A Saturday Night out in Dublin

I remember when I first returned to Ireland, I was genuinely frightened at the amount of fights late at night anywhere you went in Ireland. Some of the bigger towns around the country especially. If you think being a Dub is bad in these places try being a Corkie!!

As others have said you can (touch wood) avoid certain areas and keep the head down but at the same time the sheer numbers coming out of clubs and pubs at the same time and the aggression that takes place can be frightening if you are not used to it or have forgotten how to deal with it or avoid it.

It took me a while to get the bearings again and now whenever I go out I leave just before the pubs and clubs start chucking out.

The biggest problem though remains everyone getting turfed out at the same time all pumped up. Let them dance til the early hours until they are knackered out!

Having said all that it doeas seem to have got better over the last few years.

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It took me a while to get the bearings again and now whenever I go out I leave just before the pubs and clubs start chucking out.

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Solution? 24 hour drinking, works a treat, as the statistics have shown over the last 6 months over here.

Was in town on Saturaday nite and had a Ball. I was Dressed as Darth Vader and felt like a celebrity in temple Bar being stopped for photo's and such like
one really funny moment in Fitzsimons when I walked into the bathroom in full costume the place fell silent I stood beside the biggest Guy in there to do my business and pressed the random quote button on the voice box of the helmet and out comes "Don't make me destroy you" to thunderous laughter .......... vader helmet and voice changer €35 Taxi.€40 Beer money for me and Mrs raptor €150 20 blokes literally ****ing themselves laughing .........Priceless

[QUOTE=paul_oshea;565232]haven't lived in dublin in over 3 years now, but lived there for 5 and a half, so saw the student fights and the city-centre fights over time. have to say there is one place worse ive been after a night out ( thats supermacs in galway, because there is such a big group of people in one area, lost of drink etc i spose its bound to happen), but have been more worried myself in dublin than any other city. don't care what people say about keeping your head down, ive done that and fellas have still come up to me/my mates, "knacks" from the inner city generally and starting something....


Whats wrong with people from the inner city?how do you know they were not "wacks" from Stillorgan?

just going on the really whiny accent alone, its extremely distinguishable!!!

Lived in Dublin for 4 years and strangely the few fights ive seen has been in Stillorgan and Blackrock. I reckon once you avoid the late night chippers you can avoid trouble if you keep the head down. But i was once headbutted in a bar in Edinburgh for knocking someone's pint accidentally (was more clumsy ******* than drunk) but the bouncer threw him out fairly sharpish. Although I do recall a mad situation after a School Disco night in Kingston, what started between two lads ended up in a scrap nearly invovling the whole street.