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The Brazen Head
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The Brazen Head 20 Lower Bridge Steet Dublin 8 Ph: 01-6795186 |
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Description: Casual w/ Live Trad Music & Late Bar |
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Review: The Brazen Head is located on Bridge Street on the southside of the city and is the oldest pub in Dublin, a pub having always stood on this spot since 1198. Leading up to the pub, you pass through the beer garden which is a great spot on a sunny day for a few beers. It also has a bar now as well as heaters so smokers can light up come rain or shine. The crowd is a good mix of young and old offering a lively ambience. It is open late at the weekend with live trad music playing from 9.30 nightly and a Sunday session from 12.30pm to 2.30pm. The price of a pint is slightly higher than the surrounding pubs but the service is great. It also offers a delicious food menu which on the night we were there was being heartily tried and tested by some patrons and they really looked like they were enjoying it. It is a bit outside the centre of the city so if you are going here, you may as well stay the night, but having said this, it is well worth a visit if only for it's historic value.
Public Reviews:
- Loved it!!! The atmosphere was fantastic! The band was grand!!! So was the guinness. I loved looking at the memorabilia on the walls....still can't believe i was in a pub that was serving pints 600 old years before my country was settled!!!
- Of all the traditional irish bars I´ve ever visited, the Brazen Head has to be the best. Farther away from the more expensive and tourist filled Temple bar, the pub is a jewel with an excellent pint - friendly staff - good music - and great atmosphere.
- This is worth the effort. It's like walking in to the Dublin's history. Make the effort on yout way to the Guinness Brewery. It's well worth it.
- Oldest Pub in Dublin! Good fun here watching the tourists trying to deal with pub culture. Although, the place is best when it's quiet and you can have some chat. Serves a mean pint of Guinness.
- I was looking for an authentic Irish session, and I found it at brazen Head. The Atmosphere was wonderful! the people were great. I felt like a local when I was welcomed into the back room music session. I will be back!!!!
- A touch of the old, atmosphere a plenty and staff who are committed to the history of the place and you having a great time
- For smokers, The Brazen Head has a beer garden and sheltered heaters.
- Excellent : just the thing we were looking for . Irish music, a reasonable price for our Guinness, friendly staff. And really old!
- This pub is the oldest in Dublin and worth ticking off, but beware that as you walk up the Liffey river from Temple bar the area does get rather more run down and there are less people about. I would recommend this pub is visited while it is still light. There is a small beer garden and lounge / bar. The bar area is decorated with quite a bit of local Dublin history. As a stranger you will stick out in this pub.
- Despite it being a bit out of the way, the Brazen gets fairly busy especially at weekends during the summer. Has an open courtyard at the front which can be a great spot during fine weather. One of Dublin's great pubs. Even though it's a tourist hotspot, it still retains enough character to give you a good time.
- The Brazen Head on Bridge Street is not too far from Christ Church Cathedral, Bridge Street joining the South Liffey Quays with Thomas Street. It is alleged to be Dublin's oldest existing pub and has some good traditional music sessions at the weekend. Apparently, it was a favourite haunt of Irish writers Patrick Kavanagh and Brendan Behan.
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