Dublin pubs of the past

A collection of clips of Dublin pubs from the 1950s to the 1990s

[@ellencooper2199]

while in Ireland with my father I said how could my grandparents leave such a beautiful place his response was you can't eat the view

[@eddiebirch2067]

My pal from Ireland said exactly the same

[@eryan8903]

haha very gud and so true...pity

[@Minime163]

Yea it's a pretty common saying.

[@Pba4879]

Food for your soul though.

[@retalivity]

Nowadays some knackbag would have lifted the bike before he got in the door

[@michaelwest6238]

retalivity lmao

[@irishward4786]

I don't go to the pubs anymore in Dublin to many Dublin Jack's taking coke in the toilet and then starting trouble with anyone.

[@michaelwest6238]

Gramsey Gamer that’s sad I hope you enjoyed em when you did

[@irishward4786]

@@michaelwest6238 Used to be great now people are afraid to go into the toilets.

[@michaelwest6238]

Gramsey Gamer very sad it’s the same all over

[@Ronald-o9x]

I'm from Glasgow and worked on the railway in Dublin 1980. The Guinness was like thick cream!! Now it's just not the same!! You have to have a pint in the brewery suite to taste perfection 😊😊!

[@johns204]

No you don't there are plenty of pubs in Dublin serving Guinness just as good as the Gravity Bar.

[@shradrackdingle3553]

I just want to go back in time and have a pint in Dublin.

[@modmahon]

Next time your in Dublin go to the gravediggers in glasnevin

[@framurray5282]

make sure u bring a big wallet..........

[@xxPanteraxxx]

Yep now it's full of foreigners, culchies, greedy landlords, liberals, etc.

[@damenwhelan3236]

@@xxPanteraxxx So nothing really changes then?

[@samuelspoons3553]

@@framurray5282 last time I was there 12 years ago and the price of a pint didn't seem that expensive and I even drank Beamish when I found it,,,so when did it change ?

[@edwardkane8265]

Imagine the stories from those old guys in the 1960's clips. The Easter Rising, Dublin IRA, the Civil War. Now no one takes their faces out of their cell phones. Sad.

[@jakmak1199]

I agree, old charterers like them you'll not see the like of again, God bless them all.

[@mal_3157]

There’s still old people that can talk about historical events you know

[@forwardslash1486]

I don't agree with the faces in cell phone bit but I must say if you did go talking to some one in pub in town now you be told to fuck off.

[@subaru22b555]

matthew mcconaughey

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

There is a pub in Cork were mobile/smart phones are not allowed.

[@SJM6791]

What I would give to go back in time and talk to the fellas in this video. Their life stories are fascinating to me. Simpler times!!

[@caezar55]

Notice how the streets had smoother paving in those days. That's because we've had to go through 25 years of telecoms companies digging up the streets and not repairing them afterwards.

[@whocares4199]

And a deceitful government giving all our money to the EC

[@conorfagan7489]

Include the rest of the country in that comment!!

[@paddydiskin3645]

No they didn't. I used to cycle to school through the centre of Dublin, from Rathmines, to Great Denmark Street, and there were cobblestones on a lot of streets, old unused tramtracks and in wet weather, potholes Cavan would have been proud of. Smooth my aµ$€! The Corpo were not very quick to make repairs and when they did, they didn't mark the trenches they opened very well and the resurfacing was mediocre at best. You are viewing Dublin of the sixties through rose tinted glasses. If you cycled up Gardiner Street Seán McDermott Street or Summerhill, you could smell the poverty, unwashed bodies, boiled cabbage and potatoes. There was litter everywhere. It wasn't called Dear Old Dirty Dublin for nothing.

[@YurManDavid]

Paddy Diskin Ireland was in extreme poverty

[@kori5679]

@@aislingsibeallyons3416 Don't worry Aisling... The workmanship of your father still live in the streets of Dublin God bless him

[@sobbyhasselhoff]

It's depressing seeing what Dublin used to be and seeing what it is now.

