Traditional Irish Musical Pub Crawl

Just € 12 bought a front-​row seat to a private concert by Andy and Booster, accomplished fiddle and guitar players respectively, a moveable feast of Irish music in two installments of an hour each. They interspersed their tunes with many jokes plus explanations of reels, jigs, polkas, the proper way to play the bodhrán (the frame drum), and how to step right up to the bar for a drink.
We were lucky to have musicians among our crowd, a classical guitar player was encouraged to give us a tune and another woman sang a capella, giving a bit of the feel of a pub session. Much local product was consumed yet there was rather little crawling, IMHO just staying put at Brannigan’s would have been perfectly fine, every place pours Guinness & Jameson!
Highly recommend this for a Dublin memory. And yeah we even paid up for their cd at the end.

2 Musiker erklären einem die irische Pubkultur, spielen Lieder und man sieht 3 Pubs an unterschiedlichen Orten und in verschiedenen Preiskategorien. Leider springt die Stimmung bei eher schnulzigen Liedern nicht richtig über wenn man sie nicht kennt und die drei Pubs werden doch eher schnell gewechselt. So ist das Ganze nach 2,5 h auch schon wieder vorbei.

I will admit, I was a little apprehensive at first, thinking this would be some type of hokey thing. This coupled with what seemed a slight lack of organization in the beginning made me worried. We were asked to arrive at 7:15 for a 7:30 start. Well, 7:30pm came and went and we were still at Oliver St. John Gogartys. Not a huge thing, the bar tenders were good and that helped past the time. One thing I would suggest to the organizers would be better signage and directions on where to check in. There were a few of us that went all the way upstairs and thinking this was the check-​in point.
When we finally left, around 8pm, it looked like the first few folks that exited were treated to some Oliver St John hats and gear, so if you’re into free stuff, make sure you’re first in line to exit!
After a hectic start, the rest of the evening was wonderful. The musical entertainment for the night was provided by Des and Larry at two pubs: the Ha’Penny Bridge Inn & Branagan’s. The private rooms in each pub are cozy; especially Branagan’s. They both provided excellent insight into the history and traditions of Irish Music, not to mention they were both excellent performers. My favorite part was when they asked the audience to participate. In addition, at the very end of the night the musicians encourage the audience to sing and teach everyone a song from their home. But keep in mind they have «STOPPED Believin» so pick another song :) Great job guys! Thanks for a fun night.