Irish pubs on Holidays

FizzleSticks · 24-06-2016 10:35AM

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rogercross · 24-06-2016 10:44AM

conorhal wrote: »

Meh. We do pubs better then most nations on earth, I used to think like you, ensure my 'cultural experience' on holiday was untainted by chippers and Irish bars, but then you go drinking in Italy, and franky they don't even do bars in Rome, they do coffee shops that make a half hearted attemt to serve alcohol. Sometimes an Irish bar is the best and only place to go for a session.

You went to the wrong places in Rome then!

Alf Stewart. · 24-06-2016 12:40PM

rogercross wrote: »

You went to the wrong places in Rome then!

Maybe he just went where all the locals did.

After all, when in Rome.....

Wanderer2010 · 24-06-2016 08:07PM

Trenton Helpless Dumpster wrote: »

Because people tend to do things on their holidays that they enjoy, isn't that the point of taking time off?

But why bother even leaving the country/your town if all you are going to do on "holiday" is drink in an Irish bar or lounge around a hotel all day? The only difference is a plane/ferry fee. If people want to do nothing but drink fair enough but doing it in a different place than home cant exactly be termed a holiday.

Maireadio · 24-06-2016 10:33PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

But why bother even leaving the country/your town if all you are going to do on "holiday" is drink in an Irish bar or lounge around a hotel all day? The only difference is a plane/ferry fee.

And the weather.

I don't do drinking holidays but I've done the 'lounging around a pool in hot weather reading' holiday and they are rather wonderful.

CaraMay · 24-06-2016 10:36PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Just wondering how many people here go to Irish pubs when away on holidays,
I know some people love them but i just don't get it ,why spend your holidays in them when you have them here ,
Each to there own and what ever makes you happy and all that but am i alone in staying clear of them on holidays ?

I avoid them and the tools who hang out in them like the plague.

Where are you from?

Ballygobackwards!

Oh do you know paddy Murphy in ballygobackwards? He's my wife's second cousin.

Oh F off you loser!

Elemonator · 24-06-2016 10:45PM

I also find them quite depressing. Nothing like a real Irish pub.

24-06-2016 11:26PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

But why bother even leaving the country/your town if all you are going to do on "holiday" is drink in an Irish bar or lounge around a hotel all day? The only difference is a plane/ferry fee. If people want to do nothing but drink fair enough but doing it in a different place than home cant exactly be termed a holiday.

Because for a start people don't tend to spend all day drinking in the pub. They sit outside in the sun, sit by the pool or sit and the beach and have a few pints etc.

Also you are away you are around other people on holidays so can go and drink in the afternoon on a Tuesday and have a bit of an atmosphere in the pub and have the craic etc at home people will be having their lunch in the pub and going back to work.

Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 04:17PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

have you seen the state of what passes for a pub when you are away?

No harm in sampling something different. Would you prefer if all pubs were the same? Now that would be depressing

Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 04:26PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Never mind abroad: the idea of going to an "Irish" pub in Ireland is the mother of all turn-offs, except for the blaring 24-7 sports on all the tvs drowning out your conversation (often with the addition of loud music). They are never turned off in these supposedly "traditional" Irish pubs. Awfully anti-social experience.

Sports on TV seems to be a world wide thing in my experience, not just Irish bars, only difference is the volume isn't as loud

Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 04:36PM

Deleted User wrote: »

In France, I make a beeline for the Irish pub.

The alternative is 2 old fellows drinking Pernod in a café talking about the Algerian War while kids kick a "Flipper" machine.

I get the cultural thing, but when I've spent the day going from museum to chateau I just like a drink in nice surroundings and the cafes where French people drink are usually anything but.

Maybe you were going to the wrong French bars

arybvtcw0eolkf · 25-06-2016 04:57PM

I love 'em, and can't understand the faux snobbery here.

Yes they're called 'Paddys Bar', 'Scruffy Murphys' etc but that's where the similarities end.

They're nothing like bar's back home, save for the crowd, craic and banter.

Bleed'n great craic in them.

Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 05:05PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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If I was going to some tacky resort (which I avoid anyway) I would just go for the weather and relaxation but if I was going to a city location for example, I would consider it a wasted journey if I didn't make an effort to do some site seeing and maybe some culture depending on my tastes.

JustTheOne · 25-06-2016 05:07PM

Jamsiek wrote: »

If I was going to some tacky resort (which I avoid anyway) I would just go for the weather and relaxation but if I was going to a city location for example, I would consider it a wasted journey if I didn't make an effort to do some site seeing and maybe some culture depending on my tastes.

It's all about people's opinions and preferences.

Once we're all happy doing what we want what's the big problem:)

OldMrBrennan83 · 25-06-2016 05:08PM

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Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 05:09PM

rogercross wrote: »

You went to the wrong places in Rome then!

Agreed, I went on an all night session in Rome one time and none of it was in Irish bars. I was with people that lived there so they knew where to go. Great night too.

Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 05:14PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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What else would you do in a city break if you weren't going to do some sight seeing or looking around? I'm not having a go, just curious

OldMrBrennan83 · 25-06-2016 05:16PM

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Jamsiek · 25-06-2016 05:31PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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I suppose it would depend on what city I was in.
Some places have a lot to see such as New York, Paris or Rome but then there are others that don't have as much.

Maireadio · 25-06-2016 08:35PM

Jamsiek wrote: »

I suppose it would depend on what city I was in.
Some places have a lot to see such as New York, Paris or Rome but then there are others that don't have as much.

Even on a city holiday, I'd divide the time between sight-seeing, cultural activites, eating in nice places and chilling the fúck out. The chilling the fúck out part would take up a good chunk of my holiday, like a third or so. I loathe holidays where it's go go go. They are exhausting, especially in hot places.

harry Bailey esq · 25-06-2016 08:51PM

Strumms wrote: »

There is also an Irish bar in Schipol airport in Amsterdam.

Yeah it was covered in Murphys paraphernalia

It's easy to get a pint of Guinness in Schipol.

Mister Vain · 25-06-2016 10:00PM

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Just wondering how many people here go to Irish pubs when away on holidays,
I know some people love them but i just don't get it ,why spend your holidays in them when you have them here ,
Each to there own and what ever makes you happy and all that but am i alone in staying clear of them on holidays ?

I don't spend my entire holidays in them, but they're usually a lot better than the pubs here. Some of the best nights of my life have been in Irish pubs abroad.

caille · 25-06-2016 11:17PM

I used to try to avoid Irish bars when abroad, cities like Prague, Krackow, Budapest etc stand out in that they had such a great variety of places to eat out and drink in and no way would I have wanted to go to an Irish bar.

However, over the years, I have been in a few other cities where finding an Irish pub to eat and drink in was a God send (for reasons of being surrounded by pretty dire and very expensive restaurants) plus for atmosphere as well. One holiday, I recall very well for ending up in the same Irish bar every evening for dinner because the food was so good, so reasonable and with lovely staff and it was surrounded by places who were almost laughingly ripping tourists off. It was just this gem of a place and it made the holiday for me.

Now, whenever I go away, I would never rule out going to an Irish bar because fortunately, I have great memories of other Irish pubs abroad.

Billy Mays · 26-06-2016 12:14AM

hynesie08 wrote: »

I find them a handy place to go on your first night in a new place, especially if there's an Irish bartender. Usually better than the guidebook for advice on where to eat and drink, less well know attractions etc.

Agreed

Got some great recommendations in an Irish bar on my first night in Berlin last year

Grandeeod · 26-06-2016 12:44AM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

The resort in Lanzarote I used to go to had the usual assortment of Irish, Scottish and English bars. I swear people would get off the plane, unpack, put on their GAA, Scotland or England Jersey, go to the appropriate pub and sit there for the duration.

Why the **** bother going on holiday?

THIS!

OldMrBrennan83 · 26-06-2016 12:46AM

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Jamsiek · 26-06-2016 06:15AM

Maireadio wrote: »

Even on a city holiday, I'd divide the time between sight-seeing, cultural activites, eating in nice places and chilling the f ck out. The chilling the f ck out part would take up a good chunk of my holiday, like a third or so. I loathe holidays where it's go go go. They are exhausting, especially in hot places.

That would be my approach too, nice to have some down time too especially in the evening when you have more to talk about and the atmosphere picks up

Maireadio · 26-06-2016 01:29PM

Jamsiek wrote: »

That would be my approach too, nice to have some down time too especially in the evening when you have more to talk about and the atmosphere picks up

I like to pick a handful of places to see and explore them in-depth rather than rushing around trying to see everything. I have a friend I specifically don't go on city breaks with because she has to see everything in every city she visits but doesn't really see them.

She'd go to, say, the Louvre and spend not even an hour there, then it's onto the next thing which she'll then rush through. It's more just to check it off her list and get a photo. Me, I'd spend the entire day in the Louvre. That'd be maybe my only activity of the day, unless there was something else nearby to see, or I might just wander around for a bit then I'd just chill out for the rest of the evening. I was at an exhibition with her once for Culture Night in Dublin. We were there for only about ten minutes. I was just getting into it and she started getting restless and impatient and got me to leave and go to the next nearest event. It was just to say she did Culture Night.

So sometimes, people who are all go on holidays aren't even the biggest cutural mavens. So judging for spending a lot of time on holiday by the pool is often misguided. And yes, I realise I'm being judgemental of someone else myself in this post. :pac:

Sue Pa Key Pa · 26-06-2016 01:36PM

I would never pass a bar simply because it is an Irish Bar. I always try and find a place that has good beer, diverse customers, bit of activity going on, more drinking than eating around me, no feral children causing havoc and clean toilets. After that I'm easily pleased.

Electric Sheep · 26-06-2016 01:54PM

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote: »

more drinking than eating around me.

Why?

Irish pubs on Holidays

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