Stublin Sept 2010

The editorsMaiken Woll Eide (cover)

Carina Behrens

Lars Rustgaard Ramsøy

ContributorsHelle KøberHege DanckeCathrine LøkkenKaja HoffHeidi HanssenIngvild LiadalMorten ChristiansenJulie Marlen Engel Jenssen LeirvågMarlene EnganMiriam S. NaessMarte WoxenBritt Helen Tønnessen

And a great, big “tusen takk” to:

Mr. Ryan Brennan for his expert advice on how to make Stublin.

Mr. Barry Finnigan for giv-ing good advices on which pubs are “hip”.

Mr. Robbie Smyth for teaching us to question what we eat and why we are friends with our friends.

Mr. Roger Brownlie for the newspapers, stickers and in-formation.

Miss Jackie Ryan for throwing a great interna-tional party.

Miss Irene Feeney for putting up with us Norwe-gians spending every free minute asking her ques-tions.

Lastly, Miss Claire Cox for being the kindest and most awesome person.

Fáilte - Welcome - VelkommenTo the first, and probably only, version of Stublin. This is meant as a guide on how to

survive the streets of Dublin and how to really enjoy yourselves, if you didn’t know that already.

We who are responsible for the words and photos, are from the fair country of Norway. Known for steep prices, oil and Santa Clause (yes, he is ours). We left behind friends, fam-ily and lousy beer to study in Éire, and our first task is to enlighten our fellow students.

Some of you might know a lot more than us about Dublin and think that this paper is only good for making paper airplanes, but even you should be able to find something to your liking in Stublin. I bet that most of you don’t know what Helle Køber is wearing or when the first recorded sighting of a leprechaun was.

Others are maybe completely new to the country and are caught in tourist traps every time they walk out of the door. Well, don’t be scared to leave Penneys, there are plenty of other fun stuff to do in Dubh Linn, and we will try to guide you on the way.

We hope you will enjoy our proud work, and we will more than likely see you in the halls or in the bar. On behalf of our hardworking crew we wish you all

céad míle fáilte go Baile Átha Cliath!

Page 3: Student Societies and Student SafetyPage 4: Survival KitPage 5: Dublin MarathonPage 6: Griffith FashionPage 7: What To Do in DublinPage 8: International Life DublinPage 9: Arthur Guinness DayPage 10: The Leprechaun MuseumPage 11: Bar Guide

Stublin Sept 2010

Dublin is a safe city to stay in for students,

but it is certain parts of the city you should stay away from.

Yifan Yang from the International Office at Griffith College says that it is many safe places in Dublin, you should just behave.

“I think Dublin is a safe city, but you have to watch out for your self. It´s hard to explain but behave from the places you see tagged on

the walls and gangs.”

Tourist area

In Thomas Street on the south side of Dublin, you find some of Dublin’s most known tourist spots. The beer of Guinness and St. Catherine´s church are some of them. But it is only a safe place in daytime, Avril from the Tourist Of-fice in Dublin city thinks.

“I would not go in to Thomas street in the night-time, because of the well-known crime over there. But in the daytime I think you will be safe, because it is so many peo-ple around the tourist spots.”

Besides being a tourist area, Thomas Street is well known as a place drug users from all around the city travelling to. The place has improved over the years, but is still starveling with drug users and gangs.

“Dublin is like any other big city traditionally. You have to be smart

and which out witch places you decide to go to, “says Avril.

Hostels in Gardiner Street

On the other side of the river, in the North of Dublin city you find Gardiner Street. The street is just five minutes walk from O´Connell street and the Spire of Dublin. But like Thomas Street on the south, you should watch out in the night thinks Avril.

“If you are a traveller, you can stay at the hostels in Gardiner Street, it is so many of them. And like I said earlier, it is a safe place like any other places in the city around day time.”

“But you have to keep an eye on the people out in the night, and watch your back. It is a methadone clinic close to Gardiner Street, thats why I will be careful,” says Avril from the Tourist Office in Dublin city. (she will not publish her second name)

By Marlene Engan

New in Dublin, what about the safety?

