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Sweeney's pub Dame Street

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  • 05-02-2014 5:58pm
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    chopper6
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    Heard a few of my friends talking about this place but never been.

    Is it an actual rock bar,how much are pints?


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    Friendly crowd, terrible lay-out/shape


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    Passenger
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    It's not particularly a Rock bar but it does appear to attract some alternative, bohemian types of patron as well as regular Joe's. Music is slightly more alternative than mainstream on the PA and all sorts of live music upstairs.


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    jimmii
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    Seems to want to be a rock bar and does have some good gigs sometimes but definitely more a the standard hipster place much like a load of places around town. O'Reillys much better if you want a bit of that kind of thing.

    http://sublounge.ie/club-hell had some class nights out there and drinks are crazy cheap considering how central it is.


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    Effects
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    I've never seen any hipsters there and it certainly isn't a hipster place. Alternative/bohemian is about right. Young enough crowd that get really drunk and very annoying a lot of the time.


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    ibarelycare
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    It's hipster Mecca, especially during the week. Lots of **** there but lots of cool people too. Great music but a little pricey IMO.

    I love going there on Sunday evenings for the jazz music. Really nice for something a bit different.


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    RebelButtMunch
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    Heard a few of my friends talking about this place but never been.

    Is it an actual rock bar,how much are pints?

    Are you looking for a rock bar? Gypsy rose or bruxelles


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    chopper6
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    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    Are you looking for a rock bar? Gypsy rose or bruxelles

    ..and Fibbers,The Foggy, The Pint,Lannigans,Club Hell and Club Poison:pac:

    Nah,i've heard a few people had defected from Fibbers there and i was wondering what kind of bar it was.


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    Passenger
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    ..and The Foggy, The Pint, Lannigans, Club Hell and Club Poison :pac:

    Nah,i've heard a few people had defected from Fibbers there and i was wondering what kind of bar it was.

    Not to be too pedantic but none of those are Rock bars. Two of them are one night a week events in regular bars. ;)


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    chopper6
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    Passenger wrote: »
    Not to be too pedantic but none of those are Rock bars. Two of them are one night a week events in regular bars. ;)


    They play enough rock music to make it worth going to if that's your thing.

    Even Bruxelles is just a posers dive that happens to have a basement with a juke box.

    Fibbers,the Gypsy and the Pint are all rock bars in the sense that i understand it :cool:


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    liffeylite
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    They play enough rock music to make it worth going to if that's your thing.

    Even Bruxelles is just a posers dive that happens to have a basement with a juke box.

    Fibbers,the Gypsy and the Pint are all rock bars in the sense that i understand it :cool:

    voodoo lounge, dice bar and Bigs in Smithfield would suit also :)


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    jimmii
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    liffeylite wrote: »
    voodoo lounge, dice bar and Bigs in Smithfield would suit also :)

    Was considering moving to Smithfield had never heard of Bigs before will be sure to check it out cheers!


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    SimonQuinlank
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    Never seen any **** there.I'm not a trendy/hipster type either.Great jazz on Sundays,nice bar staff and usually do some sort of deal on short + dash.Was ginger beer and Jameson for €5 last time I was there.Pint of their own (nice) beer is around the €4 mark.They'll give you a sample to try before you commit to the whole pint if you ask!

    Smoking area out on Dame Lane is good craic too.


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    liffeylite
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    jimmii wrote: »
    Was considering moving to Smithfield had never heard of Bigs before will be sure to check it out cheers!

    its right on the river, a little further towards Phoenix park than Voodoo.
    Further on towards Hueston station you have Ryans and the Nancy Hands, 2 more excellent pubs!


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    reprazant
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    I honestly think that some people think that a hipster is someone who wears what are in fashion at the moment.


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    quaalude
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    My phone got robbed out of my shoulder bag in Sweeney's on a Thursday night a couple of weeks ago - when I reported it in Pearse St the cop said phones were always getting robbed in there.
    So watch your belongings carefully in Sweeney's is my advice.

    That Thursday night it was full of pissed 18 to 23 year olds. There were good bands on and no cover charge.

    The Sunday afternoon jazz is great - a totally different, older crowd, of course.


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    Lux23
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    reprazant wrote: »
    I honestly think that some people think that a hipster is someone who wears what are in fashion at the moment.

    I always think the look like hairy farmers.


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    FloatingVoter
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    Just a word to the wise - Sweeneys and Dame Lane in general are currently being turned into a Victorian street for Penny Dreadful. The Stags Head is closed on Wednesday next until 5PM. Not sure about Sweeneys but it is undergoing some heavy refitting on the smoking area out back. Just in case anybody shows up on a Harley with a rock chick on the back and is greeted by a scary man with a top hat and a long knife (that'll either be me or Jack the Ripper).


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    SimonQuinlank
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    They play enough rock music to make it worth going to if that's your thing.

    Even Bruxelles is just a posers dive that happens to have a basement with a juke box.

    Fibbers,the Gypsy and the Pint are all rock bars in the sense that i understand it :cool:

    Rock bar in Bruxelles has a good DJ on Friday and Saturday nights in fairness.


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