Stag Weekends in Dublin

Worship at the Temple (Bar) of drink

Figures show that a happy drunken lunatic hits the pavement every twelve seconds in Dublin. (He must be hurting like hell by the time he gets home.) There is no city on earth as renowned for big sessions as the Republic's capital. For those inclined to test their consumptive endurance, there are easily enough options to chalk up a straight 24 hours' worth of supping, but this risks missing out on some of the other factors that make this such a top stag weekend location, such as the brewery & museum tours, the restaurants & diners, the street entertainment and the strip clubs.

Drinking challenges breathing for the most popular activity in Dublin, and since there are more boozers here than stars in the sky, all those dreams you've had of swimming in an Olympic-sized pool of silky Guinness and smooth bitter - not to mention the throat-peeling capabilities of its whiskies - can come true. If Willy Wonka had been from Dublin, chocolate would never have had a look in...

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This is a big friendly uncle of a city, one in which you can lose your mind, your footing and your wallet before regaining all three thanks to some eagle-eyed passer-by. The biggest changes to a Dublin stag weekend of recent times mean splitting into smaller groups between pubs to guarantee entry, as well as any smokers having to nip outside for a draw, though this has failed to dampen the constant buzz felt around Temple Bar’s legendary watering holes, many of which find room for the odd live Irish band or two in between the laughter and the draining of the blackstuff.

There are stacks of shopping, sporting, cultural and competitive activity distractions throughout the daytime, of course, and it’s recommended you squeeze in at least one of these on your stag weekend in Dublin to convince yourself that you’ve earned what will lie ahead in the evening, but we’d be daft not to presume that drink is the main thing drawing you boys in through Dublin’s harp-embroidered gates.

And if you've never been? Then, truly, you are in for a gem of a bender with your Irish hosts. Let the stories fly, the taps flow and the women inflame. To be sure, they will.

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