GARDINER STREET: In Dublin 1. PHOTO: MARLENE ENGAN

At Griffith College there has been some

kind of societies for thir-ty years.

“The Student Union love to help students here at Griffith, who wants to start their own society. They can get economical support, and we can also help them if they want other students from other Colleges to join,” says Jacquie Ryan (23) member of the Student Union for three years and Law Student at

Griffith College.

What do you need to start a so-ciety?

“You only need to gather stu-dents who wants to join.”

What is the best thing about so-cieties?

“The best thing is that you get to know many different kinds of people, and you learn so much about other cultures.”

Is there anyone who has started a society this semester?

“No, my advice is to just do it! You will not regret it!”

What has been the weirdest soci-ety at the College?

“It was one society that was called: “The Pants down Society.” They used to go to bars and drop their pants (after drinking some pints), that was kind of funny.”

Were there any girls in that soci-ety?!

“No.”

What has been the most popular society?

“That must be the football team, girls joined in after a while.”

Is there any limit to how many that

can join a society?

“Not really, as many as possible is good.”

Have you been a member of a so-ciety?

“Yes, I`ve participated in the Basketball Society, the Yoga Society and the Dance Society.”

Were there any boys in these so-cieties?

“I remember that in dance-class-es there were sometimes more boys than girls, so it was very suc-cessful!”

By Helle Koeber

Start your own society!

AT GRIFFITH COLLEGE: Jacquie Ryan member of the Student Union. PHOTO: MAIKEN WOLL EIDE

Stublin Sept 2010

The Survival Kit

By Ingvild Liadal and Heidi Hanssen

Climate

As you all probably know, Ireland is a green Island in North West Europe. Not only does Ireland and Dublin have leprechauns and pots of gold in the end of the rainbow,. but it rains a lot, and I don’t mean a couple of raindrops; it pours! It’s impossible to dress for the weath-er, usually, as can four seasons in one day. Not to mention the wind. It’s quite windy in Dublin so there-fore it is often a complete waste to bring an umbrella. So get yourself a rain poncho and some rubber boots first chance you get.

NB! The Island is also very hu-mid, so it takes a long time to dry-clean clothes. Washing machines

are not the best, certainly not dry-ers, so it’s wise to invest in a small drying rack.

Electrical Current

Main electricity is supplied at 220/240 volts (50 cycles). Plugs are 3-pin flat; so if you’re from a 2-pin appliances land, buy yourself an adapter.

Emergencies

In case of emergency, you dial 999 or 112 and ask the operator for the emergency service you re-quire. Here you get the Fire Dep., Gardaí (the Irish word for police), Ambulance, Boat & Costal Res-cue or Mountain & Cave Rescue. When the emergency service an-swers, state the address or loca-tion at which help is needed.

And kids, try not to end up in drunken arrest.

Transportation by bus

One thing you ought to know, ei-ther if you’re in the city for a week, a month, or even a year – the local buses in Dublin are highly confus-ing, and take a long time to fully understand. Don’t be surprised if you have to wait half an hour by the bus stop before the bus arrives. Get used to it.

The buses in Dublin only ac-cepts coin fares, and the exact change must be paid – if not you’ll get a «change receipt» with your ticket, and you can go and collect your change at the Dublin Bus Of-fice at 59 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1. This gets really frustrating after a while, because let’s be honest –

who actually bothers to pick up five cents?

People can tell you a lot about how your life is going to be as a student in Dublin. But the truth is, it’s never as simple as they tell you. Here, dear fellow student,

is the brutal truth.

DUBLIN BUS: When you take the bus, always bring the excat amount of coins. PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL

PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL

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Run through Dublin

Dublin City Marathon will take place on Bank

Holiday Monday, 25th of October, and another big turnout is expected this year.

This is a marathon where eve-ryone can participate. The route trough the historic streets of Dub-lin is open for eight hours. So if you don`t feel like running, why not walk the entire rout?