[@littleblue995]

sobbyhasselhoff - isn’t it just. Our cultural and traditions are quickly fading into the dark. God help us

[@irishimagenation]

what? Dublin was full of poverty, slums and deprivation. some nice "golden age" thinking there

[@francomark]

Dublin was a complete kip back in the day

[@user-ej3jy6eg6h]

Give it 20 years. Won't even recognise the place.

[@irishward4786]

Blame the government, they let the drugs into the country. There getting backhanded left and right to keep quiet.

[@gametimewithjamie]

If these men could see what Dublin and Ireland has become today

[@corkboy4523]

Ireland wasn’t any better then under the boot of the Catholic Church with their Magdalene laundries, industrial schools, wide spread abuse etc and governments that turned a blind eye and let them at it.

[@jameskeane9721]

Coulda shoulda, far better state of affairs now than the third world country ireland was back then

[@cormacoreilly7120]

What an incredible piece of history! Emotional almost mythical, reminiscing for us Irish who now live abroad but used to frequent those pubs. I can't thank you enough for posting. I'll be back in those places this summer please god.

[@thewhack64]

Good stuff.Have a great time

[@Pansilinos]

God willing you see these places, update us with the good news mate!

[@TrueBlueEG8]

It is a strange trait, or strength of the Irish. They can drink all night, sleep for 3 hours, and get up next morning to build the world. How???

[@mitch2620]

Do you work for Hollywood?

[@theoriginalbridgetconnors]

3 hours? That's a long night's sleep for most of us Irish!

[@lkelly5136]

Low IQ

[@L1Lassassin1224]

@@lkelly5136 explain how

[@robertlong9552]

Schkullin piiiints

[@lordlollops1]

I used to work in an electric retail shop on geroges street in the 90s loved going to the long hall with good friends after work for creamy pints of Guinness, great times and memories. My favourite pub in Dublin is the long hall it's like stepping back in time when you enter.

[@Jackmorvin]

Back when People were talking with each other and having a laugh with their friends. Not like today of Course!

[@Bottlekiller]

Just parking your bike without locking it up, eh? Good luck doing that in Europe these days.

[@Karl_with_a_K]

Aah yes, back in a time when the only wine we had in the country was Blue Nun and black tower, and no real coffee at all. I remember taking a sip of the Blue Nun my ma used to buy at Christmas and thinking, "how do French people drink wine? Jesus its piss".

[@Orwiable]

The Long Hall still keeps it's old spirit even today. Still frequented mainly by Irish people. Hidden gem of the city centre.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

Mixed feelings watching this.

[@YellawayHD]

John F do you feel oppressed now?

[@mauricemarian57]

Ireland was a better place back . Today we are a nation of smart phones

[@sarahwalsh7255]

I miss the poverty as well. Not

[@corkboy4523]

But at least our kids aren’t being raped by the clergy

[@drewwho3281]

That can be said of the whole world not just Ireland

[@dhalsim-1]

@@sarahwalsh7255 Have we eradicated poverty then?

[@dhalsim-1]

@@corkboy4523 The clergy was only one section of 'high society' involved with organized child abuse. It still goes on today amongst the elite, famous, political class, entertainment industry etc.

[@niall5797]

Them were the days. Look at the state of Ireland now with all our new residents 😔

[@thewhack64]

And they are more than welcome.

[@parkdigwig3447]

Residents…indeed…flipping invaders.

[@eoinmurphyeoinmurphy669]

First clip of The Long Hall where the two chaps are having a pint in front of the three black taps is the exact same spot Phil Lynnot sat in the Old Town video

[@columbmurray]

An English friend of mine went to a small pub on the West coast of Ireland . He asked for a half pint. The bar owner looked at him for a moment then said , 'well you can drink the half but you'll have to pay for the whole pint.' true.

[@mrpotato442]

Sadly the way Ireland is going having a pint in a pub will only be a story we tell our grandchildren.

