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The Róisín Dubh is a live music and comedy venue located in Galway, Ireland. It has hosted events such as the IMRO Showcase Tour [1] and the 2fm 2moro 2our. The name translates from the Irish language as the "little black rose". [2] According to Una Mullally in the Sunday Tribune, the venue is "the heart of live music in the city". [3]
Galway has a varied musical scene. As in most Irish cities, traditional music is played in pubs and by street performers. Galway Early Music Festival presents European music from the 12th to the 18th century. It encourages not only music but also dance and costumes. The festival involves both professional and amateur musicians. [62]
The Cobblestone is a pub in Smithfield, Dublin, renowned for its live Irish traditional music. [1] The pub has been run by the Mulligan family since 1987. [1] It hosts multiple music sessions a day, [2] and is primarily sustained by the tourist trade.
The restaurant is located on an inlet of Galway Bay in a traditional thatched cottage and has historically been owned by members of the Moran family. [4] Daniel Moran first obtained a liquor licence and opened a pub in the area in the 1760s. [2] The pub began "making a business of seafood" in the 1960s, after the Galway Oyster Festival was ...
A number of Dublin musicians also drank there, as several music industry management offices were in the nearby Corn Exchange Building. [citation needed] In his 1969 book Irish Pubs of Character, Roy Bulson describes the establishment thus: "The license is one of the oldest in Dublin, dating from 1782. The late President of the U.S., John F ...
This pub is closely associated with Irish traditional music and was where the popular Irish folk group, The Dubliners, began performing in the early 1960s.. Many other notable Irish musicians including Séamus Ennis, Joe Heaney, Andy Irvine, [2]: 42–45 Christy Moore, The Fureys and Phil Lynott have played at O’Donoghue’s, and their photographs are displayed in the pub.
Standing at the corner of Temple Lane South, the first pub on the site was reputedly licensed in the early 19th century. [2] The pub building at 48 Temple Bar is listed by Dublin City Council on its Record of Protected Structures, [3] and is recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as being built c. 1840. [4]
The George, Dublin. Opened in 1985, The George began as a gay-owned venture, [3] eight years before homosexuality was legalised in Ireland. It was subsequently purchased by the group of bars and clubs owned by the Capital Bars Group and today it is owned by the Mercantile Entertainment Group who own several venues around the city including the popular music venue, Whelans.