The marathon is arranged for

the 31st time this year. It all started in 1980, with 1 420 runners cross-ing the finishing line. The organiz-ers expect that around 10 000 will complete this year.

The race starts at Fitzwilliam Street Upper and will finish at Merrion Square North. And re-member to smile when you cross the finishing line as you picture will be taken.

If you are unfit, you can get training advice on the Dublin City Marathon webpages before you run. You can also see all the chari-ties you can run and raise money

for. It is not required, but why not do something good while you run.

This is what adventure-mar-athon.com has to say about the marathon:

“The Lifestyle Sports - Adidas Dublin Marathon is also known as the ‘Friendly Marathon’ due to the many enthusiastic spectators lin-ing the streets to support the ex-hausted marathoners with encour-aging cheers – reveal your name on your shirt and you might get personal encouragement as well. “

The organizers need many vol-unteers, it is a good opportunity to

get to know new people. Or you can stand by the streets and cheer the participants on.

This is not only an Irish thing, over half of the participants are from overseas. So it will be a big international party.

Entry fee is 90 Euros, and you have to sign up before the 4th of October 17:00.

For more information see www.dublinmarathon.ie

By Miriam S. Naess

• Money• Passport/ID• Mobilephone • Condoms

(Trojan)

• Taco Spice Mix• iPod• Chapstick• Spare keys

Ò The Lifestyle Sports - Adidas Dublin Marathon is also known as the Ô Friendly MarathonÓ

The drivers also expect you to eventually know the fare for your destination, and it’s enough to tell him ex. €1.60. Until you get the hang of it, ask the drivers.

The local buses run from around 5am, until 11.30pm on weekdays. On the weekends the bus serv-ice offers their users 24 late-night routes, which run from midnight until around 2-4am. This means – if you’re out in the city on a week-day night, and you miss the last bus home, you’re screwed.

The conclusion: Don’t trust the timetables, always bring with you loads of coins, when out on a Sat-urday night; walk home, spend the night with someone or take a taxi home.

Food

Fried fish, fried potatoes, fried meat, fried anything – the Irish like to fry their food, as you might have noticed. It can be difficult to find healthier options in normal gro-cery stores. Luckily there are big-ger food chains in the city that of-fers you a wide range of healthier options, fruits and vegetables.

The food in Ireland is widely internationalized by now, and you can find most of the food you’re already used to eating wherever you’ve moved from Tanzania or Mongolia. The Irish can offer you real traditional food, as well as Ital-ian, French, Thai, Chinese, Ameri-can, etc. There is something here for everyone.

There is one thing though, that gets frustrating after a while, as told by many foreigners in the city. Most food chains in Dublin do not sell real Taco spice mix for meat in their stores. For some reason all they sell is Fajita mix for chicken tacos. And if, for some reason, the grocery stores you’re in do sell Taco spice mix it tastes different. Not awful, but not really good ei-ther. As much as we eat tacos all over the world today this really is quite irritating. Maybe not for eve-ryone, but it’s enough to bother us.

The conclusion is: if you want re-ally good food, find a well-known, large grocery store. If you want good tacos, have a friend send the spice by mail!

REMEMBER: Umbrella and an adapter. PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL

PHOTO: Meningitis-trust.ie

You will also need:

Stublin Sept 2010

Fabulous fashions Four students, four nationalities, four styles. All dressed to impress and for success.

The French with THE trench

You can never go wrong when you have a Burberry trenchcoat. Timeless and always smart looking.

Name: RomainCountry: FranceCourse: BA in Business, 3rd year.Wearing: Converse shoes, CK jeans, Levi’s belt, Hilfiger sweater, Burberry trenchcoat and a 5 EURO scarf.

The Wellie girl

Like a Norwegian Kate Moss she is wearing Hunter wellies with a second hand Levi’s denim shorts. Just as good on campus as at Coachella.

Name: HelleCountry: NorwayCourse: BA in Journalism and visual media.Wearing: Hunter wellies, tights from Penneys, second hand Levi’s 501 shorts, H&M jacket and top, Penneys scarf, Dolce & Gabbana bag, Daytripper sunglasses and a watch from Nixon.

