Looking for a private gentlemans club in Dublin

delad

I'm looking for a club where I can go in, sit in a comfy armchair and enjoy a cognac in a quiet peaceful place. I want to get away from the crowd and the people who can't hold their drink.

I would like the place to be like a library, lots of oak paneling, it should have a carpet and there should be a fireplace, in winter time there will be a roaring fire.

I would be willing to pay up to 2,000 a year for membership of the club.

However I can't seem to be able to find any such places in Dublin, can anyone point me in the right direction? Most other big cities have such clubs so I would imagine Dublin has as well.

wicklowwonder

delad wrote: »

I'm looking for a club where I can go in, sit in a comfy armchair and enjoy a cognac in a quiet peaceful place. I want to get away from the crowd and the people who can't hold their drink.

I would like the place to be like a library, lots of oak paneling, it should have a carpet and there should be a fireplace, in winter time there will be a roaring fire.

I would be willing to pay up to 2,000 a year for membership of the club.

However I can't seem to be able to find any such places in Dublin, can anyone point me in the right direction? Most other big cities have such clubs so I would imagine Dublin has as well.

http://www.residence.ie

This might be what you are looking for? Not sure of prices etc or don't know any members but I do remember reading about it. They threw Gavin Lambe Murphy guy out one night.

wicklowwonder

Fairly sure RDS offer membership and I think Odessa do as well. There is a few workmans clubs as well, I think I remember reading here about one in Inchicore that has a great membership base.

delad

delad wrote: »

I'm looking for a club where I can go in, sit in a comfy armchair and enjoy a cognac in a quiet peaceful place. I want to get away from the crowd and the people who can't hold their drink.

I would like the place to be like a library, lots of oak paneling, it should have a carpet and there should be a fireplace, in winter time there will be a roaring fire.

I would be willing to pay up to 2,000 a year for membership of the club.

However I can't seem to be able to find any such places in Dublin, can anyone point me in the right direction? Most other big cities have such clubs so I would imagine Dublin has as well.

this sort of place is more what you're after.... http://www.sghc.ie/

MadsL

Odessa if you are in your thirties and don't need a snobby vibe.

http://odessa.ie/club/#reception

delad

Thanks for the replies. The hibernian is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, but on their site it says there are a few steps to becoming a member and you have to call them or email them for more info. Fug that, I'm not going to jump through hoops to give someone my money.

The odessa looks good too but I don't think thats a private club, theres no mention of membership on the website.

Piliger

delad wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. The hibernian is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, but on their site it says there are a few steps to becoming a member and you have to call them or email them for more info. Fug that, I'm not going to jump through hoops to give someone my money.

The odessa looks good too but I don't think thats a private club, theres no mention of membership on the website.

You're not going to find a quality club that won't make you jump through a few hoops. That's the whole point of trying create a club for special people and to keep out the dross.

delad

Piliger wrote: »

You're not going to find a quality club that won't make you jump through a few hoops. That's the whole point of trying create a club for special people and to keep out the dross.

Charging a few grand for membership keeps the dross out.

I'm tempted to start a movement to open a new private members club. If I could get 300 people willing to pay 2 grand a year, that would get us a very decent city centre location to lease and would enable us to hire a bar man and cleaners. We could have a snooker room, a poker room and then a nice bar room. We could also probably have a few bedrooms if people need a room the odd time (but there would have to be rules on the max number of times a year you could stay in a room).

Yellowblackbird

Many reckless, high-stakes wagers will be made in this club I'll warrant.
Ambitious men will launch on wild adventures from these august rooms.
Kings will be made and broken. And empires fall.

delad

Yellowblackbird wrote: »

Many reckless, high-stakes wagers will be made in this club I'll warrant.
Ambitious men will launch on wild adventures from these august rooms.
Kings will be made and broken. And empires fall.

Sounds good to me!

Actually after a quick look on daft it seems we don't even need to lease the place, we coud buy it.

I think this could be the ideal location for the club, we wouldn't even need to change it much:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=624901

Convenient location, luxurious. We could probably get it for 850k. So if we had 300 members paying 2k, we could put a downpayment of 600k on it and then take out a loan for the remainder, which we would pay off the next year. Then the place would be ours forever!

Or we could go for this place at 425k and not even need to take out a loan:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=666826

It might need a bit of renovation but not much.

Let me know who is interested and I'll start a facebook page and get the ball rolling to sign up members. It'll be the best 2k you'll ever spend!

retroactive

Steven's Greens Gentlemen's club.

