Any suggestions in which are one should stay in Dublin, Ireland (accommodation) to be within walking distance of any major central areas, night clubs, pubs, etc?
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To go along with what Rory has said these locations may be helpful: Temple Bar and Grafton Street– SimonMay 10, 2013 at 10:21
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I'd say THE "centre" geographically is Bachelor's Walk by the Connell Street bridge. We stayed in a backpackers about 50 yards down the walk - chosen at semi random on internet! :-). Superb location and a few minutes walk from Temple Bar or Grafton street.– Russell McMahonMay 11, 2013 at 12:38
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Temple Bar is generally considered the night life / pub / club centre of Dublin. There is a wide range of accommodation from hostels to quality hotels, and there are a vast number of pubs and clubs within crawling distance.
answered May 10, 2013 at 10:17
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Out of curiousity, why is an area named like it is a bar? Temple bar for me seems like just one bar, not an area :) May 10, 2013 at 12:54
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1Wikipedia says "It probably got its name from the Temple family, who lived in the area in the 17th century; Sir William Temple, provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1609, had his house and gardens here." but gives no explanation for the 'Bar' bit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Bar,_Dublin– Rory Alsop ♦May 10, 2013 at 15:58
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1@KarlCassar It's an unrelated (or at least very loosely related) meaning of the word bar: bar as in a city gate. It may be because such gates barred the way, but that may be just a divagation of mine. The word isn't used in this sense in modern English but remains in place names here and there in the British Isles. Temple Bar would have been a city gate, and then by extension the neighborhood near that city gate, and now the city has grown and the gate is forgotten but the name lives on. May 10, 2013 at 18:57
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