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The Chinese Harajuku boy

Although Harajuku is based in Japan. This boy from China really can dress you in a good mood. Colourful, playful and absolutely fabulous.

Name: EidconCountry: ChinaCourse: 3 month English course.Wearing: Shoes from Nike, pants from Yes jeans, jacket and glasses from China and sweater from Whylan.

By Julie Marlen Engel Jenssen Leirvaag and Maiken Woll Eide (photo)

The Stripy girl

Stripes has a tendency to always come back in style whether you do the sailor, the pirate or a Coco Chanel. And a brown Mulberry bag never goes out of style.

Name: IngvildCountry: PhillipinesCourse: BA in Journalism and visual media.Wearing: Bag from Mulberry, sweater from Bik Bok, scarf, boots and pants from Penneys and a jacket from H&M.

at Griffith College

Stublin Sept 2010

Paul James is born and raised in Dublin, and is a nice, chatty taxi

driver who is more than willing to give tourists advice about what to do, and what not to do, while they are in Dublin.

“There is a lot to see in this city, but be sure to always bring an um-brella and a deodorant spray. The umbrella for the rain, and the spray for the criminals.”

Here are some of James’ and other Irish people’s advices on what you should see while in Dub-lin.

The Guinness Storehouse was built in 1904 and was used as a storehouse and for fermenting beer until 1988.

Since The Storehouse opened as a visitor attraction in November 2000, it has had more than four million visitors.

The ground floor introduces the brewery’s founder Arthur Guin-ness as well as the beer’s four in-gredients: water, barley, hops and yeast. In upper floors you can read, listen to or watch the history of Guinness. You can also write greet-ings, look at Guinness’ advertising through the years, and learn how

to pour a perfect pint of Guinness.

The seventh and final floor houses the Gravity Bar. Here visi-tors can enjoy a pint of Guinness and also get a 360 degree view over Dublin City.

The Guinness Storehouse is located at St. James’s Gate and is about a twenty minutes to walk from the Temple Bar Area.

You should go to The Guinness Storehouse because Guinness is drunk by people all over the world, and it was invented and is brewed right here in Dublin!

Croke Park is a stadium in the heart of Dublin city. It is the home field of the Gaelic Athletic Asso-ciation (GAA), which is the biggest sporting organisation in Ireland. It is primarily used for Gaelic games, but music concerts have also been

held in the stadium.

Croke Park has a capacity of 82.300 people, which makes it the third largest stadium in Europe.

Since 2nd of May 2009 the stadi-um has held the world record for largest attendance at a provincial rugby union.

Croke Park is located at James Road which is about half an hour walk from the Temple Bar Area.

You should go to Croke Park because it is the third largest sta-dium in the world. Imagine that!

Kilmainham Prison is lo-cated in Kilmainham, Dublin. It is Ireland’s most famous disused prison. It was built in 1796 and is now used as a museum.

Kilmainham Prison was closed in 1924. However, for 128 years many leaders were imprisoned and executed in this prison. Irish he-roes like Charles Stewart Parnell, Robert Emmet, Eamon de Valera, Padraig Pearse and James Connoly were imprisoned in this jail.

If you decide to visit the prison you will be given a guided tour of it, on which you will be told the history of the prison. You will also be able to see the signatures of fa-mous prisoners in their old cells. Why should you go there?

“This is a must see because it

will show you what the British did to us. If there is one thing I would want you to see while in Dublin, it is that prison,” says Dubliner Paul James.

Trinity College was founded by Queen Elizabeth in 1592 and was the first university in Ireland. Many famous students have at-tended the college, for example playwright Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Beckett.

The major attraction in the College is the Old Library. It’s the largest library in Ireland. Here you can find more than a million books and manuscripts. Two of the most famous books are the ”Book of Kells” and the ”Book of Durrow”.

Because of these treasures it at-tracts thousands of visitors every year.