[@stevenkeith5784]

Beautifully composed. Brilliant. Thank you for this upload.

[@gavinhiggins231]

Im looking at this on lockdown im going to get two cans of stout and drink them by the liffey

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

Ah, you just can’t beat those old Pavlovian instincts.....

[@eddiebirch2067]

Fair play

[@gibbo902]

Every man dressed in a suit. No women. No kids. No food getting pushed. Topic of conversation any work going. And lovely lookin pints .

[@whocares4199]

Thank god for women in the work place so that wages were halved and now noone can afford pints

[@samuelspoons3553]

No lager or ManU tops as well

[@whocares4199]

@@samuelspoons3553 while singing republican songs

[@robbiemontgomery581]

The good old days

[@sherp2u1]

Brilliant, pull up on your bike, lean it against the wall and head in for a session...no hassle or aggravation, and you could take your best friend with you to in those days, not uncommon to see old men and their dogs, just sitting there enjoying each other's company and a quiet pint, in front of an open fire sometimes....now those days are gone and lost forever...the EU/Celtic Tiger ruined our country!

[@dhalsim-1]

There was no tiger. It was a false economy based on banks crediting themselves with money they didn't have, and then giving inflated loans to people who couldn't pay them back. It was more like an ostrich burying it's head in the sand.

[@liamkelly8834]

I love this and my dad had a pub on Sir John Rogersons Quay. However when I hear the claptrap about "good old days" it makes me puke. Born on the docks, the violence both domestic and on the streets was shocking also the slums were unbelievable. I am very proud of where I lived and even now the docks is a magnet every time I come home. But this crap about " Dublin in the rare old times " is pure bollocks! Daddy's pub was called Kellks.

[@patrickglennon6834]

you ain't lying. Dublin was a rough spot in the seventies

[@BA-be5vm]

You're talking bollocks! It was different then, it was tough but in a different way. People had nothing but they were honest and decent.

[@dhalsim-1]

While nowadays you can whistle down any street day or night in complete safety. Sure no one needs to commit any crimes we're all loaded.

[@aljolson6334]

Sold news papers down that side of the dock's when i was a kid , and you are right about the poverty ,it was everywhere

[@francismeehan5298]

As an Irish man I remember getting in trouble for not locking my bike when I was younger ...I grew up innocent and thought nobody would steal it ...they never did ....first thing I seen in this video ...

[@gordygibson4558]

Enough of this ridiculous stereotyping of the Irish as loveable drunks. Racist stereotyping popular in America and perpetuated by Hollywood.

[@gordygibson4558]

Aiden - enjoy the craic over the hols.

[@Marlondurran]

Worst thing that ever happened was to let women on to our lovely pubs..bet this will annoy someone.

[@billmcclean6986]

Pints of porter served at room temperature, a very acquired taste indeed. But I remember being in a Dublin pub, it wasa Sunday, I was going to the all Ireland football final. It was about 12:30 , and sitting ina corner was a well dressed wee man , I guess he was mid to late 70s. It was an old pub , nothing chic , but nice. He was sitting very content looking , reading a Sunday paper , pint of Guinness and smoking a pipe. The next day, the Republic would ban smoking in pubs. I often think of that seen , it was picture of contentment, and wondered about how that wee man would cope next Sunday without his pipe. No more old style pub culture 😢

[@davecunningham8476]

I miss this Ireland of tradition and simplicity.

[@antaibhshaglas3737]

Me too

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

And alcoholism....

[@Jungleland33]

And paedo priests.

[@antaibhshaglas3737]

@@Jungleland33 don't be bad

[@adrianrijkeboer2185]

Dave me too

[@johnmcevoy9322]

Fantastic shots of the aul lads smoking sweetaftons and supping on pints of plain... DEADLY..

[@m.ssy_zolo4423]

The old man In gills swamping the pint is my mams uncle

[@mike8631]

Can you tell me about him? What did he do, when did he pass on? Did he have a good life? I get lost in these old videos and the souls they bring back.

