
Nightlife of Dublin
The major attraction of Dublin nightlife is there mixed bags of traditional old pubs. These are the place where the likes of Joyce and Behan once imbibed, and where traditional Irish music is often reeling away, and cool modern bars, where the repetitive rhythms of techno now fill the air, and the crowd knows more about Prada than the Pogues. Visitors also can find a little in the way of crossover, where a couple of quieter bars and a few with a rock music angle. Over the last few years, cocktail bars and hugely popular nightclubs have been springing up around Dublin like daffodils in spring. The nightclub scene is confounding complex. Bars for Mixing Mingling & Chatting -- These are modern cocktail bars, where the kind of financially successful under-40 person who wouldn't be caught dead in a pub goes for a drink. The hottest clubs have a "strict" (read: unfriendly) door policy of admitting only "regulars." Your chances of getting past the door increase if you're female and wear your hippest clothes. Besides the favorite clubs listed below, Vicar Street tends to get many of the international comics. The gay quantity in Dublin is growing by leaps and bounds in the last decade, from absolutely nothing at all, to small but sturdy.