Ò There is a lot to see in this city but be sure to always bring an umbrella and a deodorant spray. The umbrella for the rain and the spray for the criminals.Ó

Experience Dublin in one weekend

By Cathrine Loekken and Kaja Hoff

If you are visiting Dublin for three days or less, this is what dubliners recommend you to do.

Photo by: Colleen McDevitt

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The last must do when you are in Dublin is to go to one of the fine Irish pubs. Be ready for a long night with lots of beer and friendly people. Ask Irish people where to find a great Irish pub with cheap beer and live music. They are more than happy to write down their fa-vorite pubs for you. Here are some of the pubs we have been recom-mended to go to:

• Dicey’s on Harcourt Street. About 20 minutes to walk from the Temple Bar area.

• Sweeney’s on Dame Street. This pub is located in the Temple Bar area.

• The Church at the junction of Mary Street and Jervis Street. About a ten minutes walk from the Temple Bar area.

• The Patriots on South Circular Road. About ten minutes in a cab from the Temple Bar area.

• The Bleeding Horse on Upper Camden Street. A 20 minutes walk from the Temple Bar area.

Sources: www.guinness-storehouse.com, www.crokepark.ie, www.dublintourist.com, www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk, goireland.about.com, www.tcd.ie and www.wikipedia.com.

”International Life Dublin ar-ranges very good parties sev-

eral times a week, and in addition we do weekend trips to various locations in Ireland,” says Mark Lostus. Together with Rory Din-negan he runs the student society

International Life Dublin.

When they studied in Sevilla, they were both part of the student organisation Erasmus, which like International Life Dublin arranges events. When they got back to Ire-

land they found that there was no similar organization in Dublin. In-ternational Life Dublin was found-ed last year to a great response.

”The reactions from the stu-dents have been good. Som stu-dents from last semester said that this made their year. It becomes like a community, and it’s a great way to meet other students. At the events there are students from all around the world, so it’s also a great way to improve their eng-lish,” says Mark.

However, parties are not the only thing International Life Dub-lin can help students with. They can also help with accomodation,

VISA issues and advice on mostly everything a student needs.

Aslak Fiske Fjalestad is a Nor-wegian student at the Dublin Insti-tute of Technology, he was at the

last International Life Dublin party.

”Nightclubs are not normally my favourite scene, but the party was really good. There were a lot of people and it was a very fun night,” Aslak says

He liked the fact that there were students from around the world at the party, but his main reason for going to parties like this is obvious.

”Beer is the best part of these events!”

Aslak is also considering signing up for trips that International Life Dublin are arranging througout

this year.

”I want to see more of the is-land, and this would be a good op-

portunity to do so.”

International Life Dublin has parties every tuesday at d|two, and fridays at Purty Kitchen. Be sure to get a memberships card to enjoy discounted prices.

For more information log on to www.internationallifedublin.com or www.erasmusdublin.com.

By Lars Rustgaard Ramsøy

After many years with scattered student parties, a student society with an aim to bring the international students of Dublin together was founded last year.

Party in the jar

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The Brazen Head: The Shoos, Sparrow and The Workshop. (Ticket)

The Village: Kelis, Ty, Tinie Tem-pah, Example, We have a band (ticket)

The Academy: Brandon Flow-ers, Plan B, José González, Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band, Slow Club. (ticket)

The George: Bitches with Wolves, Dirty Epics (ticket)

The Olympia: Cathy Davey, Carbon/Silicon, The Chapters

Vicar St: The Courteeners, the Maccabees, The Hoosiers, Eliza Doolittle (ticket)

Fitzsimons: Pilotlight, Ryan Sheridan (ticket)

Arlington hotel: Joshua Tree

The palace bar: The boy who trapped the sun, John Spillane (ticket)

Buskers: TKO

Oliver st. John Gogartys: The high kings, Oliver Cole (tick-et)

The foggy dew: Half Hour He-roes

Mercantile Bar: Heroes in hid-ing

The stags head: The rags, Ryan Sheridan (ticket)

The bank: Joey Negro & The Sunburst band (ticket)

O’Donoghues: David Kitt, The Chapters (ticket)