[@mike8631]

@@20fknyrs39 I'm sorry for whatever happened to you that made you such an angry and bitter individual. I hope life gets better for you.

[@nigefal]

I bet he said he was going to buy milk and would be back later... :D ?

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

@@mike8631 he passed on about five minutes after sculling the pint....

[@Petermaguire3684]

@@mediolanumhibernicus3353 haha

[@EugenieHeraty]

Many 's the alcoholic that was spawned in these pubs. After sculling down way too many pints he'd then go home to lash out at the wife & kids. Here "the pint" is glorified above all. Many's the wages that were frittered away "down the pub" - money that was desperately needed to feed the growing number of babbies at home. There was recently a Guinness add that claimed "behind every great village, there's Guinness". In my experience, behind many a village, there's ignorance, poverty and brutality - all amplified by "the pint".

[@samuelspoons3553]

Guinness and Stout doesn't make you pissed and angry as it feels you up but Lager and Whiskey well its a different beast

[@stuartkelly3106]

Indeed you are spot on

[@raysmyth8596]

Did you enjoy your time on the soapbox?

[@Dabhach1]

Yeah, good thing men don't do substance abuse and beat up their wives in these liberal, enlightened times.

[@seanmcmeown1992]

Not everyone has a problem with drink settle down

[@offroadseyri8914]

So many sexist in the comments saying it was good when women weren't in pubs.

[@Pleasefireme80]

Shutup ya slag

[@offroadseyri8914]

Pleasefireme80 nothing to say you can only insult me 😕

[@stuartkelly3106]

Well it fucking was

[@emmacurran5259]

Fun fun. I agree. Sadly those were the times then. All women were expected to do was clean and look after the kids. Least times got better tbh in that regard.

[@emmacurran5259]

@THIS is moug me duro not all women have kids. So no. They aren't "expected" to do so.

[@crossman20]

Noticable how everyone is so slim and trim. There is not a single chubby, porky or overweight person.

[@Mrpublicimagelimited]

Nice choice re. audio, it fitted well! Usually it's some hackneyed diddely-eye shite in the background - which wrecks the overall impact of the visuals.

[@marchiggins7881]

Back in the day you could've gotten pissed on a 5er,,,now the pubs wouldn't give u a glass of water for a 5er

[@maureenm8462]

Notice how there r no women or young people in the pubs back then.

[@mal_3157]

Maureen m jeez sounds kind of sexist to me

[@gametimewithjamie]

To be fair alot of the young people had left for England and America and the ones that stayed probably had gotten a job and for the lack of women I would guess they were at home with the kids

[@chrismcgeehan7150]

How is popointing something out that happens to be true sexist

[@barbaralloyd3770]

Wasnt dublin loveely than much better than now

[@thagamerzzz]

Seems like that Celtic Tiger ripped apart pub culture with its claws. And its only gonna get worse

[@robertpirsig5011]

Pre-Junkie Dublin. 2000 AD.

[@brianoneill2776]

If you’re referring to heroin addicts.. heroin was introduced to Dublin in the 1970’s.. maybe do some research before spouting judgmental comments

[@allthingsguinness4613]

Great footage!! I especially liked the old taps in Gills! 👌

[@PublinIe]

I know! I got a few of the pubs wrong when I made this a few years ago.

[@TheSeanm102]

jesus the old fella in the gills was thirsty

[@paulbrown7374]

Beautiful piece of music to accompany this fantastic film

[@Paul5520]

Looks like Gills on NCR/Jones Road judging by the windows. Lest we forget, this is probably where Brendan behan got his taste for porter from. His granny sending him over for the ‘jug’ n all..

[@curtissanborn5926]

Someone should walk in there and tell them a man can get pregnant.

[@paintedhorse441]

The music lends to reflection of times and people no longer with us.

