Stublin Sept 2010

The editors Fáilte - Welcome - Velkommen

Maiken Woll Eide (cover)

Carina Behrens
T o 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.
Lars Rustgaard Ramsøy 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
Contributors 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.
Helle Køber
Hege Dancke Others are maybe completely new to the country and are caught in tourist traps every
Cathrine Løkken time they walk out of the door. Well, don’t be scared to leave Penneys, there are plenty
Kaja Hoff of other fun stuff to do in Dubh Linn, and we will try to guide you on the way.
Heidi Hanssen We hope you will enjoy our proud work, and we will more than likely see you in the halls
Ingvild Liadal or in the bar. On behalf of our hardworking crew we wish you all
Morten Christiansen
Julie Marlen Engel Jenssen
Leirvåg
Marlene Engan céad míle fáilte go Baile Átha Cliath!
Miriam S. Naess
Marte Woxen
Britt 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- Page 3: Student Societies and Student Safety
tional party. Page 4: Survival Kit
Miss Irene Feeney for Page 5: Dublin Marathon
putting up with us Norwe-
Page 6: Griffith Fashion
gians spending every free
minute asking her ques- Page 7: What To Do in Dublin
tions. Page 8: International Life Dublin
Lastly, Miss Claire Cox for Page 9: Arthur Guinness Day
being the kindest and most Page 10: The Leprechaun Museum
awesome person. Page 11: Bar Guide

AT GRIFFITH COLLEGE: Jacquie Ryan member of the Student Union.
By Helle Koeber
A t 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
New in Dublin, what about the safety?
GARDINER STREET: In Dublin 1.
By Marlene Engan
D ublin is a safe city to
stay in for students,
but it is certain parts of the
city you should stay away
from.
Start your own
society!
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!”
PHOTO: MARLENE ENGAN
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
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
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
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PHOTO: MAIKEN WOLL EIDE
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!”
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)
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The Survival Kit
DUBLIN BUS: When you take the bus, always bring the excat amount of coins.
P eople 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.
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.
PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL
And kids, try not to end up in who actually bothers to pick up
drunken arrest. five cents?
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
PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL
a while, because let’s be honest –

REMEMBER: Umbrella and an adapter. PHOTO: INGVILD LIADAL
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.
You will also need:
• Money
• Passport/ID
• Mobilephone
• Condoms
(Trojan)
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!
• Taco Spice Mix
• iPod
• Chapstick
• Spare keys
Run through
Dublin
By Miriam S. Naess
D ublin 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
Ò The Lifestyle Sports - Adidas Dublin
Marathon is also known as the Ô Friendly
MarathonÓ
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
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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
PHOTO: Meningitis-trust.ie
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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: Romain
Country: France
Course: 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: Helle
Country: Norway
Course: 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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at Griffith College
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: Ingvild
Country: Phillipines
Course: 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.

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: Eidcon
Country: China
Course: 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)
Stublin Sept 2010

If you are visiting Dublin for three days or less, this is what dubliners
recommend you to do.
By Cathrine Loekken
and Kaja Hoff
P aul 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.
Experience Dublin
in one weekend
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!
Ò There is a lot to see
in this city but be
held in the stadium. will show you what the British did
to us. If there is one thing I would
Croke Park has a capacity of
want you to see while in Dublin, it
82.300 people, which makes it the
is that prison,” says Dubliner Paul
third largest stadium in Europe.
James.
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 Photo by: Colleen McDevitt
prison. It was built in 1796 and is

sure to always bring

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
an umbrella and a
deodorant spray. The
umbrella for the rain
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,
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

and the spray for the

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
criminals.Ó
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
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
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.
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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.

Party in the jar

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.

By Lars Rustgaard
Ramsøy
”I nternational Life Dublin ar-
ranges very good parties sev-
eral times a week, and in addition
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
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.
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-

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-
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,
”Nightclubs are not normally portunity to do so.”
my favourite scene, but the party
International Life Dublin has
was really good. There were a lot
parties every tuesday at d|two, and
of people and it was a very fun
fridays at Purty Kitchen. Be sure to
night,” Aslak says
get a memberships card to enjoy
He liked the fact that there were discounted prices.
students from around the world at For more information log on
the party, but his main reason for
to www.internationallifedublin.
going to parties like this is obvious.
com or www.erasmusdublin.
”Beer is the best part of these com.
events!”
Stublin Sept 2010

Dublin is ready for

Arthur Guinness day
Do you have any plans Thursday the 23rd September? If you do, cancel
them, and go out and have a Guinness instead.
By Hege Dancke Our Thursday
Stoelan Every Thursday from the mid-

A rthur’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.
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.