Dakota: Snow Patrol, Manic Street Preachers, Biffy Clyro, the winner of Our Thursday (ticket)

Pygmalion: The dirty 9s, the Rags (ticket)

Hogans: RoySeven (ticket)

Bruxelles: Sparrow and the Workshop, Heathers. (Ticket)

Sinnotts: Fight like apes, Pilot-light (ticket)

Whelans: Dirty Epics, Butterfly explosion (ticket)

Flannery’s: Molotov jukebox (ticket)

The bleeding horse: Pho-tosonic Orchestra

The Odeon: Oliver Cole, But-terfly explosion

The Leeson Hotel: DJ Seb Fontaine

The Temple Bar: The Broken Records, The High Kings (ticket)

Arthur’s day was celebrated for the first time last year, during

the 250 anniversary of Guinness, it’s a celebration of Arthur Guin-ness’ life and legacy.

At 17.59 on September 23rd a toast all over the world will start the celebration of Arthur Guinness day 2010. I asked people around in the city what they were going to do on this day, and they all said the same: DRINK GUINNESS!

Arthur was the founder of the Guinness brewery business, an entrepreneur, visionary and philan-thropist.

Our Thursday

Every Thursday from the mid-dle of July to the middle of august there has been concerts held in pubs around the whole coun-try, to find the best live bands to perform on Thursday. It started in small pubs, where the audience could vote which band they liked the most.

Then the judges had to pick 24 bands, and then it went down to 4 bands in a final round.

The winner was Maud in Ca-hoots, they will play in St. James’s gate brewery along with Snow Patrol, Manic Street Preachers and Biffy Clyro.

Dublin is ready for Arthur Guinness dayDo you have any plans Thursday the 23rd September? If you do, cancel them, and go out and have a Guinness instead.

By Hege Dancke Stoelan

Stublin Sept 2010

Just outside the Jervis shopping centre in Dub-lin 1 is the location of the National Lepre-

chaun Museum, the only attraction dedicated to Irish mythology.

Stublin stepped inside to find out what it was all about and why you would (or would not) want to visit it.

After going through the entrance of this 16,000 sq ft building, there is a five minute in-troduction to the museum.

We are told that the Irish folklore is based on storytelling, and so the museum is designed as a story consisting of 12 chapters. It’s not solely about leprechauns; fairies and other myths from the Irish folklore are also given a share of the attention.

The guide leaves the visitors on their own to explore, and we start of by going through a tunnel that makes the people on the other side of it seem like little people – it is supposed to symbolise that we are stepping into the “other world”.

There is a room with a rainbow made of strings in different colours coming down from the ceiling; another has a big map of Ireland with visual effects; and obviously there’s a room with a pot of gold, the leprechauns’ treasure.

However, the most interesting chapter of this “story” is the room in which the visitors are told the story about Oisín, a figure from the Irish folklore. The guy telling the story is good at storytelling; he is engaging and really brings this sad mythical tale to life.

Then all of the sudden, we’re out in the streets of Dublin again. It doesn’t seem to have taken such a long time since we walked through the entrance on the other side of the building, and the visual elements of the attraction won’t stay in memory too long.

At one point, we supposedly walked beneath the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, a for-mation of six-sided rocks with folklore attached

to it. It’s too bad that the “rocks” here are made of wood, lacking any sort of paint or other ef-fects to make them look like stones.

Another room with giant chairs and tables doesn’t give the illusion it aims for, as the size of the room itself doesn’t correspond with the size of the furniture. Throughout the museum, it seems like a little more effort and attention to detail would have made it all a little more interesting. Moreover, one would expect to see more leprechauns in such a museum!

That being said, people with an above-aver-age interest in Irish mythology would probably

get something out of a visit to this museum.

That’s because the museum captures some of the spirit of the Irish folklore, and it’s the only attraction of its kind currently available. But for the rest of us, it will probably be a better in-vestment to use the entry fee of 10 euro (7 euro for students) on seeing a film in one of the nearby cinemas.

The National Leprechaun museum info:

Created by Tom O’Rahilly, an Irish designer who got the idea in 2003.

