Watching six nations in Dublin with a baby

Myusername11 · 23-02-2018 7:04am #1

Hello, we’ve just returned to Dublin to live and looking for somewhere in town to watch the rugby on Saturday. We’ve got a ten week old who can’t be left alone yet so he’ll be with us. Well need a pub that’s not so manic but is good to watch the game in. Any ideas? Thanks!

whomitconcerns · 23-02-2018 7:26am

A friend or neighbor's house? Not too many pubs would be a good environment for a ten week old

mfceiling · 23-02-2018 7:37am

Maybe one of the quieter suburbs? A smaller local bar might have it on and will be less manic than one of the larger bars in town.

Johnnyhpipe · 23-02-2018 7:39am

Jasus...watch it at home..

pickarooney · 23-02-2018 8:15am

Your ten week old can't be left at home yet?

23-02-2018 8:20am

Johnnyhpipe wrote: »

Jasus...watch it at home..

My guess would be they have no telly seems they have just moved. Is there a pub near you that mainly does food. They would be very accommodating for a baby and may have the match on. If you said what area someone might help.

red_bairn · 23-02-2018 8:32am

Myusername11 wrote:

Hello, weâ€™ve just returned to Dublin to live and looking for somewhere in town to watch the rugby on Saturday. Weâ€™ve got a ten week old who canâ€™t be left alone yet so heâ€™ll be with us. Well need a pub thatâ€™s not so manic but is good to watch the game in. Any ideas? Thanks!

Bar Rua. Was there for the Italy game and saw some families there.

tea and coffee · 23-02-2018 8:38am

Or maybe a local Rugby club?

NIMAN · 23-02-2018 8:39am

Forget about the game, your child is more important.

Mrcaramelchoc · 23-02-2018 8:41am

Stay at home turn on the radio.imagine the roar in the pub when Ireland score.you're baby will love that I'm sure!

juneg · 23-02-2018 8:44am

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Stay at home turn on the radio.imagine the roar in the pub when Ireland score.you're baby will love that I'm sure!

Ha ha that reminds me of when my kids were small and I listened to all the matches on the radio. I never actually knew what the players looked like and wouldn't have recognized them !

onlyrocknroll · 23-02-2018 9:00am

If it's practical at all, a hotel bar would be the best bet I'd say. Sorry, don't know Dublin well enough to recommend one in particular.

Omackeral · 23-02-2018 9:02am

Noctor's on Sheriff Street.

threetrees · 23-02-2018 9:03am

I'd go to a hotel bar rather than a pub. More room for taking the baby for a wander over your shoulder without going outside. Possibly more room in the bar area too.

NIMAN · 23-02-2018 9:03am

Coppers

Omackeral · 23-02-2018 9:07am

NIMAN wrote: »

Coppers

Session baby

georgewickstaff · 23-02-2018 9:50am

Why not watch it on a phone or laptop?

budgemook · 23-02-2018 9:54am

Babies love pubs.

Where are you based OP? Town will be busy and cramped so it might be hard to find space for the buggy etc in many of the pubs.

Edit: it's been a while but the place on Westmoreland street beside the new Luas stop might be okay. Used to be called Layfayette but think it might have changed name.

loyatemu · 23-02-2018 10:57am

NIMAN wrote: »

Forget about the game, your child is more important.

what do you think is going to happen - overexcited rugby fans will pick up the baby and throw it across the pub?

NIMAN · 23-02-2018 11:01am

loyatemu wrote: »

what do you think is going to happen - overexcited rugby fans will pick up the baby and throw it across the pub?

No, but I just wish that some parents would appreciate that a pub isn't a place for a 10 week old child just because they want a bit of craic for the game.

Once people decide to have children, they need to assess what they can and can't do any more.

SEPT 23 1989 · 23-02-2018 11:15am

hard to hold a pint and a baby

super_furry · 23-02-2018 11:17am

loyatemu wrote: »

what do you think is going to happen - overexcited rugby fans will pick up the baby and throw it across the pub?

Be grand as long as no-one tries for a drop goal.

bee06 · 23-02-2018 11:21am

NIMAN wrote: »

No, but I just wish that some parents would appreciate that a pub isn't a place for a 10 week old child just because they want a bit of craic for the game.

Once people decide to have children, they need to assess what they can and can't do any more.

