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Old Niteclubs

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    #32
    chopper6
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    A shortlived "alternative" club was Gotham City on the south Quays...the was also The Source in Clare St and the Olympic Ballroom which later went on to become Dublin's premier rave venue.


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    #33
    Flippyfloppy
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    Spirih on abbey streee!


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    #34
    Delta2113
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    Club Diva - Red Cow!


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    #35
    Kablamo!
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    The Wild Bunch wrote: »
    Is Club92 in Leopardstown still open?

    It is indeed and it's totally caught in a time warp!


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    #36
    pablo128
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    Sides - Dame Street.
    Waterfront - Sir John Rogersons Quay.
    System - South Annes Street.
    Red Box - Harcourt Street.
    Ormonde Multi-media Centre - Ormonde Quay.
    Olympic Theatre - can't remember the name of the road.

    All early to late '90s raves. Some of the best nights of my life were spent within the hallowed walls of these fine establishments.
    Along with others of course, and much better before the commercialisation crept in. Fcuk you drinks companies with your drinks promotions.
    And fcuk all of you pissheads who went raving buckled drunk and batin' sh1te out of each other at the end of the night. The total opposite of what raves were about.


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    #37
    Gyalist
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    anncoates wrote: »
    Spent a lot of time in McGonagles, Sides and the Olympic Ballroom.

    Used to be 2 great nights in the late 80s in McGonagles called Voodoo and Soul on Ice. They got some great DJs over that went on to be very well known: Coldcut, Mike Pickering, Jay Strongman, Pete Tong, Dave Dorrell, Norman Jay etc.

    Apartment. Jaysus. Blast fro he past.

    Also a little later was the Rock Garden in Crown Alley. Used to be a good night there called UFO.

    Club Sandino at McGonagles was by far the best night out!


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    #38
    kikidelvin
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    realies wrote: »
    Sloopys Fleet Street.
    Apartment Fleet Street
    Celebrity club Mary st ?
    TV club harcourt st ?
    There was also one on Henry st can't remember the name


    And when one could not get into above there was always the national,Tudor rooms and the nurses club at the top of Parnell st.
    I think it was called The Attic,


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    #39
    Frynge
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    Bogarts, rosslare strand.
    Mimes, carlow town.


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    #40
    anncoates
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    Gyalist wrote: »
    Club Sandino at McGonagles was by far the best night out!

    That was just after the nights I mentioned IIRC but same era.

    Some great nights in that place.

    Forgot the Waterfront and Funnell too. Both on quays .


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    #41
    GerardKeating
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    IRE60 wrote: »
    and.....

    And Barbarella's, down the lane beside Zhivago's


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    #42
    miamee
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    deelite wrote: »
    I think Jets was at the back of the Old Boot Inn...

    What about Flamingos (Stillorgan), Heartbreakers (Phoenix Park Race Course), Bubbles (behind the Apartments) and the Tara Club.....

    It was called The End when we used to go there (1994-95ish I think) :D


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    #43
    greenbicycle
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    Nobody has mentioned the Palace on Camden street, and I mean the way it was back in the early 2000's was there every thursday night with my VIP card to skip the queue. Pop music downstairs and then you could go upstairs to the Green Lasers and the dance music.

    Never a place like it!

    Also frequented Zanzibar, the Red Box and Tramco in my time too! None were as good as the old Palace!


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    #44
    groom
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    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Jets.....

    ...everything I hate about Niteclubs. As would Tomangos

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4JFmkB3CSE


    Also The Castle at Finglas M50. Scummy


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    #45
    BowWow
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    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    That rings a bell..............was it a disco or live music? year(s)?

    Disco I think - mid 1970's.

    Was another place at the end of the lane - The Revolution?


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    #46
    gugleguy
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    All niteclubs when they get too old become 'scummy' or 'manky' really tbh. Can anybody on this thread name a Dublin niteclub that was closed down 'in it's prime'? :rolleyes:


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    #47
    gugleguy
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    Pravda niteclub beside where the bronze sculptures are of shoppers. Gone about 6 months to a year?