[@Discover-Ireland]

Hard times but honest times. No mobiles or tv in the pub. You could have a great chat ect. Notice how there’s no woman sitting at the bar,,,different times back then.

[@samuelspoons3553]

Fantastic and no fuckin lager or hipsters and nice tall half glasses but sadly wished the stout stayed in the cask

[@KimPhilby203]

Ghosts from the past

[@clodaghnathan151]

I bet it’s the music that’s making everyone depressed in these comments

[@leej4914]

now these where the days i bet a lot of people wish we could go back to these times

[@Vigilante311]

I'd sacrifice all modern technology we have today in order to go back to a time when dublin had its own character and we had our own culture before it was turned into a jokr

[@alanduncan1980]

Nothing like a depressant to chase the blues away.

[@jimjones9866]

The very last place the lad comes out and the cattle are coming down the street has to be that James gill pub on the the corner of the north circular and jones road near croke park isint it? The front is so unusual looking with the brick and small glass panels it has to be it

[@alvinkoh5556]

Those days things were so proper. We must usher back conservatism and sensibility.

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

I wonder how some of those blokes would have responded to the question: “what are your preferred pronouns for this week?”

[@dhalsim-1]

They would give whoever asked the question a good slap on head. And the pub would applaud.

[@deeppurple883]

I wasn't a great drinker but I was in loads of Dublin pub's back in the day. A game of pool a large bottle of Bulmers and a J especially summer time. Going to the pub is expensive these day's, a arm and a leg. No wonder people stay in and order in. these days I remember it 60 pence a pint. How can they justify the price of alcohol in Dublin, rip of and shameful. What do the punters get for 6,7 euro a pint, nothing. I'm a Dub.

[@johnmcevoy9322]

You can't get the same atmosphere anymore be ause the pc crowd won out and you can't smoke in the boozers anymore... It was the smell of stale tobacco and beer,, NOT A TV IN SIGHT... I'm 50 and the very few times you were brought into the pub as a child my memories are just like this... You would be given a packet of crisps and a bottle of TK lemonade and didn't open your mouth.. But I would look at all the aul fellas every one a character... Those days are long gone unfortunately and things are not the better for it......

[@darrenbayliss2338]

Them days have gone forever

[@jasonwhelan5596]

Everyone of them depressed and in for a cure. It was the norm and gives an insight into the state of mind of men in 1960/70’s simple but hard times where men went to the pub to escape their problems at home and life in general.

[@dhalsim-1]

Or maybe they just enjoyed a pint like anyone else?

[@fargoboyle1]

Look at Ireland now, full of foreigners, greedy policitians, junkies everywhere, homelessness on the rise...absolutely disgusting! Miss how it was ours!

[@RenegadeTimes]

Dick This is not just Ireland. The Zionists plan to destroy all cultures but their own is full swing . Rapid destruction is happening. The U.S. was so nice in the 50's and 60's. It's exactly the same of your description of Ireland today. Exactly...and ... .all planned..all of it.

[@laputauk]

Correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the Irish immigrate all over the world, wonder if they were considered dirty foreigners also?

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

Ireland had its fair share of problems back then too, they were so poor Ireland was considered a 3rd world country, don't look back with green tinted glasses. Most of all you want to blame "foreigners" for our problems now which is just plain wrong and short sighted.

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

@@laputauk Yes and anyone who has forgotten that is a stupid ignorant ejit.

[@flughafenkaiser3637]

@@samod7550 Why should he curtail his opinion simply because you feel he should not express one that you dont like or agree with? Everyone is entitled to express opinion, good bad or indifferent or regardless to its content. It called free speech and you are no better with your name calling comments as the way to silence something you don't like the sound or word used. We are not here to watch our words just because you might not like them. The contributor should not be told to be quiet by you or by anyone on open public media if he feels that foreigners have changed a culture that was in existence before. That's his view, whether it is true or not which he is entitled to hold. You have no right to comment or silence his views about anything and your personal circumstances or history are irrelevant. If your mother is a doctor in A and E maybe she should use some of her medical knowledge to treat your apparent psychotic tendencies? Or maybe there is a waiting list that she has to treat some of her private patients first?

