pubs open for the new zealand games in dublin city?

The Woolshed on Parnell Street opened early for matches a few years ago. I'd check with them.

Dropping well in Molltown

As a matter of curiouitys, how do the Goat and the Dropping Well have early licenses? All of the early shops in town were there to service traditional manual workplaces like the docks and the markets.

That was my suspicion. Thanks for the clarification.

I was in Slatterys on Capel St for it last week. It's an early house, arguably the nicest early house in the city. So there was pints. But the flip side is there is also a cohort of people who are not there for the match. :) Some of them are characters.