Ireland is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my life and a lot of my appreciation for the country comes through the music – impromptu concerts at 3am outside of a pub in Doolin, jam sessions in Belfast and of course blues in Dublin (blues actually is a mixture of African and Irish music, but that’s another story for another time).īut not all of us want to go from pub to pub listening to obscure quotes or melancholic tunes. Now that we’ve mentioned bodhran’s and table dancing, we might as well include a traditional Irish music pub crawl, hosted by two musicians with an excellent tolerance for stout beer. ” a pub crawl… is a controlled (?) drinking spree with the simple intention of sampling a drink in as many hostelries as possible.” I like the definition of a pub crawl given by the James Joyce fan: There are dozens of different crawls to choose from, including:Ī Literary Dublin Pub Crawl, hosted by Colm Quilligan, which looks like a whole lot of fun and this James Joyce-inspired pub crawl that meanders all over town. The pub and the dancing are so ingrained in the culture that I don’t have to come up with “my favorite pub crawl” (which is great, because I remember little anyway). And in Doolin and in Dublin twice and then in Strabane … great craic, although I’ve never used that word because it sounds funny coming out of anyone but an Irishmen. I remember when that first happened to me, in Cork. If anything you need an excuse not to go pubbing, because there are few institutions like the Irish pub and few traditions as easy to learn and love as drinking, singing, whipping out a bodhran and dancing on the tables. Not that you need excuses in Dublin, really. Pubs across town host acts small and large - all blues related - and Irish and blues enthusiasts alike have yet another excuse to go out pubbing. I remember one of my first experiences in Dublin, crawling from bar to bar during the Guinness Blues Festival which takes place each year between the months of May and June.
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