In all honesty, I couldn’t tell you what kind of night you’ll have in Dublin as things were closed for so long, I haven’t been to anywhere in thcity centre in such a long time…….
Besides The Ferryman on the Sir John Rogersons Quay last Wednesday where I met my brother in law for a pint before the Ireland V Serbia game and ended up staying and not going to the match.
A few decent suggestions in the thread so far.
Was in Kilkenny earlier in July. Still a great city. Surprised me as I hadn’t been in about 8 years and back then it was starting to get very Stag and Hen party orientated. Had a great weekend. Very good food and drink and you can get boutique hotels that will look after you.
Similarly with Carrick-on-Shannon, we are always treated like royalty in Cryan’s Hotel which won’t break the bank, but the food is of a high quality and plentiful and the bar will stay open for residents well into the morning.
There is the Shannon cruise too which had live music and Cryan’s Old Bar used to have great Trad sessions, that might be started again but mightn’t before 22nd of October. In general the end of the town down by the marina is more traditional while the opposite end is full of Hen parties.
Can’t really go wrong with Galway or Westport but both are a little further.
I’m not lying about hotel prices being expensive though. They’re milking us for the hardship they endured during lockdown.
Enjoy.