As long as the baby is warm enough, fed and the pub isn’t too noisy I don’t see what the big deal is? If it was a 10 month old who wanted to move around I’d agree but a 10 week old isn’t going to care.

gimli2112 · 23-02-2018 11:26am

OP to partner in taxi later that day "I'm sure we're forgetting something"

budgemook · 23-02-2018 11:35am

I don't see any issue bringing a 10 week old to a nice pub in the day time - no difference from going to a restaurant, cinema theatre, shopping centre etc. A packed noisy pub would be an issue but the OP is asking about a pub that is not too packed and noisy.

Mrcaramelchoc · 23-02-2018 12:32pm

budgemook wrote: »

I don't see any issue bringing a 10 week old to a nice pub in the day time - no difference from going to a restaurant, cinema theatre, shopping centre etc. A packed noisy pub would be an issue but the OP is asking about a pub that is not too packed and noisy.

everything was fine until you mentioned cinema/theatre.a ten week old does not belong in either of those places.

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budgemook · 23-02-2018 12:41pm

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

everything was fine until you mentioned cinema/theatre.a ten week old does not belong in either of those places.

Parent and Baby screenings.

EDIT - when I said cinema theatre I meant cinema. Getting Americanised.

Toots · 23-02-2018 12:41pm

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

everything was fine until you mentioned cinema/theatre.a ten week old does not belong in either of those places.

My local cinema does special parent and baby screenings in the morning where the volume is a bit lower and the lights are kept on low specifically so you can see what you're doing if the baby needs fed etc.

OP I think the suggestion of a hotel bar is a good one, or else stick to bars in the suburbs. Bars in the city centre will be jammers.

Gerry T · 23-02-2018 12:52pm

No matter where you go if the game gets exciting...which it prob will, there will be shouting and screaming...That's really not good for a young baby. Best to not bring such a young child into that.
Try this today, stand 10feet from you child, put on the radio, wait a min, then scream as loud as you can and see what happens...if the baby likes that then go to a pub.
If the games gets tight, even with the best laid plan, someone will let out a scream at the TV.

budgemook · 23-02-2018 1:05pm

Pair of baby ear protection headphones and you're grand. Life doesn't stop because a baby comes.

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StabiloBoss · 23-02-2018 1:44pm

The responses to this thread are fantastically bizarre.

OP: Lock the doors to the house, see you in 17 years and 42 weeks

mfceiling · 23-02-2018 1:50pm

Just figured out that this is awec posting under a different username.

quad_red · 23-02-2018 1:51pm

Grab some naptime from Boots and hit Toners.

Boom.

awec · 23-02-2018 1:59pm

mfceiling wrote: »

Just figured out that this is awec posting under a different username.

I'll be at the game. :cool:

no.8 · 23-02-2018 2:04pm

budgemook wrote:

Pair of baby ear protection headphones and you're grand. Life doesn't stop because a baby comes.

Not sure you can find versions which are suitable for that age. Not far off but I think they are from 3 or 4 months upwards (the baby ear protection headphones)

Buer · 23-02-2018 2:06pm

The back seat parenting is giving me a chuckle. Good thing I've never seen a couple in a pub on a Sunday afternoon with an infant or I'd have to scold them for being unfit parents.

awec · 23-02-2018 2:08pm

Quiet suburban pub that has space for a pram and you'll be grand.

tretorn · 23-02-2018 2:19pm

Dont bring your baby out to a crowded bar, too many flu and other bugs going round, why would you expose your baby to that.

Cant one of you go watch the rugby, seriously life changes when you have a baby and one of you has to compromise.

awec · 23-02-2018 2:22pm

tretorn wrote: »

Dont bring your baby out to a crowded bar, too many flu and other bugs going round, why would you expose your baby to that.

Cant one of you go watch the rugby, seriously life changes when you have a baby and one of you has to compromise.

Sure this applies to any crowded place. What are you going to do, never leave the house and put the baby in a big sterile bubble?

BeardySi · 23-02-2018 2:28pm

tretorn wrote: »

Dont bring your baby out to a crowded bar, too many flu and other bugs going round, why would you expose your baby to that.

Perhaps keep the child in a plastic bubble?

Whatever about some of the other points, this is ridiculous. OP isn't talking about waving the child under folks noses in a doctor's waiting room - they're going out in public. Are you seriously suggesting that a child shouldn't be brought outside the house in winter?

A few days old and I could see the logic, but at 2.5 months that's insane. How long do you propose children be isolated from the world for - september to april? does it only apply to babies or should we extend it to 18 just to be safe?

irelandrover · 23-02-2018 2:31pm

BeardySi wrote: »

Perhaps keep the child in a plastic bubble?

