Temple Bar
Dublin’s Temple Bar has got a bit of a bad rep in recent years.
By day, the area had become clogged with too many tourist tat shops; by night, hordes of stag parties wound from one tiresomely ‘Oirish’ pub to the next.
Add a near total absence of any locals and it hasn’t always seemed the most interesting area of the city.
But it’s by no means all bad news for Temple Bar. These days most of the stag parties have wound their drunken, costume-clad way across to Central and Eastern Europe.
And despite the throngs of tourists, there’s still plenty to get your teeth into (and not just in the great cafés and restaurants).
It’s a funny place, really:
…galleries and art centers sit alongside
…scruffy alternative shops and tattoo parlors
…to create a surprisingly vibrant and attractive quarter of Dublin.
