Meeting people in Dublin

Blondie81

Not looking for lifelong friends (though if that happened it'd be great), but just people around my age (23) to go socialising with.....have the craic with etc...it's so hard to meet people in Dublin and it's a shame cause I love going out in the city when I rarely get the chance to. Anyone got any ideas? Would just love to go out on a Saturday night with a bunch of girls my own age and dance my feet off and have some fun. I'm in college outside the city and none of my friends here dare venture in to the big smoke so it's hard to find people to go out in town with.

AlienGav

Awww baby!

I'll go out with ya sometime!

Are ya good lookin?

Blondie81

Of course!

Ah it's just annoying you know....I love Dublin and can't exactly go out pubbing and clubbing on my own. Damn these students out here, typical culchies that hate everything Dublin. :rolleyes:

AlienGav

Bloody country folk!!

I'll pick ya up next saturday!

Sorted!

Blondie81

AlienGav wrote:

Bloody country folk!!

I'll pick ya up next saturday!

Sorted!

Ha ha, if only it was that easy!

Blondie81

Sniff....nobody loves me...boo hoo....

kittenkiller

What college u in?

Blondie81

Maynooth

AlienGav

Ya cheeky shyte!! lol ^^^^^^^^^^^

Leave my women alone!!

ando

lol, you cant blaim me for trying !!

dcr22B

Hmm Glanza v. Leon, wonder who'll win out on that one???

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Why dont you try join some clubs in the city? What are you interested in? If you join a club in the city, they will more than likely go into town at night and party!

ando

dcr22B wrote:

Hmm Glanza v. Leon, wonder who'll win out on that one???

200 lbs of torque coming out of my ikkle Leon hehe

Blondie81

ando wrote:

What are you doing in college at 23! I went to college for 2yrs and have been working full time for the last 4 years and I'm also 23

What's wrong with still being in college at 23? I know people still in college at 30. Most of my friends in college are my age.

gnu

Pfwah, being 23 in college is nothing. I'm 34 and in 1st year of a pharmacy degree. I don't mind being older at all - when I was in college first time around I was clueless. Now I feel like I'm sort of getting it right. Mind you, it helps that the class is lovely!

About going out ....
A friend of mine (22) moved from the country to Dublin and just joined loads of stuff where they went out afterwards. She did the free language classes in the Ilac library and salsa classes and they always went pubbing and clubbing afterwards. I think some of her salsa classes were actually in a nightclub and they got free in after the class.

bibibobo

dcr22B wrote:

Hmm Glanza v. Leon, wonder who'll win out on that one???

the Leon would win hands down (assuming cupra R model). the glanza is only a trumped up starlet with a turbo!

gobby

Blondie81 wrote:

Not looking for lifelong friends (though if that happened it'd be great), but just people around my age (23) to go socialising with.....have the craic with etc...it's so hard to meet people in Dublin and it's a shame cause I love going out in the city when I rarely get the chance to. Anyone got any ideas? Would just love to go out on a Saturday night with a bunch of girls my own age and dance my feet off and have some fun. I'm in college outside the city and none of my friends here dare venture in to the big smoke so it's hard to find people to go out in town with.

Should probably post on the NUI Maynooth forum. Find some peeps to head out with. A while ago there was talk of having an NUI beers night so all the NUI boards users could meet up. Might be a thought to try arrange it again.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=488

Intel

Blondie81,

I can get you free passes to D2 NightClub, Harcourt street (over 21s), for sat. night. Maybe that would encourage your friends to go out. PM me if you're interested (and any1 else for that matter :cool: )

intel

Blondie81

Intel wrote:

Blondie81,

I can get you free passes to D2 NightClub, Harcourt street (over 21s), for sat. night. Maybe that would encourage your friends to go out. PM me if you're interested (and any1 else for that matter :cool: )

intel

Thanks Intel, that's cool....but I actually need friends in Dublin to be able to go

Blondie81

Anyone else wanna take Intel up on his offer? Sounds good!

hullaballoo

no need to fret blondie, if you have a job, go out with ppl from work. If not, get a job, 4-8 hrs/week will do, then go out with them. that way there's no risk of meeting strangers that might be head cases. failing that, i know some ppl in maynooth who are pretty cool. cud pm me for details etc... but try and do it on ur own 1st, you seem pretty 2gether, shouldn't b 2 hard! gesundheit

monkeyfudge

Blondie81 wrote:

Anyone else wanna take Intel up on his offer? Sounds good!

