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Dublin GAA Discussion Thread MOD WARNING POST #2944
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BonnieSituation wrote: »......
Peter's has never been the same since it expanded.
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.. Never knew it had .. haven't worked that side of the city in years 0 -
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What do ye think of the pints at Croker? I know you have to take into account the age and inexperience of some of the pint pullers & the fact that they don't really have time to let them settle as they should....But even so, I'd rate the Croker Guinness somewhere between the sludge that flows in the pipes beneath my house & that smelly crap yer mam would put on your chest when you were a chisler & you had a cold. Absolutely dire !
... I remember the days when they referred to the head as a bishops collar... for that reason my drink of choice in Croker recently has been Stella Le Cidre .. vicks vapour rub .. only to applied externally
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.. Never knew it had .. haven't worked that side of the city in years
Yeah pushed into the building next door. I think it was storage in the pub originally. Not 100%. But it dragged the atmosphere of the place with it.
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I got a Guinness last Saturday in Croker in error instead of a Smithwicks and it was alright. Perfectly drinkable.
Outta practice since Leinster Final weekend so that might have done it.
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Eh...should someone not be giving Brogans a shout out...ya know...for luck like.
The Flowing Tide do great toasted ham & cheese sambos. They make 'em on batch bread too, so they don't go soggy quickly the way that yer aul sliced pan sambos do. God, am getting hungry now too.
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Eh...should someone not be giving Brogans a shout out...ya know...for luck like.
The Flowing Tide do great toasted ham & cheese sambos. They make 'em on batch bread too, so they don't go soggy quickly the way that yer aul sliced pan sambos do. God, am getting hungry now too.
Fallon's was great for that too. But it's been a loooooooong time since I was there. Fook, it might be since about 2007. Jaysus.0 -
Well on a football related note, the underage CCC2 resumes this week after the Summer break so I get to enjoy my other favourite past time of badgering the ref. Tho in fairness I've quietened down a lot since we've started winning
The lads were reminding me of the Dublin/Galway drawn game in the hurling champ in May. Coen was pulling and dragging Schutte from the get go, but was getting short changed by the ref. So the next incident which occurs right along the line beside us in 306 - I'm up and I'm off on one, as the ref McGrath is taking Coens name I come out with something like "for fuq sake ref he's swinging out of him like a couple at a marriage referendum rally" .. and McGrath stalls with the name taking and looks up at me in the Cusack - for anyone with small kids at the game I sincerely apologise 0 -
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I'm confusing you ..if you walked out the Red Parrot and up the canal .. past the snooker club and up onto Phibsboro Road - the pub I'm talking about would be there on yer left..
Which is exactly where Smiths in Phibsboro is.
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Smith's+of+Phibsboro/@53.3636173,-6.2718164,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xbeefc3b6ddc6933e?hl=en0 -
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BonnieSituation wrote: »Which is exactly where Smiths in Phibsboro is.
https://www.google.ie/maps/place/Smith's+of+Phibsboro/@53.3636173,-6.2718164,18z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xbeefc3b6ddc6933e?hl=en
Ahaaa .. went to google street view and it all flooded back to me ... there used to be 2 pubs there .. Cross Guns House was the one that's now the left hand side of Smiths 
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Well, well worth it if your ever up that neck of the woods! The oul fella (regular Guinness drinker for 50+ years) thinks it's the best around and always insists on a trek out when they visit for the weekend!
Fair play to you & your oul fella for getting out and about to experience the joys (and pints) all over our glorious capital. 'Nowt more annoying than the GAA fan whose entire experience of a trip up to Croker, is the Red Cow car park, the Luas red line & O'Connell St. He then proceeds to lecture all and sundry that there is nothing to Dublin but scumbag junkies & gurriers.
(But enough about DoctaDee, Slatsy & Bonnie. )
We Dubs don't go drinking up in the mountains btw. It's where we bury our dead bodies. Have you not seen Love/Hate FFS ? :P0 -
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Fair play to you & your oul fella for getting out and about to experience the joys (and pints) all over our glorious capital. 'Nowt more annoying than the GAA fan whose entire experience of a trip up to Croker, is the Red Cow car park, the Luas red line & O'Connell St. He then proceeds to lecture all and sundry that there is nothing to Dublin but scumbag junkies & gurriers.
(But enough about DoctaDee, Slatsy & Bonnie. )
We Dubs don't go drinking up in the mountains btw. It's where we bury our dead bodies. Have you not seen Love/Hate FFS ? :P
The ride in from the Red Cow is not bad. OK, It can be very packed on match days and the country folk complain about it as more and more people get on along the way. Some cute hoors even first get the Luas from the Red Cow to Tallaght, then get off and get on an empty one back into town and so have their seats. Even it if it is packed, if you get standing near some other match-goers, there can be good conversation and some craic. The tourists of course, usually don't know what is going on, only assuming we are going to a sports event when they see the shirts. First guess is soccer, then rugby, but when they get told its Gaelic Football they are confused, and even more so when you say Hurling. They can at least recognise the word "Football".