Kildare Street Gentlemen's club.

The upstairs of the Stevens Green club is exactly as you describe, library, oak, folded newspapers and everything is handled through tab. Unfortunately, I believe they only work on a referral basis.

anncoates

delad wrote: »

Yellowblackbird wrote: »

Many reckless, high-stakes wagers will be made in this club I'll warrant.
Ambitious men will launch on wild adventures from these august rooms.
Kings will be made and broken. And empires fall.

Sounds good to me!

Actually after a quick look on daft it seems we don't even need to lease the place, we coud buy it.

I think this could be the ideal location for the club, we wouldn't even need to change it much:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=624901

Convenient location, luxurious. We could probably get it for 850k. So if we had 300 members paying 2k, we could put a downpayment of 600k on it and then take out a loan for the remainder, which we would pay off the next year. Then the place would be ours forever!

Or we could go for this place at 425k and not even need to take out a loan:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=666826

It might need a bit of renovation but not much.

Let me know who is interested and I'll start a facebook page and get the ball rolling to sign up members. It'll be the best 2k you'll ever spend!

Yeah I could certainly see no problems with 300 people owning the property.

delad

anncoates wrote: »

Yeah I could certainly see no problems with 300 people owning the property.

Its no different to how most other private clubs are owned. The members share in the benefits of the club and as mentioned could stay in the bedrooms a certain amount of times per year. But its not like 300 people will be turning up with all their belongings and expecting to live in the place.

The owners of the club could at some stage decide to let in some new members (who would not own the club) and their fee's could pay for the upkeep of the property and staff and any money left over would be a profit for the owners.

MadsL

delad wrote: »

The odessa looks good too but I don't think thats a private club, theres no mention of membership on the website.

It used to be - looks like they have dropped the membership. Go if you get a chance to Kaleidoscope night absolutely awesome chamber music meets nightclub concept. Sells out like crazy though, book a month ahead. Call the club for details.

If you would be prepared to up your initial investment to $30k with $600 monthly dues you could try this small place in Vegas.

http://www.presidentialclub.com/

Cienciano

delad wrote: »

Charging a few grand for membership keeps the dross out.

I'm tempted to start a movement to open a new private members club. If I could get 300 people willing to pay 2 grand a year, that would get us a very decent city centre location to lease and would enable us to hire a bar man and cleaners. We could have a snooker room, a poker room and then a nice bar room. We could also probably have a few bedrooms if people need a room the odd time (but there would have to be rules on the max number of times a year you could stay in a room).

And you think finding 300 people to shell out 2k a year before they had a drink will be easier than sending an email to the hibernian club?

Miguel_Sanchez

delad wrote: »

Charging a few grand for membership keeps the dross out.

Depends on how you define 'dross' really. :pac:

I thought Residence closed down a few years ago - maybe it just went into examinership though.

Ben D Bus

delad wrote: »

Charging a few grand for membership keeps the dross out.

Not a chance. Using cash as the only filter would fill the place with all the rich dross who weren't admitted to the nice clubs

And if there's one thing worse than dross, it's rich dross. Celebrities, sports people, drug dealers, lotto winners - the list goes on!

Tabnabs

I know a few members of the Hibernian Club and many members of the private Yacht Clubs in Dun Laoghaire (many of whom do not own boats). You could view 2k as loose change and they'd still politely but stiffly refuse your application.

These are places where occupation and lineage are more important than bank balance. The Royal Irish YC in the boom years only accepted one in every seven applications for example. Even in the depths of recessions, these clubs are still ticking over quietly and comfortably.

I suggest you go have a chat with the http://www.sghc.ie/ and see what kind of people frequent these clubs before you reinventing the wheel.

Cienciano

Tabnabs wrote: »

I know a few members of the Hibernian Club and many members of the private Yacht Clubs in Dun Laoghaire (many of whom do not own boats). You could view 2k as loose change and they'd still politely but stiffly refuse your application.

These are places where occupation and lineage are more important than bank balance. The Royal Irish YC in the boom years only accepted one in every seven applications for example. Even in the depths of recessions, these clubs are still ticking over quietly and comfortably.

I suggest you go have a chat with the http://www.sghc.ie/ and see what kind of people frequent these clubs before you reinventing the wheel.

Yeah, I know a member (hibernian club) and he's loaded. Lives in georgian townhouse in D4 which cost about €5m, and is from a wealthy family. I doubt they allow plebs like OP in. No offence op, I mean it's rich folk only.

