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Pub Bigot 9:15 Wed Jan 24
Dublin/Belfast
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Right, oracle, give me things to do in Dublin/Belfast.
I’m fairly familiar with Belfast, not at all with Dublin, so those of you who know it or have been enough to know some cultural and drinking hotspots, as Len would say, furnish me.
For Belfast, maybe some places worth visiting off the beaten track that are hidden gems you’ve discovered.
If you can offer advice that isn’t likely me ending up having a row or end up in a ditch, I’ll be eternally grateful.
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Leonard Hatred
9:18 Wed Jan 24
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Dublin is the most overrated city in Europe and FUCKING expensive.
It exists for American plastic Paddies.
It's no better than and provincial UK city like Sheffield or Plymouth.
It is shit.
Belfast is MAGNIFICENT and possibly my favourite city.
Just go there and fuck Dublin off.
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Takashi Miike
9:19 Wed Jan 24
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don't bother. fly down to Kerry and stay in Killarney instead
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bruuuno
9:23 Wed Jan 24
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Why is Belfast so good len?
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Leonard Hatred
9:40 Wed Jan 24
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The political history, the murals, the Titanic Quarter, good pubs, several Wetherspoons, Falls Rd, the Shankill.
Scenic walks around the city centre, The Crown tavern with Victorian brass and booths where you'll get the best Guinness in Ireland, with oysters. Across the road from the Europa, the most bombed hotel in the world.
Good music gaffs, just a great vibe about the place.
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Leonard Hatred
9:42 Wed Jan 24
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Do the "troubles" bus tour of Belfast. It is fascinating.
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bruuuno
10:53 Wed Jan 24
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Not sure I like the sound of a Victorian brass but the rest sounds good
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joyo
11:20 Wed Jan 24
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Forget Dublin
Haven't been to Belfast in donkeys but hear it's the bollocks still
Galway is another good city
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riosleftsock
11:22 Wed Jan 24
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Leonard Hatred 9:18 Wed Jan 24
Pretty much end of thread. Dublin is completely fucked and over-rated. Such a shame as I used to love the place. Its fucking over-priced and full of africans.
Belfast is incredible, loads to see and do, as well as the funniest and most hospitable people in europe (if they don't kill you)
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Come On You Irons
11:34 Wed Jan 24
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I agree regarding Belfast. I visited it for the first time in late 2022 and thoroughly enjoyed my trip. The Crown bar is a magnificent former gin palace.
The Titanic Quarter is great too.
Sadly though I noticed that Belfast is being infiltrated by Muslims and Africans like so many other European cities. A sad aspect of modern times in Western Europe.
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GoalLazio
1:13 Thu Jan 25
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Rather the muslims and africans go there with the micks. Maybe sweet potato will become the national dish
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Briano
9:23 Thu Jan 25
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I stay regularly in the City centre, great hotels, restaurants, music and nightlife brilliant, the people are great, everyone football mad..albeit Manu and Liverpool but loads of banter.
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eastend joker
10:36 Thu Jan 25
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I like Belfast , try "The Hideout" on Donegal Pass .
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jfk
4:11 Fri Jan 26
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Thanks to this Belfast is a city I’ll look forward to visiting,
Can also confirm Dublins a dump and a rip off, anywhere to the west of Cork City is lovely,although weather is likely to be pissing rain at best,avoid Limerick at all costs it’s a shithole full of wrongens.
The costal road to the west of cork (Atlantic pass I think) is the bollocks wild coastal coast with the odd fantistic villages ,Glandore,Union Hall,ballydehob ,Scholl, Baltimore .
Go on to Kenmare ,Kerry up to Galway and further north,Connemara is stunning.
An undiscovered area for those that like a holiday with a difference.wild ,breathtaking scenery.
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Manuel
8:30 Fri Jan 26
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Yea Belfast is somewhere I'd like to visit someday, as well as the other parts of Ireland, doubt it will happen now though somehow. I went to Waterford many moons ago for a wedding, can't remember much about it now except it was the coldest I have ever been, this was in October, utterly baltic.
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Rossal
11:03 Fri Jan 26
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Another vote here for Galway, some cracking restaurants and pubs there. Can go dog or horse racing and i did the drive out to Connemara national park and climbed to the top. Bit of a slog but the views up there are breathtaking and certainly can have a few guilt free guinness' after
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Oh dear
11:11 Fri Jan 26
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All the criticisms of Dublin are valid. It isn't that it is a particularly unpleasent place, just massively overrated
I'd love to go to Belfast though
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Moncurs Putting Iron
11:35 Fri Jan 26
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Been to Dublin as the starting point for a roadtrip down the coast ending in Cork, was by far the least interesting part of the whole five days. Len has it spot on Tourist trap, overpriced, stag/hen do nonsense.
Do the Guinness brewery tour and get the fuck out.
Belfast have been several times on 'bizzness' much more charm, history, edge and identity.
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BRANDED
11:52 Fri Jan 26
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Last time I was in Belfast was in the 1990s. Off to a rave in Portrush. It was a cold and wet December early evening and it looked grim. As we drove through the city we passed a pipe and drum band marching down a street.
Absolute mentalists.
Portrush golf course was great though.
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ray winstone
12:03 Fri Jan 26
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''several Wetherspoons'', fancy going on a city break and ending up in a soulless building full of piss-heads drinking cheap beer and eating prison food, marvellous.
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