Sounds good? Have you ever been to D2?

Now, I'm never been the kind of person who enjoys night clubs... but I ended up there one night last month. It's pretty horrible and the floor is all sticky.

Blondie81

Thanks for your help....just a bit of downer sometimes when I'd love to go out on a Saturday night and there's no one to go with. But thanks for your help, maybe I'll meet some nice people when I start working.

Blondie81

monkeyfudge wrote:

Sounds good? Have you ever been to D2?

Now, I'm never been the kind of person who enjoys night clubs... but I ended up there one night last month. It's pretty horrible and the floor is all sticky.

No, I've never been to D2. I take it your not it's biggest fan anyway.

gobby

Whats wrong with the peeps in Maynooth? Surely some will head into town with ya...

Blondie81

gobby wrote:

Whats wrong with the peeps in Maynooth? Surely some will head into town with ya...

No, they hate Dublin. We go out in Maynooth during the week but at weekends most of them go home and the ones that don't wouldn't step foot in town if I paid them.

gobby

Blondie81 wrote:

No, they hate Dublin. We go out in Maynooth during the week but at weekends most of them go home and the ones that don't wouldn't step foot in town if I paid them.

Try and organise going into town for a meal somewhere and then just make a night out of it. Make it like an end of year/exams sort of thing. Any occasion would do actually.

(Make up an occasion!)

/edit

If you make up a good occasion then maybe some of your mates would stay up for the weekend too!

Slightly off topic, but nonetheless:

How do you get back to Maynooth after a night on the tiles in town?

gobby

Papa Smut wrote:

Slightly off topic, but nonetheless:

How do you get back to Maynooth after a night on the tiles in town?

Nitelink

pheelay

67N from Westmoreland St. does the job!

Blondie81

Papa Smut wrote:

Slightly off topic, but nonetheless:

How do you get back to Maynooth after a night on the tiles in town?

Nitelink leaves at 3.30am (there's earlier ones too of course) and I'm back in my house at 4.00am. Not bad.

irlirishkev

Blondie81 wrote:

No, they hate Dublin. We go out in Maynooth during the week but at weekends most of them go home and the ones that don't wouldn't step foot in town if I paid them.

They're not going to the right places then in that case. I love going out in town. It does depend who you're with though of course, and I have the luxury of having a short stroll home..
I went out with a girl once who went to Maynooth college, and she actually said the same thing, nobody wanted to go out in Dublin with her because they didn't like it.

99% of my friends are married, and I've had a few saturdays when they've all been doing couply things, so I do feel your pain..

K.

Blondie81

irlirishkev wrote:

I went out with a girl once who went to Maynooth college, and she actually said the same thing, nobody wanted to go out in Dublin with her because they didn't like it.

K.

Yeah exactly, it's like they're allergic to the place. If only they'd just try it out once I'd say fair enough but they won't give it a chance.

irlirishkev

Have you tried tricking them into it? Say arrange to see a film in the Savoy, and then drag their asses off to the pub afterwards. Maybe do it on a Thursday night.. The best night to go out in town, in my opinion, though work usually dictates I stay in on a Thursday :rolleyes:

K.

gobby

irlirishkev wrote:

Have you tried tricking them into it? Say arrange to see a film in the Savoy, and then drag their asses off to the pub afterwards. Maybe do it on a Thursday night.. The best night to go out in town, in my opinion, though work usually dictates I stay in on a Thursday :rolleyes:

K.

Thats pretty much what I was trying to say earlier. Make an event. Drag your mates out!

Blondie81

gobby wrote:

Thats pretty much what I was trying to say earlier. Make an event. Drag your mates out!

They're stubborn fe.c.kers!

I think I'll give up. You've missed out Dublin!

irlirishkev

Blondie81 wrote:

They're stubborn fe.c.kers!
I think I'll give up. You've missed out Dublin!

That defeatest attitude will get you nowhere lady! Be more assertive, take the bull by the horns, make it happen, seize the day.. etc etc..

There's plenty o'drinking to be done in the city centre.. trust me, I've seen the booze, and the booze is good :cool:

Blondie81

irlirishkev wrote:

That defeatest attitude will get you nowhere lady! Be more assertive, take the bull by the horns, make it happen, seize the day.. etc etc..

