Trad session
at The Cobblestone · Smithfield, Dublin 7
Wednesdays since 1989. No cover, no ticket. Walk-in friendly; arrive before 21:00 if you want a stool.
The events layer for every Irish pub. Recurring trad sessions, pub quizzes, live gigs, GAA screenings — by county, by night, by venue. Bonded to pubhub.ie's 6,842-pub spine.
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at The Cobblestone · Smithfield, Dublin 7
Wednesdays since 1989. No cover, no ticket. Walk-in friendly; arrive before 21:00 if you want a stool.
at MacCarthy's Bar · Castletownbere, Cork
Wednesdays. Six rounds, captain rules at the bar. Bring four — a fifth costs you a pint.
at The Quays · Quay Street, Galway
Galway v Mayo on the big screen. Curry chip from the kitchen til 22:00. Get in by 19:00 or you're at the back.
at Dolan's · Dock Road, Limerick
Wednesdays in the Warehouse. Sign-up from 20:30, six-minute slots. Decent PA, sympathetic crowd.
at Sin É · Coburg Street, Cork
Wednesdays til 02:00. Indie / alt set, no cover before 23:00. Cork's lock-in still has rules.
at Tigh Coili · Mainguard Street, Galway
Two-hour set Sunday afternoons. The lock-in regulars say it's the best in the city since 2019.
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where it is and what it's about
The events layer. Trad sessions, quizzes, gigs, sport screenings, late bars. Recurring slots first-class.
what's on tonight
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what the regulars are saying
Irish pubs in the pubhub.ie spine that sesh.ie can attach events to.
Counties covered. Five city-tier pages (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford) for finer-grained discovery.
Days a week we surface trad sessions. Sunday afternoon trad has its own filter.
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