The Olympia: Cathy Davey,
Carbon/Silicon, The Chapters
Vicar St: The Courteeners, the
Maccabees, The Hoosiers, Eliza
Doolittle (ticket)
Fitzsimons: Pilotlight,
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
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)
Mercantile Bar: Heroes in hid- Whelans: Dirty Epics, Butterfly
ing explosion (ticket)
The stags head: The rags, Flannery’s: Molotov jukebox
Ryan Sheridan (ticket) (ticket)
The bleeding horse: Pho-
Ryan tosonic Orchestra
The Odeon: Oliver Cole, But-
terfly explosion
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) The Leeson Hotel: DJ Seb
Fontaine
Hogans: RoySeven (ticket)
The Temple Bar: The Broken
Bruxelles: Sparrow and the
Records, The High Kings (ticket)
Workshop, Heathers. (Ticket)
Sinnotts: Fight like apes, Pilot-
light (ticket)
 Stublin Sept 2010

Rainbows do not always lead

to pots of gold
By Morten Christiansen

J ust 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.
The entrance to the museum, right next to the luas line and the Jervis shopping centre.
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 People with an above- get something out of a visit to this museum.
That’s because the museum captures some of
Irish folklore. The guy telling the story is good
at storytelling; he is engaging and really brings average interest in the spirit of the Irish folklore, and it’s the only
attraction of its kind currently available. But for
this sad mythical tale to life.
Then all of the sudden, we’re out in the
Irish mythology would the rest of us, it will probably be a better in-
vestment to use the entry fee of 10 euro (7
streets of Dublin again. It doesn’t seem to have
taken such a long time since we walked through
probably get some- euro for students) on seeing a film in one of the
nearby cinemas.
the entrance on the other side of the building,
and the visual elements of the attraction won’t
thing out of a visit to
The National Leprechaun museum
stay in memory too long. this museum. info:
At one point, we supposedly walked beneath
the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland, a for-
mation of six-sided rocks with folklore attached Created by Tom O’Rahilly, an Irish
to it. It’s too bad that the “rocks” here are made
designer who got the idea in 2003.
of wood, lacking any sort of paint or other ef-
The obligatory pot of gold. fects to make them look like stones.
Another room with giant chairs and tables Was finished in March 2010
doesn’t give the illusion it aims for, as the size
of the room itself doesn’t correspond with the Opening times are:
size of the furniture. Throughout the museum, Monday-Saturday: 9.30 – 18.30
it seems like a little more effort and attention
to detail would have made it all a little more
Sundays and bank holidays: 10.30 –
interesting. Moreover, one would expect to see 18.30
more leprechauns in such a museum!
That being said, people with an above-aver- The museum’s official website is:
age interest in Irish mythology would probably www.leprechaunmuseum.ie
WHERE TO GO, TO GET
(FREE) ROCK AND ROLL
O ne 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-
fer. Here are four places you
should definitely check out
when roaming the streets
thing, Dublin is one of the of many famous musicians
cities with the most to of-

By Marte Woxen and Carina Behrens

The Mezz Sin É

Eustace Street Sin É
Dublin 2 Ormond Quay
Beer price: 5€ Beer price: 5 €

I f 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.
Live concert at the Academy. The Mezz has two floors, one
being more exclusive (not even
S in 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.

The Academy The Dice Bar
57 Middle Abbey Street
Dublin 1
Beer price: 5 €
T he 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.
78 Queen Street
Dublin 7
Beer price: 5 €
T o 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.
mentioning the ten euro admission
fee), and the other with a more
There are two floors, both
which provides a dance floor (per-
rock feel to it. fect if you like to dance very close
to other people). So if you like
With free admission, live bands
and beers for around five euros, rock ‘n’ roll, to dance, to sit and
the ground floor at The Mezz is drink beer and talk to nice bar-
a popular place to be for all kinds tenders, you will definitely have a
blast at Sin É.
of people, although the appeal will
probably be bigger for the rockers,
because of the music they play.
You need to be a pationt rocker
though, because as mentioned they
There are live bands every night can switch from AC/DC to David
of the week, everything between Guetta in less than five minutes.
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.
By Temple Bar you’ll find the Mezz. Along the Liffey, Sin E lies, waiting.