Was finished in March 2010

Opening times are:Monday-Saturday: 9.30 – 18.30Sundays and bank holidays: 10.30 – 18.30

The museum’s official website is:www.leprechaunmuseum.ie

By Morten Christiansen

People with an above-average interest in Irish mythology would probably get some-thing out of a visit to this museum.

The entrance to the museum, right next to the luas line and the Jervis shopping centre.

Rainbows do not always lead to pots of gold

The obligatory pot of gold.

One of the first things you should think about

when in a new city, is where the hell can I hear good music! Well, don’t worry,

Stublin’s got the answer. If you’re a real music lover, or just interested in the typi-cal tourist traps, with a feel of Irish culture, there will

always be a place to go out when in Dublin. With a big mix of a little bit of every-thing, Dublin is one of the cities with the most to of-

fer. Here are four places you should definitely check out when roaming the streets of many famous musicians

The MezzEustace Street Dublin 2Beer price: 5€

If you’re looking for a place with good live music, a lot of people

and relativily cheap beers, The Mezz is the place to be.

Usually packed to the brink of destruction, it’s a great place to discover new music, get new friends and rock the night away.

The Mezz has two floors, one being more exclusive (not even mentioning the ten euro admission fee), and the other with a more rock feel to it.

With free admission, live bands and beers for around five euros, the ground floor at The Mezz is a popular place to be for all kinds of people, although the appeal will probably be bigger for the rockers, because of the music they play.

There are live bands every night of the week, everything between reagge, rock, ska, jazz and more.

The crowd is international, and you will meet people from all over the world when at The Mezz.

With opening hours until 3am every night, you’ll always have a place to go when in Dublin, look-ing for a couple of beers and some good music.

WHERE TO GO, TO GET (FREE) ROCK AND ROLL

By Marte Woxen and Carina Behrens

Sin É

The Academy

Sin ÉOrmond QuayBeer price: 5 €

Sin É is a dark and crowded bar during the weekend. It looks

cool, the people are cool and they play everything from The Strokes to Michael Jackson, unless there’s a DJ or a live band (they have a good reputation of promoting Irish bands and music).

Whatever you like, you’ll find it in Sin É.

There are two floors, both which provides a dance floor (per-fect if you like to dance very close to other people). So if you like rock ‘n’ roll, to dance, to sit and drink beer and talk to nice bar-tenders, you will definitely have a blast at Sin É.

You need to be a pationt rocker though, because as mentioned they can switch from AC/DC to David Guetta in less than five minutes.

78 Queen StreetDublin 7Beer price: 5 €

To find the Dice bar you have to walk along the Liffey on the

right side till’ you find the small, but cool Dice bar.

This bar is owned by the same people as Sin É (recommended), so if you’ve already been there, you can pretty much expect the same environment.

The main difference between the two is that The Dice Bar always have DJ’s playing, and it’s more inti-mate and not as dark as Sin E.

The Dice Bar is also a good place to show off your dancing skills without bumping into every Beyonce wannabe in the area. Those you’ll find at Fitzsimmons in Temple Bar ...

If you like good music and want to avoid the biggest tourist traps you find in Temple Bar district, The Dice Bar is the bar for you.

57 Middle Abbey StreetDublin 1Beer price: 5 €

The academy may give you the chance to see one of your fa-

vourite bands and artist.

Here you can see everything from more famous artist like Bran-don Flowers and Crystle Castle, to less known bands like Mystery Jets.

The Academy has a lot of room and is perfect to check out if you want to see a concert and are will-ing to pay around 20€ for it.

There is also a club called Acam-edy 2, which is open all night and have a DJ set called Propaganda, every Saturday.

They claim this is the biggest indie night in Ireland, and promise to play cool London tunes like La Roux and more.

If you like to dance and you’re into London clubbing or you want to enjoy concerts, this is definitely a place to check out.

The Dice BarLive concert at the Academy.

By Temple Bar you’ll find the Mezz. Along the Liffey, Sin E lies, waiting.