Fibber Magees

You'll hear Fibber's before you see it - the rumble of bass and clatter of pint glasses spills onto Parnell Street like a siren call to anyone with decent taste in music. This is where Dublin's metalheads, punks, and general misfits have congregated for years, and the sticky floors and band stickers plastering every surface tell the story better than any review could. The upstairs hosts proper live music - not some acoustic nonsense, but actual bands that'll rattle your teeth. Downstairs is all about the craic, with a jukebox that actually understands what good music sounds like and bar staff who know the difference between a pint and a properly pulled pint. It's refreshingly unpretentious in a city centre that's increasingly sanitised, and the kind of spot where you'll end up staying much later than planned.