Heading to the match on Saturday morning, 7.17 train (£10 return sweet) and should be in Dublin around 9. Just wondering where the best place would be to get a few pints at that time of the morning..
The Boars Head on Capel St. There's another one as you are heading towards Smithfield - Keatings. There used to be a couple down by the Point as well but can't remember the names.
Is the pub on the corner of Store St. and Amiens St. opposite BusArus not an early pub? Pubs around Moore St. may be early pubs but the Boars Head is probably your best bet. Also the Luas you get at Connolly goes right past it>
were is that train from
You will get a pint in Molloys, Pat just down from the train station!
Quote from: The Watcher Pat on July 31, 2008, 12:34:01 PM
Heading to the match on Saturday morning, 7.17 train (£10 return sweet) and should be in Dublin around 9. Just wondering where the best place would be to get a few pints at that time of the morning..
Im sure the wine on the way down on the train will keep ye going..... ;)
I remember a thread about the best breakfasts in Dublin before games. It didn't throw up as many places as this thread has on pubs!
i remember years ago going for a pint in the Windjammer near westland Row dart station the pints were lovely but jesus we knocked them back fairly quickly we were getting queer looks off the locals and we didn't even have our jerseys on it must have been our accents ;)
Read an article in the Irish Times about the Windjammer a few months ago. Didn't seem the type of place that would be too welcoming to non-regulars.
Quote from: john mcgill on July 31, 2008, 03:21:27 PM
I remember a thread about the best breakfasts in Dublin before games. It didn't throw up as many places as this thread has on pubs!
Ach John, knowledge of the local early house used to be an essential requirement for any travels around the country - in case you ever missed the bus home ;)
Quote from: Donagh on July 31, 2008, 03:29:01 PM
Read an article in the Irish Times about the Windjammer a few months ago. Didn't seem the type of place that would be too welcoming to non-regulars.
thats for sure Donagh as i said we weren't long swallowing our pints, there used to be another pub the dockers i think it was called not far from it U2 used to Drink there
I've never understood the need for a drink before a match.
I'm the same ziggy. An odd time I'd take a couple but getting blocked at a match wouldn't appeal to me at all. I'd have somebody lamped just past the throw in and if it was a Tyrone game I'd have had bate 10 boys out of the bar before the match even started!
Quote from: screenexile on July 31, 2008, 03:39:25 PM
I'm the same ziggy. An odd time I'd take a couple but getting blocked at a match wouldn't appeal to me at all. I'd have somebody lamped just past the throw in and if it was a Tyrone game I'd have had bate 10 boys out of the bar before the match even started!
midget abuse ? :D
Quote from: ziggysego on July 31, 2008, 03:35:55 PM
I've never understood the need for a drink before a match.
Now - are ye talking about watching or playing???
Quote from: ziggysego on July 31, 2008, 03:35:55 PM
I've never understood the need for a drink before a match.
There is nothing worse than standing beside or being in the company of blocked teenagers or adults at a game. A few is grand, but there is no need for a feed of pints. If your train leaves at 7.17 (dunno where from) you'll be in the city at around 10. Thats some pints drank before the game. Make sure somebody at home tapes it for you ;D
I think the The Dockers is the one we used to go to after all nighters when I was young and foolish. The woman used to live around the corner from it. As I remember it took quite a while for the bar staff to warm to us.
Quote from: Donagh on July 31, 2008, 03:50:33 PM
I think the The Dockers is the one we used to go to after all nighters when I was young and foolish. The woman used to live around the corner from it. As I remember it took quite a while for the bar staff to warm to us.
i think its gone now Donagh used to love a pint in there and a sausage sandwhich ah them was the days
Quote from: wherefromreferee? on July 31, 2008, 03:46:11 PM
There is nothing worse than standing beside or being in the company of blocked teenagers or adults at a game.
Dunno about that. At the match last Sunday there were about half a dozen teenagers with drink on board who were mostly good craic (after they had been told to tame the language a bit) but by far the most annoying was the other p***k beside me chain smoking the whole way through. Nothing worse than a reformed smoker I suppose...
Quote from: themanwhowasntthere on July 31, 2008, 03:45:16 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on July 31, 2008, 03:35:55 PM
I've never understood the need for a drink before a match.
Now - are ye talking about watching or playing???
Watching. I don't play.
Quote from: Donagh on July 31, 2008, 03:50:33 PM
I think the The Dockers is the one we used to go to after all nighters when I was young and foolish. The woman used to live around the corner from it. As I remember it took quite a while for the bar staff to warm to us.
The 'Dockers' sounds like a gay bar Donagh. If you are arriving with the women after an all nighter it is no wonder they didn't warm to ye ;)
Quote from: Zapatista on July 31, 2008, 03:58:13 PM
The 'Dockers' sounds like a gay bar Donagh. If you are arriving with the women after an all nighter it is no wonder they didn't warm to ye ;)
Oooh I don't know, prehaps they were up for a challenge.