There's plenty o'drinking to be done in the city centre.. trust me, I've seen the booze, and the booze is good :cool:

Yes I know there is and I know it is!! Ahhhhh it's not fair!

irlirishkev

I've gone out on my own a few times. It's doable, but not as much fun as with friends obviously. Nice to sit at a bar sometimes and just reflect. Although, I find I tend to start texting like mad, and then the phone bill's sky high at the end of the month.. get's you out of the house though!

Maynooth

Ah Kev.....in fairness.....going out on your own??

irlirishkev

It's not as bad as it sounds, though I don't make a habit of it. And If I were to do it, I'd go to a 'quiet' pub as opposed to somewhere that's going to be packed..

ClareBear

Mmmm not so sure how I'd feel about going out anywhere, let alone Dublin on my own. Maybe it's different for guys but I couldn't do it. I'd get all paranoid and think everyone was looking at the loner on her own.

Speaking of going out in Dublin. Was in Dragaon (formally known as Sosume) Saturday night and reports are right, it is a gay bar now. Still fab but I miss Sosume

irlirishkev

ClareBear wrote:

Mmmm not so sure how I'd feel about going out anywhere, let alone Dublin on my own. Maybe it's different for guys but I couldn't do it. I'd get all paranoid and think everyone was looking at the loner on her own.

Speaking of going out in Dublin. Was in Dragaon (formally known as Sosume) Saturday night and reports are right, it is a gay bar now. Still fab but I miss Sosume

That's how I feel about Viva. I used to love that bar. Then they closed it down. It's reopened now, and although it's pretty much the same bar with a different name, it just feels different

Nidge

Wow blondie that is one thing i am dreading concerning going to college in maynooth. First of all i live in Dublin so i may have to move or risk using transport provided by the Government. But i mean that's what i was worried about, it ending up that all my friends are from maynooth and not arsed to go anywhere near dublin. I don't know if i want that, do you reckon you are alone in your situation or do other people in maynooth have the same problem, that said i presume if you knew of people with the same problem you'd automatically be going out with them.

case n basket

Viva closed? That's a shame, nice place.

D2 is alright, but there are much better places to go in that area. You've got the Vaults (great during the summer, sit outside) and the Odeon nextdoor, and Stephen's Green is just down the road...

God, thinking about all the various pubs and clubs in Dublin, it's so damn small!

// EDIT - the above places may no longer be open. Are they?

Blondie81

Nidge wrote:

Wow blondie that is one thing i am dreading concerning going to college in maynooth. First of all i live in Dublin so i may have to move or risk using transport provided by the Government. But i mean that's what i was worried about, it ending up that all my friends are from maynooth and not arsed to go anywhere near dublin. I don't know if i want that, do you reckon you are alone in your situation or do other people in maynooth have the same problem, that said i presume if you knew of people with the same problem you'd automatically be going out with them.

Yes, welcome to Maynooth were 90% of the students seem to be from Kerry/Mayo/Louth/Longford/Donegal and think if they'll go out in Dublin they'll catch some sort of disease.

Maynooth students (in general) just don't do Dublin, I think they're scared of it. I don't understand it, I'm a culchie and I love the place.

Nidge

Oh jebus, so you are saying there are not many people from dublin go to maynooth? I was hoping that there would be some sort of colony of dubbish people. I've never been a fan of moving outside dublin, i have no problem with people from outside dublin obviously but after my degree i would kind of hope to have my friends back in dublin.

The sacrifices one must make...

Kernel

ClareBear wrote:

Mmmm not so sure how I'd feel about going out anywhere, let alone Dublin on my own. Maybe it's different for guys but I couldn't do it. I'd get all paranoid and think everyone was looking at the loner on her own.

Speaking of going out in Dublin. Was in Dragaon (formally known as Sosume) Saturday night and reports are right, it is a gay bar now. Still fab but I miss Sosume

It's a gay bar now... hmm.. that explains a lot.. haha

Regarding going out alone, I hate going into Dublin on my own, and I'm a bloke. It's not too bad waiting around for an hour or so for mates, but the only people who you can have a bit of banter with are foreigners usually, everyone else is just too busy to talk.

Berger

Maybe you're ugly and you smell terrible. Ever think of that? Huh?

aphex™

Well i live in dublin but i'd rather go to Maynooth for a night out. The chicks are fine, the competition is ugly, and there are _no_ skangers.

Kernel

Berger wrote:

Maybe you're ugly and you smell terrible. Ever think of that? Huh?

What, gay blokes like to shag smelly ugly blokes up the arse? Well, either way I'm gonna stay away from there... i'm not as ugly as you.. but I do smell... hmmm.