Of course there are many places to hear music, but we did stumble on one place that we really liked. On Sundays around 7:30 or so at Dudley’s Pub in the Liberties, a group of 2 musicians (pipes and fiddle) started playing, then joined by a guitarist and pretty soon another piper. Later a banjo player and a drummer joined in. Great music. Another observer told us that many in the group were from a band called The Sausages of Ireland and that their Sunday session at the pub was a wind up to a performance they are giving at a music venue on Thursday. She also said that musicians gather every Sunday at Dudley’s for a session.
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Thanks for the information! On our last trip to Dublin, we attended a fantastic session of Trad music at The Cobblestone on a Sunday, but on our next trip we’ll need to go to Dudley’s.
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Mountains of S. Oregon
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The Brazen Head has a long running Sunday session from 3 to 6 or so. It gets pretty crowded in the room with the players.
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That Brazen Head session is heavily attended by locals who come in from the suburbs for it. A lot of them stand up and sing "their" songs, and it's well worth the price of your many beers.
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Mountains of S. Oregon
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we were ar the Brazen two days ago and it was too crowded to enjoy. get there early!
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Thanks for this! We are doing the RS Best of Ireland next year and will have a few days in Dublin before the tour, so I've added this to my list of things I want to do.