Quote from: Zapatista on July 31, 2008, 03:58:13 PM
Quote from: Donagh on July 31, 2008, 03:50:33 PM
I think the The Dockers is the one we used to go to after all nighters when I was young and foolish. The woman used to live around the corner from it. As I remember it took quite a while for the bar staff to warm to us.
The 'Dockers' sounds like a gay bar Donagh. If you are arriving with the women after an all nighter it is no wonder they didn't warm to ye ;)
na it definitely wasn't a gay bar Zap its just that it was well beside the docks ,loads of well built ladies used to frequent the bar ;) :D
Trader Johns on Moore Street is a grand spot for a pint on the way to work.
Whats the point having pints that early before a match - sure you won't remember the half of it? I never drink before a game at all, normally have a few to drown my sorrow afterwards though. Too many drunken eejits hanging around grounds half locked before games anyhow in my opinion, especially the slobbering they are at and some of us bringing kids to the game.
if someone has worked hard all week and are spending well earned cash to go and follow their county then its entirely up to them if they want to drink pints before a game,its all part of the days crack.its not impossible to drink pints before a game and behave urself at the match.yes it is true u can often see some young lads with a few beers on slabbering with every 2nd word a swear word but ull also find plenty of foul mouthed people at football games with no drink on board
Quote from: Tommy Tight Lips on July 31, 2008, 10:58:42 PM
if someone has worked hard all week and are spending well earned cash to go and follow their county then its entirely up to them if they want to drink pints before a game,its all part of the days crack.its not impossible to drink pints before a game and behave urself at the match.yes it is true u can often see some young lads with a few beers on slabbering with every 2nd word a swear word but ull also find plenty of foul mouthed people at football games with no drink on board
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There's a quare difference in 3 or 4 pints before the match than young wans pinning bottles of Buckfast and half bottles on a bus to the game
I'd rather drink after the game. Far be it from me to deny anyone a drink if they so wish to have one before a drink.
Although.... rather the Dubs weren't allowed into the pubs before a game. Nothing worse than arriving to a game early, so for it to be put back for the Dubs getting out of the pubs ;)
The boars head would be the cleanest, a lot o the early house would have a lot of the party gang finishing up from Friday night. But they are good craic if you are in the mood for the crowd. Slatterys is back as an early house and supposed to be decent compared to what it was. The black horse near tara street is a mental spot, full to the rims with drugs, was in it once and couldn't handle it at all. The windjammer is still on the go and Ned's up the road from it but it is a rough old Dublin crowd. The dockers is dead and gone alright, it was a decent spot. Hughes is a good spot as well, it is beside the bridewell and gets a lot of the cops coming in for a few after the night shift so the gang is decent enough.
4 or 5 would usually do before a match. Any more and ya don't take in much of the match in terms of tactics. Been to a couple of matches pissed, particularly soccer and often missed I'd been a bit more sensible before hand.
Quote from: fred the red on July 31, 2008, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: Tommy Tight Lips on July 31, 2008, 10:58:42 PM
if someone has worked hard all week and are spending well earned cash to go and follow their county then its entirely up to them if they want to drink pints before a game,its all part of the days crack.its not impossible to drink pints before a game and behave urself at the match.yes it is true u can often see some young lads with a few beers on slabbering with every 2nd word a swear word but ull also find plenty of foul mouthed people at football games with no drink on board
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There is a massive difference between having a few pints before the game and looking for an early house in Dublin. Anyone heading for the early house is surely intent on getting blotto. Yes its their money and their time but personnally I'd like to see guys who are blotto being refused entry to matches as the often end up standing next to me roaring abuse for half the match. The question is are ye GAA fans or just looking for another excuse to get pissed.
Quote from: screenexile on July 31, 2008, 03:39:25 PM
I'm the same ziggy. An odd time I'd take a couple but getting blocked at a match wouldn't appeal to me at all. I'd have somebody lamped just past the throw in and if it was a Tyrone game I'd have had bate 10 boys out of the bar before the match even started!
lol!!! According to some on here you couldnt beat much!!
Quote from: wherefromreferee? on July 31, 2008, 03:46:11 PM
Quote from: ziggysego on July 31, 2008, 03:35:55 PM
I've never understood the need for a drink before a match.
There is nothing worse than standing beside or being in the company of blocked teenagers or adults at a game. A few is grand, but there is no need for a feed of pints. If your train leaves at 7.17 (dunno where from) you'll be in the city at around 10. Thats some pints drank before the game. Make sure somebody at home tapes it for you ;D
The match throws in at 12 so i wont get that many pints between 10 and 11.30 or so....
But Cheers for the help lads....