Does anybody live in Donegal town (or know anyone who does)

Commotion Ocean

Myself and OH are on a plan to have a pint in every county in Ireland.

We stopped in Fermanagh on the way up and now we're in Donegal town. We're from the Big Smoke btw.

The place is a ghost town 👻. Nothing good to do.

What'll we do?

Stravos Murphy

Do some riding.

NIMAN

Have a pint?

A pint in every county? You'll be locked by the time you hit Westmeath...which is probably just as well.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Omackeral wrote: »

A pint in every county? You'll be locked by the time you hit Westmeath...which is probably just as well.

And make sure you absolutely are for Leitrim.

BTW no one lives in Donegal Town. It's purely there for the tourists, like you.

bodhrandude

I don't know if the Grill is still going, but it was a night club that was part of a hotel in Donegal town, you might have better craic in Ballyshannon or Bundoran up the road.

IH784man

Probably something on in the abbey hotel tonight,always a crowd there

bodhrandude

Do you have a teetotaller driver as you may get in trouble with the guards if you plan on drinking 32 pints.

Poor Uncle Tom

Donegal is like Russia, it doesn't exist, it was made up by the Chinese to divert attention away from the real truth, they are taking over the world one take away at a time....

Stravos Murphy

Rumour has it they ride farm animals.

ScouseMouse

Go for a pint in Biddys, its off the main road between Donegal Town and Ballybofey. Nice place, turf fire, traditional pub.

ScouseMouse

bodhrandude wrote: »

I don't know if the Grill is still going, but it was a night club that was part of a hotel in Donegal town, you might have better craic in Ballyshannon or Bundoran up the road.

The grill? As in golden grill? Thats was in Letterkenny, unless there is another I am unaware of. If in Letterkenny, Voodoo is the place to go.

ancapailldorcha

There's the Old Castle Bar, the Abbey, Harvey's Point, the Solis, the Schooner Inn, the National, The Reel Inn and Dom's Pier One to name a few. You have loads to choice!

boghopper

Try "The Forge" just over the bridge and to the right, a decent wee pub and usually a good enough crowd.

SVJKarate

dfeo wrote: »

The place is a ghost town 👻. Nothing good to do.

What'll we do?

Night-time activities in Donegal start much later than in your average city. Be patient. Follow the advice given by ancapailldorcha as to which pub to go to.

There's the Old Castle Bar, the Abbey, Harvey's Point, the Solis, the Schooner Inn, the National, The Reel Inn and Dom's Pier One to name a few. You have loads to choice!

byte

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

There's the Old Castle Bar, the Abbey, Harvey's Point, the Solis, the Schooner Inn, the National, The Reel Inn and Dom's Pier One to name a few. You have loads to choice!

Schooners and The National are long gone. Harvey's Point and Solis are a few miles out of town, so may not be ideal.

Abbey Hotel is the main place for entertainment on a Saturday night, with a live band on the ground floor, disco bar upstairs (if still there), and the nightclub Sky downstairs.

I'd second what boghopper said, The Forge is a grand pub, usually quite busy.

I quite like The Bank Bar myself, but might not be everyone's cup of tea.

flanzer

SVJKarate wrote: »

Night-time activities in Donegal start much later than in your average city.

flanzer

flanzer wrote: »

OP said he was from the "Big Smoke".

Graces7

It was still there when I left.. but that was around ten years ago so anything could have happened