Is O'Loughlins bar the best "old-mans" bar in Carlow town?

vicwatson · 21-11-2011 2:31pm #1

Have been there once and really enjoyed it. Great spot.

Any other good ye olde type bars you could recommend in Carlow town?

TIA

tommycahir · 21-11-2011 2:56pm

I think the Irishmans down by the courthouse would fit that category quiet nicely

maccored · 21-11-2011 6:00pm

would the front bar in the thatch in graigue fit?

vicwatson · 21-11-2011 6:28pm

would the front bar in the thatch in graigue fit?

Where ths heck is graigue?

I'm just looking for the likes of o'loughlins to watch a footie match on a Saturday and don't want hurdie gurdie !

I think the Irishmans down by the courthouse would fit that category quiet nicely

Tell me more Tommy please?

I'm visiting Carlow and don't know it that well.

Thanks

testicle · 21-11-2011 6:55pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Where ths heck is graigue?

The place across the river.

foggy_lad · 21-11-2011 7:06pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Where ths heck is graigue?

Probably better off not knowing:D

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 21-11-2011 7:56pm

the irishmans is more "Old manny" than loughlins, dunno how they are for sports watching though. lovely guinness though.

slimjimmc · 21-11-2011 8:05pm

vicwatson wrote: »

Where ths heck is graigue?

I'm just looking for the likes of o'loughlins to watch a footie match on a Saturday and don't want hurdie gurdie !

Tell me more Tommy please?

I'm visiting Carlow and don't know it that well.

Thanks

Sounds like a pub crawl is overdue

d4v1d · 21-11-2011 10:04pm

slimjimmc wrote: »

Sounds like a pub crawl is overdue

For me, an 'old-man' bar has to have an open fire. Do any of these places mentioned have an open fire?

Nead21 · 22-11-2011 11:12am

Carpe Diem have a couple of open fires in the winter, but i'd hardly call that an old man pub.

Carpenter's springs to mind for me as a old man pub.

tommycahir · 22-11-2011 11:41am

vicwatson wrote: »

Tell me more Tommy please?

I'm visiting Carlow and don't know it that well.

Thanks

The irishmans is here - Link

However as Sir Digby Chicken Caesar said I am not sure what they are like for watching games.

You should also keep in mind that O'Loughlins is quiet the rugby pub and can be fairly full if there is an irish or Leinster match on that day.

Carpe Diem is another option and is down beside the Irishmans but again I am not sure what their sports viewing will be like

maccored · 22-11-2011 5:40pm

I'll keep me mouth shut in future.

herisson · 22-11-2011 9:26pm

i love O'Loughlins!

always in the back bar and smoking area though!

millers up the Tullow Road is old manish!

foggy_lad · 22-11-2011 9:46pm

Ewings if it is still open? Carpenters bar?

Slydice · 22-11-2011 10:00pm

never really thought of O'Loughlins as "old-mans" ... more middle aged

Stained Class · 23-11-2011 12:14am

Slydice wrote: »

never really thought of O'Loughlins as "old-mans" ... more middle aged

That used to be Noel Duggans back in the day.

In the late '80s it used to be one of the main student pubs, so I guess a lot of it's clientelle would be middle aged now.

Just like me.

Stonehaven would probably be fairly old skool, along with the Irishmans , Ewings & Reddys.

Respectable style places.

That said, it's been a long time since I've socialised in Carlow.

Morf · 23-11-2011 12:15am

foggy_lad wrote: »

Ewings if it is still open?

It is most certainly still open.

Stonehaven is another pub with a more experienced clientele.

TaosHum · 23-11-2011 3:22am

Reddys

Nead21 · 23-11-2011 11:18am

Stained Class wrote: »

That used to be Noel Duggans back in the day.

In the late '80s it used to be one of the main student pubs, so I guess a lot of it's clientelle would be middle aged now.

I think students still go to O'Loughlins, the back bar.

I definitely would have gone there when I was in school/college.

Bluefoam · 23-11-2011 11:27am

Nead21 wrote: »

I think students still go to O'Loughlins, the back bar.

I definitely would have gone there when I was in school/college.

10 years ago, O'Loughlins was used by the rugby team and loads of students - not too many auld fellas in there - but it wasn't packed like the other places in town...

I lived near The Irishmans for a while and used to get the odd lock in after The Foundry. Most students wouldn't have been served, but one of our lecturers was a regular & after a while the barman got to know us.

I think the problem these days is that kids are used to shiney new bars without personality & anything older is considered an auld'fellas bar...

vicwatson · 23-11-2011 2:31pm

Is O'Loughlins the spot to see Championship footie on Sky Sports ?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 23-11-2011 3:23pm

nope, that'd be the barracks or the dinn ri

barracks is a nicer spot though imo, and it's a good sports/football bar

well they might show champions league in o loughlins, but it's always been a rugby bar as far as my friends are concerned so we never went there for football.

ottostreet · 23-11-2011 3:53pm

The Barracks & The Med would not be 'old-man' pubs, but would be good for football. Both have large screens and give football priority over other sports.

vicwatson · 23-11-2011 7:09pm

barracks is a nicer spot though imo, and it's a good sports/football bar

What street is that on please?

Nead21 · 23-11-2011 7:11pm

vicwatson wrote: »

What street is that on please?

It's on Tullow St, beside AIB bank.

aquaman · 23-11-2011 7:20pm

Front Bar of Teach Dolmain, Tullow Street

Stained Class · 23-11-2011 9:27pm

It's a pity Kellys, near Burrin Bridge is gone out of business.

I went in for a few pints there about 15 years ago.

Now that place was proper 'old skool'.

Apparently, if late drinking there caught the attention of the law, plucky regulars used to abscond thru the back door, scale a wall & descend to safety onto the sandy river bank below.

This was why this pub was known to all locally as 'Dunkirk'.

Now thats properly 'Proper'!:D

Ceatharlach · 24-11-2011 8:30am

What do people think of Corcorans on GraigueCullen bridge, I often look in while passing and it always seems fairly quite. And it has that old timey feel to it too.

It scored well. I always mean to go in but never get around to it.

http://www.ratemypub.ie/pub.php?county=Carlow&pub=Corcoran%27s

vicwatson · 24-11-2011 11:30am

What do people think of Corcorans on GraigueCullen bridge, I often look in while passing and it always seems fairly quite. And it has that old timey feel to it too.

It scored well. I always mean to go in but never get around to it.

http://www.ratemypub.ie/pub.php?coun...b=Corcoran%27s

Is this in Carlow town?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 24-11-2011 12:06pm

oh, that is an amazing bar

great pool table, fantastic guinness and a ****ing incredible jukebox

would you believe an "old man" bar would have pantera/anthrax/slayer and even some god damn blind guardian on their jukebox?

well they do

and its 2 minutes walk from "carlow town"just ask anyone to direct you to graigue bridge and it's on the left just before the bridge

tommycahir · 24-11-2011 12:10pm

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

oh, that is an amazing bar

great pool table, fantastic guinness and a ****ing incredible jukebox

would you believe an "old man" bar would have pantera/anthrax/slayer and even some god damn blind guardian on their jukebox?

well they do

and its 2 minutes walk from "carlow town"just ask anyone to direct you to graigue bridge and it's on the left just before the bridge

Is "the Loft" still open there? I spent quiet a while of my student days in "the loft bar" there was a great spot if the weather was decent.

Is O'Loughlins bar the best "old-mans" bar in Carlow town?

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