"Where do we get off?" is a common question, particularly for those folk that are such avid fans that this is the first match of the year they've gone to and they've never been to Croke Park.:rolleyes: A lot get off at Jervis and some at Abbey Street and others go on to Connolly. The smarter passengers, like myself, get off at Busaras. Beats having to cross back Amiens Street to head up to Croke Park. There is also a bit of fun watching them all go to the wrong door, seeing as you get off at the other side at Busaras, compared to other stops. So when I get on, I always head over to the door on the other side, ready to get off when we get to Busaras. It's not just the country folk that can be cute hoors.
As for drinking establishments, well I am not a Guinness drinker, so I can't really comment on the quality of pints of it. As for pubs, most people exiting onto Clonliffe Road, head up towards the Drumcondra end. A gang of us go the other way, and go to Meaghers. Much quieter than the mayhem of the likes of Quinns, but still with plenty of buzz. Always a large amount of Dubs, as most of the country folk have headed towards Drumcondra or town. Local knowledge is great for us natives.:)
Getting back to GAA matters, anyone heading in to support the minor hurlers tomorrow? 2pm start. Hopefully we'll be there on All-Ireland day too.0 -
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Shurrup Flukes. Don't be giving away all of our secrets.
I'm a big fan of Meaghers too. It's so big, it never seems as jammers as other pubs in the area & generally seems to be all Dubs people. Not that there is anything wrong with "visitors", but sometimes, you just want to be with your own.
I have fond memories of the place after the 2011 final. There was a rumour going around that the lads may bring the Sam in. (Was told that it was/is Tony Hanahoe's local and that is what the teams that he captained did, when they won silverware. I think that's how the rumour started.) It seems a daft idea now, but back in 2011, it's not like we had a lot of practice in knowing what to do after an AI win.
I think I ordered a large brandy to settle the tummy. It was in bits all day long with nerves. Then somebody arrived with a few bottles of champagne from the off license and the brandy was quickly forgotten about.
I love going to the Clonliffe House before the game. It's not exactly the most salubrious spot around, but I love the buzz from it being right at the heart of all the action. Also love standing outside it, about an hour before throw in, cold Corona in hand... suddenly you hear the sirens off in the distance, you see the flashing blue lights approach & the bright yellow high viz vests on the Guards. Then you hear it, the roar of the motor bikes of the Garda escort & then you see it, those magic words Dublin Senior Football Team lit up on the front of the bus. Your heart literally stops for a few seconds.
The bus stops, as the stewards remove the barrier at the bottom of Clonliffe Rd. You see the faces of a few of the players up close. You know they see you too, but they aren't really seeing you. Their minds are far, far away, focused on the field of dreams just up the road, but you raise your bottle anyway, in silent salute. Maybe one of these days, you'll get a nod back....
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Well, well, well ProudDub, there's us been drinking in the same establishment, and we didn't know it. We'll have to arrange to meet in Meaghers after the semi-final so. As for the Clonliffe House, some of the guys certainly used to go in there before and lots of us after, but as you say, it is not the most salubrious spot, so we've moved on to Meaghers now. Were you there when the boss man gave his speech of thanks to the customers after the quarter-final? He actually gave it twice, presumably so the later arrivals could hear it too. Unfortunately, on neither occasion did it finish with the words "Drinks are on the house." Maybe after the final. As for me giving away too many secrets, don't worry about that. A bit like Meaghers, its almost all Dubs in here. 0
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Plenty of secret readers here Flukey.
The Kerry and Mayo lads read every scrap looking for evidence of our legendary cockyness to fuel a victory over our over hyped team
I suspect Yop and spegilite set up an RSS feed for the Mayo management team for immediate updates
Keane searches for any superlatives whatsoever to stick on the wall in killarney
Anyway
Word on the street is Barney Rock is back training with the senior panel. He was the best ever. He's lost a bit of speed but he's full of good ideas. We'll win with him. Unbeatable. 0 -
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Word on the street is Barney Rock is back training with the senior panel. He was the best ever. He's lost a bit of speed but he's full of good ideas. We'll win with him. Unbeatable.
With Jimmy Keaveney coming out of retirement, Barney is going to find it hard to get into the team. Jimmy was going well in training. Big decision for Gavin. Does he go for a guy with the same name as himself or the father of a guy already on the team? Tough one. At least Brian Mullins returning will help sort out our problems at midfield.0 -
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