Originally Posted by
johnmcq
I did enjoy speaking with several locals - but was exhausted by questions regarding US foreign policy and how anyone with an ounce of brains could vote for the current administration. All I could do was agree and sympathize with them.
Somewhat amusing to read this from the relatively sane days of 2007!
For anyone picking up this thread now, my tuppence worth would be that Temple Bar is worth a visit, but with the emphasis being on the singular. Dublin in general is horrendously expensive, and Temple Bar (especially the pub of the same name) is outrageously so, and is accordingly frequented almost exclusively by unwitting visitors.