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Weekend entertainment for older generation

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  • 21-08-2009 3:04pm
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    Glenman
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    My parents are coming to Galway next weekend from Donegal, they are staying Friday & Saturday night. Can anyone recommend a pub which would cater for an older generation. They would like somewhere where you could get a seat and hear a bit of live traditional music. All the pubs in the city centre would be way too packed for them. Isn't there a nice pub in Salthill which has trad sessions at weekends...Murrays is it?
    Also can anyone recommend where I could bring them for evening dinner, somewhere nice and easily accessible by car.


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    biko
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    I suggest a drive out to www.padraicins.com or www.ogradysonthepier.com for dinner, then come back and check out www.thecranebar.com for trad.


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    Zzippy
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    O'Connors in Salthill is probably the one you're thinking of, would be a good spot, gets an older crowd and tourists, usually a session on most nights during the summer and plenty of seats...


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    Mrs OBumble
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    Do they want real trad or song-and-dance-for-tourists-with-C&W-on-the-side?

    If the latter, try An Pucan, which has lots of seats.

    If the former, hmm, seating can be a problem (unless they look elderly and frail enough to scare younger people into standing up ;) ): try the Crane upstairs, but make sure you get there not much after 9:30pm. Maybe even Taffes, which I don't like much, but do seem to remember seating in.

    Also, I'm sure I read a newspaper article about a session in Menlo park hotel on Friday nights, would assume they've got plenty of seating - but I've never been there, no idea what it's like.


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