Dublin · 9 pubs
Where to find live traditional music in Dublin — pubs with regular trad sessions, rated by the locals who actually drink there.
Merrion RowBirthplace of The Dubliners. Trad every night.
Camden StreetLive trad 7 nights. The best session on Camden Street.
Temple BarDublin's finest Victorian pub, hidden in plain sight since 1895.
Dublin 2Where Dublin's political class drinks. Est. 1828.
North CityArthur Guinness's wedding church, now Dublin's most dramatic bar.
Temple Bar's best-kept secret — the finest free Sunday trad session.
North City CentreA genuine 1916 pub — pour your own Guinness & outstanding feathered beef brisket.
A Stoneybatter local named for Oscar Wilde — trad sessions, fair prices & great craic.
City Centre SouthThe pub named after Ireland's national anthem poet — trad nightly on Dame Street.