What was the dodgiest pub you have been to?

Ulysses Gaze

The Donaghmede Inn...aka The Dusty Bin

RebelButtMunch

humberklog wrote: »

Yeah it's going since early 00's afaik. An old tipperary farmer type man owns it and runs it with his Thai wife and a Lithuanian family as staff. I think it was called The Parlour Bar when it first opened and yeah it's a B+B upstairs.

It has got better over the years but that's because most of the regulars know the Thai woman takes no messing and as it's the cheapest pub around they've learned to keep chair flinging to a minimum.

Yeah. It's a bit of a dive but if you want a quiet pint of a weekend in that area it's grand. Good jukebox

sioda

Rock bar Nicolas Street limerick say no more

hinault

degsie wrote: »

Sheaf of Wheat, Coolock. Aka Whif of ****.

The Black Sheep pub, I went there once in the 1980's. Dreadful.

Several pubs along Thomas Street are dodgy. I went in to several at the Michael McDonald Vicar Street gig earlier this year.

Belgard Inn in Cookstown back in the day.

coolshannagh28

Fann Linn wrote: »

I worked on a ship which dry docked in Belfast for repairs. After a number of nights on board I was finally persuaded by my Scouse mates to go for a drink with them.

We ended up in a local 'social' club called The Welders. I spent the whole night nursing a pint of lager and afraid to go to the jacks.

The night was wrapped up with a colour party of the UDA parading in with purple flags and belting out 'God Save the Queen'.

Needless to say I stood to attention and also belted out the words!

For the rest of the stay I volunteered to stay on board and do the fire watch.

Dubarrys not far from there was a rough shop when myself and a few mates visited in the early 80s ,standing at the bar waiting to buy a drink ,the man sitting next to me flashed a shoulder holster with pistol , we made our excuses and left.

DickSwiveller Returns

The Marble Arch in Drimnagh is dog rough. And the Horseshoe in Crumlin.

PTH2009

hinault wrote: »

The Black Sheep pub, I went there once in the 1980's. Dreadful.

Several pubs along Thomas Street are dodgy. I went in to several at the Michael McDonald Vicar Street gig earlier this year.

Belgard Inn in Cookstown back in the day.

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

oneilla

PTH2009 wrote: »

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

Almost all of them beside Thomas House tbh. The rundown ones are "regulars only" type of places in my experience.

My experience of pubs on Thomas St (about 2years ago when I was going to a Vicar St gig) was locals who had been in all day and were tanked up. One had a few young lads in hoodies walk in who were quickly turfed out causing a bit of a scene.

MarkY91

suicide_circus wrote: »

did the four roads on sundrive avenue change hands?

It's recently got a paintjob and called floods bar now. No idea if anything inside has changed. Only stopped foot in one for a quick pint before a wedding across the road. Looks more welcoming from the outside at least.

Odyssey 2005

PTH2009 wrote: »

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

Them all... !!

Birneybau

PTH2009 wrote: »

hinault wrote: »

The Black Sheep pub, I went there once in the 1980's. Dreadful.

Several pubs along Thomas Street are dodgy. I went in to several at the Michael McDonald Vicar Street gig earlier this year.

Belgard Inn in Cookstown back in the day.

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

Just go to Thomas House

Birneybau

PTH2009 wrote: »

hinault wrote: »

The Black Sheep pub, I went there once in the 1980's. Dreadful.

Several pubs along Thomas Street are dodgy. I went in to several at the Michael McDonald Vicar Street gig earlier this year.

Belgard Inn in Cookstown back in the day.

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

Pub right across from the Tivoli (apart from the awful name) Drop Dead Twice is grand as well

harry Bailey esq

The Cartwheel, Crossmaglen.

Buckfast W

Ulysses Gaze wrote:

The Donaghmede Inn...aka The Dusty Bin

Ga ha Knew I'd see the Inn mentioned sooner or later, had a bad reputation back in the day but is actually grand now

Buckfast W

Ulysses Gaze wrote:

The Donaghmede Inn...aka The Dusty Bin

Ga ha Knew I'd see the Inn mentioned sooner or later, had a bad reputation back in the day but is actually grand now

DickSwiveller Returns

The Lion Bar in Kilcock. Think it might be gone now. Was a very rough spot.

It wasnt me

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Them all... !!

Arthurs pub is decent and is just up at the robert emmet statue.
More tourist clientele

redbuck

Keegan's bar, Ballina, Co Mayo.

Two sips out of our pints and we abandoned it.

It wasnt me

Bit before my time but blayneys on dolphins barn where Tesco and masseys is located, also the stork on cork street was a mad place,the canal bar,gone now, was full of local dealers and robbers while the brewery bar around the corner was full of provos
Madigans in kilbarrick shopping centre was an eye opener.

magentis

The flying bottle. Hollyhill in Cork.Some spot of a Sunday afternoon.

MadDog76

PTH2009 wrote: »

Going to an event Monday night in the Tivoli

What pubs should I avoid on Thomas St ?

As someone who regularly drinks in all the pubs along Thomas Street, and Meath Street, I always find it hilarious to see the looks on people's faces who step into one of the pubs for the first time..... they can't find their way out quick enough! Lol

Truth be told, you'd be fine, as a "stranger" you'd be very unlikely to get any hassle beyond a suspicious/curious glance...... having said that, you probably won't feel comfortable so it's up to yourself.

Lady Spangles

A pub in Bolton, outside Manchester, that had one of those Golly dolls sitting on the bar. My friends and I thought it was outdated (but not much more than that). On closer inspection, it had a noose tied around its neck area.

In Belfast, on a Christmas works do, a colleague and I arranged to meet in some pub near her house. It turned out to be one of those seriously Loyalist places with those purple paramilitary flags decked out everywhere.

Dyr

MadDog76 wrote: »

As someone who regularly drinks in all the pubs along Thomas Street, and Meath Street, I always find it hilarious to see the looks on people's faces who step into one of the pubs for the first time..... they can't find their way out quick enough! Lol

Truth be told, you'd be fine, as a "stranger" you'd be very unlikely to get any hassle beyond a suspicious/curious glance...... having said that, you probably won't feel comfortable so it's up to yourself.

The odd time I go to gig in the tivoli, vicar street etc, I'd nip into one the local pubs for a quick one, never really had a problem but I grew up drinking in the penter so the odd hairy eye is water off a ducks back really

retalivity

The lark inn on meath st before its got its new front with a massive window looked like a seriously dodgy spot, think its a kinahan haunt, was never in it myself though. The lamplighter down the road in coombe looks like a kip, but is really just populated by old alco's.

Viscount Aggro

Forty Foot, Dun Laoghaire.
Security staff everywhere, even patrolling the jacks.
Eastern European guys, looking for trouble.

Claw Hammer

The Silver Dollar in Buncrana!

5rtytry56

Dublin GAA HQ Bar, Parnell Street.

GoneHome

MadDog76 wrote: »

Truth be told, you'd be fine, as a "stranger" you'd be very unlikely to get any hassle beyond a suspicious/curious glance...... having said that, you probably won't feel comfortable so it's up to yourself.

A group of four of us went to Bakers in Thomas Street on a Saturday evening two years ago after doing the Guinness Storehouse tour (it's just down the street), after getting over the initial shock with the lack of hygiene and the local "characters" we ended up having a great evening there

Ipso

Is Noctors on Sherris Street a dodgy one?

The Crowman

magentis wrote: »

The flying bottle. Hollyhill in Cork.Some spot of a Sunday afternoon.

It's reputation was greatly exagerated due to where it was located. There's far rougher pubs in Cork.