What's the roughest pub in Dublin city?

tdf7187 wrote: »

What about Bray, similarly always thought the pubs there look very rough, though must admit was never any of them.

Back in the 80’s a client in The Boomerang on Quinsborough road in Bray emerged and immediately roared abuse at me - a random punter just walking up the street. They then produced a car jack handle and chased me down the street, pegging the handle at me. I hadn’t said a word! This may not be typical of the place though. 😂

Thanks for all the posts.

I plan to visit several of these in November.

Based in D8, near SCR, so there should be enough nearby to keep me going.

I may return with more queries as I assemble a list

I've been tempted to do this pub crawl but after hearing from a few people who have done similar over the years its just a boring succession of pints in quiet local pubs in less affluent areas.

I mean, you may get lucky and get stabbed or shot, or at least see someone else get killed but the chances are slim unfortunately.

SlipperyPeople wrote: »

kavanaghs pub on clanbrassil street/new street opposite Peadar browns looks fairly rough from the outside.



does anyone know what its like these days?

Closed I believe. Wasn't obviously rough the time I dropped in a few months back, no more than Peadar Browns anyway!

Muahahaha wrote: »

Haha that reminds me of the time we went into McGettigans on Benburb Street. The owner there Marina was a very eccentric character

OMG - Marina, she was a lunatic! Saw her one morning about 6:00am having a cigarette in her nighty chatting to the lads doing the Luas works- never be able to extinguish that though from my head - Luas lads equally traumatised!

There were a few choice ones in that parish. There was a bar called the Cat Dragged Inn at one point - serious heads in there, I'm told the the revenue made its way up the M1. The Glimmerman, great for the traveler christening. The Croppy bag of 'all sorts'.

But, Marina- I cant beat the smile off my face remembering her and her antics (same people owned The Regency :eek:)

SlipperyPeople wrote: »

kavanaghs pub on clanbrassil street/new street opposite Peadar browns looks fairly rough from the outside.

does anyone know what its like these days?

kavanaghs was closed for a few years - was Farrells, name change after a shooting inside all linked to Kinehan and FF.

Carpentry wrote: »

Timothy Croughs on Emmet Road ? Never been, but clientele standing outside always looked rough as fcuk.

Wasn't rough when I was there. Mostly middle aged locals watching racing, sport, drinking cheap pints, doing 'spot the ball' comps etc. During the week it's mostly old boys going from there to the Working Man's Club across the road, nursing more cheap gargle, I'd imagine. The club has got a bit of an exterior revamp in recent weeks.

Someone mentioned Coffeys up the road. That's closed now. McDowell's in Inchicore village reopened in recent years. Stank the last time I was in but was generally a nice shop, if a bit disheveled.

dohboy wrote: »

Harold House is a fine boozer. Its technicolor paint job in recent years has only added to its charm.

It definitely has a 'RA feel to it but its a lovely spot, great Guinness

w/s/p/c/ wrote: »

The pubs in Stoneybatter have changed with the times. Back when the horse fair in Smithfield was on the first Sunday of every month, Mulligans (or L. Mulligan, Grocer as the hipsters call it) was the only pub for years that served the travelers, every other pub in the area used to lock its doors. The Glimmerman wasn't that much of a rough spot back in the day, it had its moments alright. Last time I was in it, it now has an independently ran Vietnamese Food Truck out the back in the beer garden. I still don't believe that is an actual sentence!!!

Yes - aplos, it was Mulligans. Yea, threw my head in a good while back, could not believe it! Some transformation

Scoundrel wrote: »

I can't stand stoneybatter now full of poncey holes selling beer that tastes like soap for 6 quid a pint.

Wash your mouth out with soap(y-tasting beer)! Stoneybatter is deadly!

Scoundrel wrote: »

Nope a once great area with proper boozers gentrified into a kip full of people smelling their own farts and having little tasters of beer shameful stuff and I know it's not Stoneybatter but they've turned the Richmond into one of these craft beer dumps as well.

You'd swear craft beer was some kind of bad thing. It's the best thing that's happened to the Irish pub scene in a long time - we now have options to drink something with a bit of flavour, and aren't forced to consume Diageo's industrial horse piss by the pint!