The 10 best places to drink Guinness in Dublin
Celebrate St Patrick's Day (Sunday 17 March 2019) – or indeed any day of the year at all – with a pint of the black stuff. And where better to find it than in Ireland's capital, where it has been brewed since 1759, and there's no shortage of lovely old pubs serving it? Grainne McBride and Christy Ward round up the best places to drink Guinness in Dublin.
1. Mulligan's
This 280-year-old pub's past patrons include Nat King Cole, Judy Garland and Gracie Fields, who would pop in and down a pint of performance-enhancing booze during their three-minute call at the Theatre Royal, which was over the road.
Address: Mulligan's, 8 Poolbeg Street, Dublin DO2TK71, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 677 5582
Website: mulligans.ie
Getty Images- Kehoe's
There are many nooks and crannies in which to savour your pint in this buzzing pub, just off the main shopping drag of Grafton Street. It gets packed at the weekends, but the attitude is 'there's always room for one more' - whether that's punters or pints.
Address: Kehoe's, 9 Anne Street South, Dublin, D02 NY88, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 677 8312
Website: kehoesdublin.ie- Grogan's
You can't go wrong with a pint in Grogan's; it's a great place to sit outside (weather permitting) with your creamy Guinness and watch the faces of Dublin passing by on Castle Market.
Address: Grogan's, 15 William St South, Dublin 2, D02 H336, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 677 9320
Website: facebook.com/groganscastlelounge
Getty Images- Gravity Bar
If you pay for a tour of the Guinness Storehouse, you get a complimentary pint in the Gravity Bar, which has panoramic city views. The tour is self-guided, so you can guide yourself straight to the bar if you like.
Address: Gravity Bar, Guinness Storehouse, St. James Gate, Dublin, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 408 4800
Website: guinness-storehouse.com
Getty Images- The Palace Bar
A second home to Tipperary's hurling team and Ireland's Fourth Estate for decades; much of the Irish Times got written in the stained-glass snug at The Palace Bar over long liquid lunches. No singing allowed, except by Welshmen on match day.
Address: The Palace Bar, 21 Fleet Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 671 7388
Website: thepalacebardublin.com
Getty Images- The Stag's Head
A beautifully preserved Victorian tavern, if you can find it, down a narrow passageway off Dame Street. Beloved by Dubliners, the Stag's Head has featured in Guinness ads and serves an excellent pint of the stuff. Did regular James Joyce join in with the rousing singsongs this place is known for, or was he more of a balladeer?
Address: The Stag's Head, 1 Dame Court, Dublin D02 TW84, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 679 3687
Website: stagshead.ie- The Blue Light
Renowned for its lively music sessions and the best Guinness in all of Dublin, The Blue Light is a small pub in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, overlooking the city.
Address: The Blue Light, Barnacullia House, Woodside Rd, Sandyford, Dublin D18 PF72, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 216 0487
Website: thebluelight.ie
Getty Images- The Long Hall
Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy shot a music video in this atmospheric pub on George's Street, back in the good old 1980s, and it feels as if the interior hasn't changed since – or, indeed, for many decades before that.
Address: The Long Hall, 51 South Great George's Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 475 1590
Website: No website- John Kavanagh
Everyone knows it as 'The Gravediggers', due to its location next to the gates of Glasnevin Cemetery in an outer district of the city, and the men who quenched their thirst there after digging plots for the dead.
Address: John Kavanagh, 1 Prospect Square, Glasnevin, Dublin D09 CF72, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 830 7978
Website: facebook.com/JohnKavanaghTheGravediggers
Alamy- Toner's
Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh (who later became a judge of the Guinness Poetry Awards) drank at Toner's, one of Dublin's oldest pubs; and WB Yeats chose it for his one and only visit to a pub. He had a sherry.
Address: Toner's, 139 Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 676 3090
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