Live music · Friday + Saturday
at The Merry Ploughboy · Edmondstown, Dublin
Live music every Friday and Saturday from 9:30pm until late.
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This weekend in Irish pubs
Friday, Saturday, Sunday — sessions, gigs, sport, festival fringe. By day, by county, by pub.
Friday night
Friday live band
at Nancy Blake's · Limerick
Live band most Fridays in the back bar. Loud, unpretentious.
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Live · indie three-piece
at Róisín Dubh · Galway
Local indie three-piece, second EP launch. €10 on the door.
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Trad session
at The Cobblestone · Dublin
Friday session. Lock-in plausible if it lifts.
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Saturday all in
GAA · Connacht SFC: Galway v Mayo
at The Quays · Galway
Big screen. Curry chip from the kitchen til 22:00. Get in by 19:00 or you're at the back.
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Live · album launch
at Whelan's · Dublin
Album launch in the upstairs room. Doors 20:30.
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Sunday slow start
Sunday afternoon trad
at Tigh Coili · Galway
Two-hour set Sunday afternoons. The lock-in regulars say it's the best in the city since 2019.
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Sunday trad session
at The Brazen Head · Dublin
Ireland's oldest pub (since 1198). Sunday trad lifts the room from late.
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