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The Black Experience Pub Tour
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Temple Bar gets most of the attention, and fair enough - those cobbled lanes have a real character about them. But Dublin’s pub life goes well beyond one neighbourhood, and that’s exactly what OBNOXIOUS Pub Tours are here to show you.
Over three hours you’ll visit five pubs, each from a different era of Dublin’s history. That’s real variety in atmosphere, heritage, and character - not the same style of pub five times in a row. The route takes you through parts of the city that are harder to find on your own, passing Trinity College, the Oscar Wilde House, and St Stephen’s Green along the way. The tour finishes in Temple Bar, so you get to experience Dublin’s pub culture from both ends.
You start at Mulligan’s, widely regarded as one of the great pubs of Dublin City, where your first Guinness is on the house. Sláinte.
Meeting point: Mulligan’s pub - one of the great pubs of Dublin City, and the starting point for the first drink (on us).
Mulligan’s on Poolbeg Street is the real deal. It’s been trading since 1782, it hasn’t been tarted up for tourists, and it pours one of the better pints of Guinness in the city. Starting here sets the tone for the rest of the evening.
Pace yourself across all five pubs. Three hours sounds manageable, but you’ll want to be present for the stories at each stop. Order a half if you’re not a big drinker, or stick to water at a pub or two. The tour is about the atmosphere and history as much as the Guinness itself.
The Oscar Wilde House on Merrion Square is worth pausing at. It’s on the route and worth a proper look - Wilde grew up in that building, and the square itself is one of the most handsome in Georgian Dublin. The statue of Wilde reclining on a rock in the park is nearby too.
Ask your guide about the pub’s history when you arrive at each one. The guides on this tour know their pubs well and have stories that don’t make it into the standard patter. A direct question at the bar usually gets you something good.
The tour ends in Temple Bar, so you’re already in a good spot if you want to keep the evening going. You’ll have a much better sense by then of which kind of pub you actually prefer, which makes it easier to pick somewhere good for a nightcap.