|
ray winstone
12:03 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
''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.
|
Cony Tottee
1:50 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
I used to work in Belfast quite a bit and really enjoyed being there. As said below, The Crown is a nice pub but is always full of tourists (especially yanks). Personally I preferred the Cathedral Quarter as there are loads of good pubs there.
And the Botanic Garden by the uni is nice, especially in the summer.
|
MrTrentReznor
2:30 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
I found Belfast weird.
All the restaurants closed at 6pm on Saturday evening. Someone else that was there subsequently said the same thing - found it difficult to get food in the evening. On our visit it was the 12th August & the main thoroughfare was cordoned off by the police to allow a bunch of sash wearing, bowler hat clad marchers with banners traverse the street.
Giants Causeway was far from spectacular.
Only the northies could take pride in & build their entire tourist industry on the memory of a boat that sank resulting in the death of 1,500 passengers & crew.
Dublin is only appealing if you are going for an 'event'. Example, the Dublin Racing Festival in Leopardstown in early Feb, rugby Internationals, GAA semi-finals/finals if you're into that.
Killarney has been damaged by hotels cashing in on the 'refugee trade'. It has become a 'no go' area for local women & not just at night.
|
MrTrentReznor
2:55 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
Had 2 mates that went to Belfast for a Bruce Springsteen concert.
They were in a pub having a pint when they asked the barman where could they get accommodation. The bar man was friendly & was helpful but then was summoned to another part of the bar. The barman returned & told them because of their southern accents they should finish their pints & leave as they were in the wrong part of town.
Anyway, with B&B accommodation in a house secured in a more welcoming part of town the lads hit a night club later that night. They pulled two locals. As one of them said to me they were 'sure things' but 'to be sure, to be sure' the other less confident bloke bought his one two double vodkas.
Upon consumption of the vodkas the 'sure thing' collapsed.
The other three tried to revive the collapsee.
The purchaser of the vodka was not happy.
Anyway the party of 4 managed to return to the lads accommodation.
The confident fella had a great night & he said his fun was enhanced by the sounds of his companion trying to wake/rouse his comatose partner to engage in adult activity.
He was not successful.
Later in the evening the drunken lady woke as she needed to use the bathroom.
She got out of bed, couldn't find the toilet so sat on a sink that for some reason was placed in the bedroom.
The weight of the urinating female was too much for the sink to take and it collapsed in a fashion not dissimilar to how she had fallen some hours previously.
The females left the house immediately & the lads left early in the morning before the defunct plumbing was discovered.
Moral of the story: don't buy a sure thing multiple double vodkas.
|
Takashi Miike
3:00 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
trent, I haven't been to killarney for a few years so wasn't aware of the enrichment being introduced there too. bastards
|
Percy Dalton
11:09 Fri Jan 26
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
Hired a car in Kilarney and done the ring of Kerry.
Beautiful scenery but didn't find the locals friendly
|
simon.s
12:08 Sat Jan 27
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
Think I prefer Belfast out of the two been both recently, although I checked out the Aviva stadium for the summer 😀
|
Briano
1:19 Sat Jan 27
Re: Dublin/Belfast
|
Dirty Onion
Lavartys
Benedict’s
Duke of York
Harp Bar
Whites
…and many more
|
|
|
|