[@KoRnBaKo]

No Brazilians everywhere, delightful!

[@motomoto3190]

Their dead now

[@martin7955]

Loved old eire dublins black land now poor eire

[@jaymcd8577]

great vid awful music

[@riddim7774]

Shur I might have an oul pint.

[@christyjoyce4578]

It a Germany state now

[@williamroche2869]

I lived in rathmines in the nineties some off the od pubs and characters were still there only during the day but was nice and dublin people the salt off the earth im from Tipperary and they made me welcome would give you a he shirt off your back

[@thescrutineer7022]

Beautiful old pubs. Shame there's not many left now.

[@coolkevo]

Plenty around

[@thescrutineer7022]

@@coolkevo Really...

[@coolkevo]

@@thescrutineer7022 here and there

[@barryshannahan5988]

My wife and I are heading over for two weeks in October. Our fourth time over. We’ll be 8 of 12 nights in the small villages (Athenry, Athlone, Donegal, Trim). All in search of the perfect non-commercialized pub. This film is magic!

[@darrenbayliss3194]

These old men would be rolling in their graves if they seen Ireland now

[@una877]

There's very old people still alive and they're okay with the country how it is.

[@darrenbayliss3194]

@@una877 you 100 % believe that

[@John-mz8rj]

Publin

[@taytocrisps9606]

I love how if I accidently time travelled back to this time and I didnt know, I could walk into the pub and I wouldn't question it cause it looks the same as it is now

[@mousegrove]

This has the feeling of an Adam Curtis documentary

[@kierangoddard2198]

A mans world. I wonder what the ratio of their wages went on drink and tobacco, compared to what they gave their wives to feed a large family?

[@kierangoddard2198]

@THIS is moug me duro The wife had no alternative because she was lumbered with a team of children. If a marriage was to collapse, the husbands just abandoned them and went to England.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

@THIS is moug me duro don't kid yourself, rarely has a woman had a real choice in this world

[@bluepeter3470]

Kieran Goddard hello excellent comment. My father was one of those men. I loved him dearly, but it was my mother who kept the family together working and looking after us. God bless. And stay healthy.

[@Paul5520]

In Covid lockdown this is depressing. A few pint’s in the Long hall right now would be amazing🥰...someday soon Dublin pubs, someday soon..

[@ActuallyDoubleGuitars]

The long Hall is still the same, weird choice of music though.

[@bodenao]

Great footage but the music made the whole thing so tragic 😅

[@CradaOC]

And not a woman in sight!! All at home minding the kids and making the dinner

[@siobhanrose9515]

Don't mind that not a non national in sight. All indigenous Irish White folks. As it should be.

[@CradaOC]

@@siobhanrose9515 Well you don't really see them in the pubs anyway probably working there but rarely drinking

[@flahfact]

They might have been there but in the snug section. It wasn't deemed "proper" for women to be seen drinking alongside men in those days.

[@jimosullivan4866]

no young lads either

[@paulinegeraghty9029]

@@siobhanrose9515 For who?

[@johnhiggins4393]

Good video. Please make another because the way prices are rising a lot of pubs won't be around cause the working people and OAPs can't afford it anymore.

[@lexingtonlad5745]

I miss the pub.

[@leinster22]

After the pubs closed there was the fateful trip to the chipper for a round of nourishing grease

[@ALEXLUKE1976]

absolutely brilliant video!

[@liamward3375]

I remember Conway pub when the working man could afford his pint unlike the rip off prices of todays dublin love to see more pubs going to the wall coz their too expensive

[@shamblesz]

And now they've all kicked the bucket...

[@LarryFogarty]

gills in north circular road....not prussia street

[@LarryFogarty]

gills one of brendan behans locals..