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    #48
    harry Bailey esq
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    The castle,jets,the ormond and Colombia mills i used to frequent.a poster mentioned that the castle was "scummy" but that's not entirely true,the clientele was made up some very "colourful" characters it has to be said but it was a very rare occasion when trouble happened,the bouncers were headcases. i ventured into the blue banana in clondalkin one night,that was scummy.Nothing untoward happened me,but it made the castle look like an upmarket Manhattan cocktail bar.


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    #49
    chopper6
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    The Asylum was always scummy...you were searched for weapons on the way in and if you hadnt got one they'd give you one!


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    #50
    Snoddy
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    Ahh the palace ! I worked there and in flannerys when the palace first opened , good times on a Thursday night !


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    #51
    not yet
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    Can't believe nobody mentioned Rumours on O'connell st yet and Magnums beside it....ahhh the 80s.


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    #52
    Big Nasty
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    Marlays in Rathfarnham
    Club Apres in Kilternan
    Club Lime in Kilternan
    Racey Nights in Leopardstown
    Misties in Sandyford


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    #53
    not yet
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    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Marlays in Rathfarnham
    Club Apres in Kilternan
    Club Lime in Kilternan
    Racey Nights in Leopardstown
    Misties in Sandyford

    Us northsiders very rarely travelled across the Liffey, wasn't worth the hassle applying for a passport and all that..


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    #54
    The Wild Bunch
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    Are Lillies and Renards still in action?


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    #55
    Big Nasty
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    not yet wrote: »
    Us northsiders very rarely travelled across the Liffey, wasn't worth the hassle applying for a passport and all that..

    They're a bit far out but then again so is Tamangoes.

    Just remembered another - Club Nova on Stockin Lane where the original Radio Nova was broadcast from.

    Soneone already mentioned Flamingos. Was also Hollywood Nights then Deep, right?


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    #56
    not yet
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    Club Nassau for the rosspots..


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    #57
    chopper6
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    not yet wrote: »
    Can't believe nobody mentioned Rumours on O'connell st yet and Magnums beside it....ahhh the 80s.

    A friend of mine was bar manager there for a while..it was a bucket of blood by all accounts.


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    #58
    xzanti
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    miamee wrote: »
    Wasn't that called Tomato or something for a while as well? After TMF and before The Village?

    Also called Mono for a while..

    Anyone remember the name of the disco bar in Temple bar, I think it was on Crow Street? It had 2 entrances from different streets? Very pokey and the roof was really low but it was always pretty lively iirc..

    Racking my brains trying to think of the name of it.. Not Rí Rá but the same style of venue.. and I think it had a basement nightclub too.

    Used to frequent the Temple Theatre a good bit during my crazy days :D

    Loved The Palace on Camden St too.. always a good night in there..

    Traffic on Abbey Street, was Mojos before that... called the Yellow Pepper or something now I think?


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    #59
    not yet
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    chopper6 wrote: »
    A friend of mine was bar manager there for a while..it was a bucket of blood by all accounts.

    Twas one nasty kip alright, I worked there for a while in 85 and I'll never forget some of the stuff I seen.


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    #60
    spurious
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    Sides.


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    #61
    The Master
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    gugleguy wrote: »
    Pravda niteclub beside where the bronze sculptures are of shoppers. Gone about 6 months to a year?

    Called The Grand Social for the last few years now
    The Wild Bunch wrote: »
    Are Lillies and Renards still in action?

    Lillies still on the go Renards gone a couple of years
    xzanti wrote: »
    Anyone remember the name of the disco bar in Temple bar, I think it was on Crow Street? It had 2 entrances from different streets? Very pokey and the roof was really low but it was always pretty lively iirc..

    Racking my brains trying to think of the name of it.. Not Rí Rá but the same style of venue.. and I think it had a basement nightclub too.

    Called The Mezz now was Danger Doyle's before that
    Traffic on Abbey Street, was Mojos before that... called the Yellow Pepper or something now I think?

    The Twisted pepper is where your thinking of
    But Mojo's was in The Abbey hotel next door


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