OldGoat

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx

The above logic cannot be faulted. I would be the ruination of any club. I'd have my unshod feet upon the tables, drink whisky in wine glasses and drink wine by the neck. I will eat venison out of season and never pay out on lost bets. I will whore and fart by necessity with no qualms as to my peers senseabilities. I will cheat at cards and at dice. I will keep company with dubious and unsavoury characters. My tailor has disowned me.

I find I have more need for a Rogues Den then a Gentlemans Club

delad

Cienciano wrote: »

And you think finding 300 people to shell out 2k a year before they had a drink will be easier than sending an email to the hibernian club?

It wasn't "send an email to join", it was send an email to us so we can tell you the list of steps needed to join.

Miguel_Sanchez

OldGoat wrote: »

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx

The above logic cannot be faulted. I would be the ruination of any club. I'd have my unshod feet upon the tables, drink whisky in wine glasses and drink wine by the neck. I will eat venison out of season and never pay out on lost bets. I will whore and fart by necessity with no qualms as to my peers senseabilities. I will cheat at cards and at dice. I will keep company with dubious and unsavoury characters. My tailor has disowned me.

I find I have more need for a Rogues Den then a Gentlemans Club

I want to join your club Sir.

BOHtox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5tZMDBXTRQ

WoollyRedHat

Start a new gentlemans club. Call it the Boyos and their cigars. Smoke cigars and laugh as you sit in your dressing gown while latino women bathe and sing to you.

[Jackass]

I've been (a guest) in the Stephens Green club a few times. I don't know what the membership fees are like, but membership is based on a few factors, you must get a referal firstly, but I think you also must go for an informal meeting with them. They don't want anybody who has more money than sense, the point of these clubs is that it's a rich business mans club, so unless you bring something to the table like being amongst the best in your profession or being a serial business investor or a specialist of some kind, they don't want to know you really. It's about networking and an escape from Joe Public to dine and drink with similar people.

Not my cup of tea, but if you wanted to join, it's not easy. Mail them if you like, but unless you know someone, I'm afraid you're going to have to continue to sip your sherry in the pub beside me, whilst I drunkingly rant, whilst inadvertently spit whilst I talk, about the banking scum and how I would be a brilliant Taoseach. Cheers, it's your round.

Hibernian club may not be around for much longer...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0229/1224312516884.html

looks like the good fellows have decided to sell up.

Cienciano

delad wrote: »

It wasn't "send an email to join", it was send an email to us so we can tell you the list of steps needed to join.

Unless you have no problem with skangers in there, that's expected. Remember that picture of skangers going around with walking sticks? Probably loads of scummers like that who would join.

[Jackass] wrote: »

I've been (a guest) in the Stephens Green club a few times. I don't know what the membership fees are like, but membership is based on a few factors, you must get a referal firstly, but I think you also must go for an informal meeting with them. They don't want anybody who has more money than sense, the point of these clubs is that it's a rich business mans club, so unless you bring something to the table like being amongst the best in your profession or being a serial business investor or a specialist of some kind, they don't want to know you really. It's about networking and an escape from Joe Public to dine and drink with similar people.

Not my cup of tea, but if you wanted to join, it's not easy. Mail them if you like, but unless you know someone, I'm afraid you're going to have to continue to sip your sherry in the pub beside me, whilst I drunkingly rant, whilst inadvertently spit whilst I talk, about the banking scum and how I would be a brilliant Taoseach. Cheers, it's your round.

Or in my mates case, having a rich dad that gave you a top job in his business.

Tabnabs

glasso wrote: »

Hibernian club may not be around for much longer...

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0229/1224312516884.html

looks like the good fellows have decided to sell up.

From their website

2004 saw the closure of the Hibernian United Services Club at No 8 St Stephens Green and the subsequent amalgamation with The Stephen’s Green Club to form The Stephen’s Green Hibernian Club. With a continually growing membership, it is now the largest of the private members clubs on St Stephen’s Green. In 2005 a refurbishment programme commenced at the Club. This is the largest scale upgrade that the Club has seen in the last fifty years. The programme includes the refurbishment of the twelve bedrooms, the installation of a lift, the development of a second snooker room and the redecoration of the public areas.

juan.kerr

glasso wrote: »

this sort of place is more what you're after.... http://www.sghc.ie/

I'm glad they don't mention the cost as that would be too common.

Easy Rod

Think i've found what you're looking for.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1136

Miguel_Sanchez

juan.kerr wrote: »

I'm glad they don't mention the cost as that would be too common.

If one has to ask the price then one simply can't afford it.

*adjusts monocle*