequor. Been trying to find out for ages

I worked in Dame Court from 1999 - 2000, I'm pretty sure it was always called the Exchequor. Did you go to Bruce college or something?

whiskeyman

The Kitchen

Breaston Plants

The Warick in Salthill, fantastic place back in the day.

biko

It wasn't that long ago but Cuba was great.

Greenmachine

Setanta hotel Celbridge
Hitcher Leixlip
Rockafella Leixlip
Glenroyal maynooth
The Vault Connolly
Club M Temple Bar
North Star Amien street

God I used to drink in some dives.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun

kjl wrote: »

I worked in Dame Court from 1999 - 2000, I'm pretty sure it was always called the Exchequor. Did you go to Bruce college or something?

Maybe we had a nickname for it.. Hmm.. Maybe the Building or Hotel is The Exchequor but the bar had a different name. Argh.. wrecking my head.

No, didn't go to Bruce.

Dyr

Greenmachine wrote: »

Setanta hotel Celbridge
Hitcher Leixlip
Rockafella Leixlip
Glenroyal maynooth
The Vault Connolly
Club M Temple Bar
North Star Amien street

God I used to drink in some dives.

The north star is a weird place

Knine

Just googled & Club M is still there!

Then there was Break for the Border.

yourdeadwright

Knine wrote: »

Just googled & Club M is still there!

Then there was Break for the Border.

Break for the border is also still there

Menas

Knine wrote: »

Just googled & Club M is still there!

Then there was Break for the Border.

Break for the border is still going. But more of an gastro pub.
Only thing that gets pulled in there these days is Pork.

chopperbyrne

I still miss Eamon Doran's.