Whatever about some of the other points, this is ridiculous. OP isn't talking about waving the child under folks noses in a doctor's waiting room - they're going out in public. Are you seriously suggesting that a child shouldn't be brought outside the house in winter?

A few days old and I could see the logic, but at 2.5 months that's insane. How long do you propose children be isolated from the world for - september to april? does it only apply to babies or should we extend it to 18 just to be safe?

I'm expecting a kid soon. Where do i buy these bubbles?

molloyjh · 23-02-2018 2:43pm

NIMAN wrote: »

No, but I just wish that some parents would appreciate that a pub isn't a place for a 10 week old child just because they want a bit of craic for the game.

Once people decide to have children, they need to assess what they can and can't do any more.

I'm assuming you don't have kids so. At 10 weeks old a baby will be fine in a quiet pub, which is exactly what the OP is enquiring about. They will probably sleep for most of it, maybe need a quick feed. But that's all. You'd be surprised what they can, and do, sleep through.

Having kids isn't some sort of jail sentence where you have to totally change your life. And if you're not having an impact on others, your baby is warm, fed and clean then you're good.

Pete Moss · 23-02-2018 2:43pm

First time Dad of a healthy, thriving 10 month old here. Some complete and utter nonsense throughout this thread. Some posters would have you believe a child = prison sentence, or your child will contract the bubonic plague in any public environment.

Some sentiments are right though, OP. I wouldn't advise you, your partner and baby to go into Temple Bar to watch the match. If you live in the suburbs, then, most likely, a local bar won't be too boisterous. If you're in the city, you'll most likely have to find somewhere outside the crowds to watch the game. You should get the impression of the clientele of a bar when you pop your head through the door.

Some posters may mean well, but, speaking from experience, it can be important for first time parents to get out and enjoy life, within reason. In my opinion, the OP, partner and baby going to a suitable bar for a game, which lasts less than two hours, is certainly within reason.

Enjoy your day and congrats on the new addition to your family!

budgemook · 23-02-2018 3:05pm

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ah come on, should we ban smokers from entering our houses if there's a baby around?

Buer wrote: »

The back seat parenting is giving me a chuckle. Good thing I've never seen a couple in a pub on a Sunday afternoon with an infant or I'd have to scold them for being unfit parents.

this baby is practically 3 months. anyway, probably no need from headphones.

Sebastian Dangerfield · 23-02-2018 3:17pm

OP, as some have mentioned, either a quiet village bar or a hotel is the way to go. We regularly had our little one out and about in bars when getting food, so having a match on changes nothing.

Maybe somewhere like the bar in the Arlington Hotel? Its huge, a big screen and lots of tellies, plenty of places to walk the baby around if he / she gets upset, and not too noisy that time of day.

pickarooney · 23-02-2018 3:18pm

molloyjh wrote: »

I'm assuming you don't have kids so. At 10 weeks old a baby will be fine in a quiet pub, which is exactly what the OP is enquiring about. They will probably sleep for most of it, maybe need a quick feed. But that's all. You'd be surprised what they can, and do, sleep through.

Having kids isn't some sort of jail sentence where you have to totally change your life. And if you're not having an impact on others, your baby is warm, fed and clean then you're good.

Such wisdom accumulated over your many many weeks as a parent

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NIMAN · 23-02-2018 3:23pm

molloyjh wrote: »

I'm assuming you don't have kids so. At 10 weeks old a baby will be fine in a quiet pub, which is exactly what the OP is enquiring about. They will probably sleep for most of it, maybe need a quick feed. But that's all. You'd be surprised what they can, and do, sleep through.

Having kids isn't some sort of jail sentence where you have to totally change your life. And if you're not having an impact on others, your baby is warm, fed and clean then you're good.

I have 3 if you need to know.

And when my oldest was 10 weeks old, the last thing on my mind was getting out to a pub to watch a rugby match.

But hey, each to their own. I accepted that things would change when I started to bring kids into this world, but if others still want the social life they had, so be it. Its not a jail sentence, but you have to accept you can no longer do all the things you'd do when childless. I know plenty of folk who couldn't accept this.

Buer · 23-02-2018 3:29pm

NIMAN wrote: »

But hey, each to their own. I accepted that things would change when I started to bring kids into this world, but if others still want the social life they had, so be it.

You are going to get a nose bleed up there on that horse.

Equating going out on a Saturday afternoon to a pub to see a match with the social life of a childless person is just silly.

Watching six nations in Dublin with a baby

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