Who loves the Bodhran

[The Lone Liberal]

Young Dubliners, Bodhran.

Makes me want to be in a pub in Cork, Dublin, Limerick, Wexford, Kinsale, Dingle, Killarney, Kilkenny, Porte Louise, Sligo, Donegal, Lisdoonvarna, any pub in Ireland.

Where is your favorite Irish pub?

ah, yes, the penny whistle.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Duignan's in Dublin.

A workingman's pub on the North Side -- coupla blocks west of the GPO. Very basic. You ordered beer or whiskey -- nothing fancy. A turf fire in the fireplace always burning, and music from the radio.

Slattery's on Capel Street -- a great singing pub, though I read recently that it had been yuppified.

O'Flaherty's in Dingle -- another great pub for live music and great craic.

Kruger Kavanagh's in Dunquin -- the last parish before Ameri-kay.

[Fenris]

2. There's a place in Austin I'm quite fond of

'Tis called Fádo. Great atmosphere. It really feels like an Irish pub: poorly lit and full of dark woodwork and books. Plus they play the Pogues an awful lot. I don't drink, but I do go there to watch football matches (well, Arsenal matches). A lot of Brit and Irish and Scot expats come in there to watch the games too, and they get rather rowdy. Which is great fun to watch.

[The Lone Liberal]

3. Sad news about 9 hours ago.

Heart Infection Killed Gaelic Football Star
Gaelic football All-Star Cormac McAnallen died of a viral infection of his heart, a secondary post mortem examination established today.


http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2604532

[Fenris]

5. That's sad

When I was still living at home I got Fox Sports World and could watch the EPL plus the Irish and Scottish games. I miss that. That's a horrible way to go.

[The Lone Liberal]

6. I was in a pub in Killarney a few years back

when they won the second division. Lord what night.

[Fenris]

10. That must of been a bloody riot!

:thumbsup::)

[The Lone Liberal]

15. The team came in with the cup

The barkeep filled it with everything from the back bar and it was passed around the pub when it was empty we were all as drunk Behan.

[greatauntoftriplets]

16. And I bet you kept coming back to the trough...

...again and again and again. LOL. <ducking>

[SoDesuKa]

12. Fádo

Fádo is owned by some mega-corporation. They have outlets in Washington and Atlanta, among other places.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. There's also one in Chicago.

But Chicago has lots of other great Irish pubs.

[kath]

20. Used to hang out at The Emerald Isle pub near the Chicago & State el stop

back in the late 70's and early 80's. Then it closed down and turned into a yuppie restaurant <sob>

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. I've been to the Emerald Isle...years ago.

And then there was O'Rourke's. :) Is that still there?

[SoDesuKa]

23. The Fada in Fadó

The fada in Fadó is on the O not the A. This chain of bar/restaurants may be directly owned by Guinness, or there may be some other entity between. The Guinness people were involved in opening the first unit, which I think was Atlanta. The other locations are Austin, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Seattle, Stamford, and Washington DC.


T-Shirts read: "Kiss My Ass"

http://www.fadoirishpub.com/index1.html

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

4. I dont go out drinking...but i like the bodrahn.

....theres a good use of it on Silly Wizards "Donald McGillevry".

And Dick Gaughan uses it in the opening to his version of "Ludlow Massacre".

...and the Chicago Irish folk/rock act the Drovers used it alot.

[mmm]

7. Dublin is hard to beat!

Ya Sully Bunt!

[PragMantisT]

8. Coyle's in Stranorlar

Myra will take care of you. But don't call her Ma'am.

[PragMantisT]

9. BTW....What's the craic? n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. Fun.

Good times, laughter, good music, good drinks, friendship.

[SoDesuKa]

13. Used to Be Called Crack

Craic used to be called crack, but the spelling was changed for obvious reasons. I am not sure whether a Gaelic word craic ever existed.

[Pale_Rider]

17. Phil Carrolls ...

... in Clonmel, Co. Tipp. Where 'Hey I think tis is your pint of Guinness, since your name is on it.' has meaning!

http://www.visitclonmel.com/PhilCarrols.asp

[Zinfandel]

18. I liked the Gresham Hotel bar in Dublin on St Paddy's day...

Also in the states lots of Irish bars on Geary Blvd in San Francisco.

[LWolf]

19. I do.

I like the young dubliners, too. I saw them a year (or more?) ago when they were opening for Tull. A favorite song: "Scream."

[Crowdance]

22. I thought this thread was gonna' be about drums

I was disappointed, until I decided to get into the spirt of things. :toast: Cheers! I'll save these suggestions for when I get to visit Eire.

[tigereye]

24. me too

learning to play the Bodhran is on my list. So is going to Ireland some day.