[@michaelmoran9399]

I'm second generation in England .Grandad for f**k sake what were you thinking .😀

[@leskellett4337]

Terrific clip, a lot of good pubs missing though, Abbey Mooney, Madigans, The Oval, to name but a few.. I drank in many of them, and must do so again! I really like the social life in Dublin City centre and tbh almost never see any mither in there, ya just need to know where to avoid, like any big city!!

[@HA-be5xk]

Why does this feel like something from a Stanley Kubrick film?

[@samnicholson5051]

Must be a combination of brightly colourful deep focus shots, jerky atypically angled first person cinemaphotography, barmen (a la the barman in the shining) and the oddly fitting wendy carlosesque soundtrack.

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

Because it's incredible and beautifully poignant.

[@MrHighgate123]

I wonder what these men would have thought of "non binary" individuals now days and gay marriage etc?

[@Aventadorization]

So elegant back then..

[@nimblehorse]

You make much noise and fury about the undue Jewish influence in your theaters and movie palaces. Very good; granted your complaint is well-founded. But what is that compared to our staggering influence in your churches, your schools, your laws and your governments, and the very thoughts you think every day? […] You have not begun to appreciate the real depth of our guilt. We are intruders. We are disturbers. We are subverters. We have taken your natural world, your ideals, your destiny, and played havoc with them. We have been at the bottom not merely of the latest great war but of nearly all your wars, not only of the Russian but of every other major revolution in your history. We have brought discord and confusion and frustration into your personal and public life. We are still doing it. No one can tell how long we shall go on doing it.” Marcus Eli Ravage, a Jewish author, quote from January 1928 issue of Century Magazine

[@binflynn1]

Presentation didn’t matter in a pub back then as the pints where dripping and they were scraping the heads of the Guinness into the tray 👎

[@GerBarne]

It's so sad. My country has been by my reckoning sterilised by the importation, in spirit and in flesh, of the foreign. These old pubs have been lost, or turned into swill serving tourist traps. They were the soul of the Irishmans culture. Where we gathered to talk, tell jokes, and spin tales. To sing, and play music. To write our plays, to organise our rebellions, to find work. To sit and wait the few long minutes it took to hand pull the perfect pint of plain, and to sip it dry in the company of our fellow Irishmen. These places were decorated with an Irish sensibility. Paintings adorned the walls, there were plenty of places to sit, and every patron had their favourite spot. The soundtrack was provided by a live band, or an old regular sitting at the bar. Nowadays, we have neon lit sports bars, with their walls covered in flat panel televisions. The music is that of the mainstream, the top 100 charts hits being played at a volume disallowing any conversation of any real substance to occur. It's very sad.

[@user-zb8ss9xb1b]

Plenty of old and genuine pubs are still there, where people can go spend money they don't have on a substance that's bad for them, don't really understand what the sadness is about.

[@arnie8604]

@@user-zb8ss9xb1b Gerard speaks of slowly losing our identity ...... it being diluted and that's to be lamented.

[@robertpirsig5011]

Pubs like these remain in Dublin rather because of tourism. Tourist want to see the old style bars, the music and humor. It's us Irish that have changed and rather be in cosmopolitan style set ups to match modern citys. I much prefer a old style pub myself, with Abit of music. It's just that since we had become a somewhat wealtheir nation, it has changed us considerably.

[@pensatoreseneca]

Gerard Byrne well this is the same all over the world.. do u think Florence, Paris, New York, Cancun , Bangkok,Bali, Havana, etc are now what they were 45 years ago?.. what the hell kind of mentality do I have ?

[@dhalsim-1]

@@user-zb8ss9xb1b Our culture is still being eroded. It won't exist soon enough.

[@cmos1981]

4:26 a very thirsty man

[@benji.B-side]

Wonderful footage!

[@tomace7924]

Could go for a pint and a packet of crisps right about now.

[@ewanodoherty2545]

A good few of them are still there, with a name change for two or three 😊