Written by Sascha Matuszak for EuropeUpClose. This is Dublin after all and you canвЂ™t walk more than 100 meters without passing a pub вЂ¦ Pub crawls are often spontaneous events (especially after the second pub) so why not just grab a Dublin City pub map, or write down these lyrics from a Merry Ploughboys song and take to the streets. But the downside is thatВ the adventure is taken away from the experience a bit. And when you get tired of the guide you can always slip away. Having a guide on your pub crawl is nice, because you can learn a little about the city and you wonвЂ™tВ have to deal with maps and itineraries. Just looking for Ye Olde pub crawl вЂ“ no required reading or listening, no requirement to вЂњsuck down that Irish Carbomb!вЂќ вЂ“ just good beer and good friends? Then check out the Dublin City pub crawl, a classic affair. Or perhaps you want to meet backpackers and fellow travelers, if so then the Generational Backpacker pub crawl might be your glass of Guinness. For the part animal just looking to get sauced, then perhaps the New Dublin City pub crawl is for you. Discover Dublins traditional pubs and wonderful Irish music on this 2.5 hour pub crawl through historic Temple Bar.

Ireland is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my life and a lot of my appreciation for the country comes throughВ the music вЂ“ impromptu concerts at 3am outside of a pub in Doolin, jam sessions in Belfast and of course blues in Dublin (blues actually is a mixture of African and Irish music, but thatвЂ™s another story for another time).Д«ut not all of us want to go from pub to pub listening to obscure quotes or melancholic tunes. Now that weвЂ™ve mentioned bodhranвЂ™s and table dancing, we might as well include a traditional Irish music pub crawl, hosted by two musicians with an excellent tolerance for stout beer. вЂќ a pub crawlвЂ¦ is a controlled (?) drinking spree with the simple intention of sampling a drink in as many hostelries as possible.вЂќ I like the definition of a pub crawl given by the James Joyce fan: There are dozens of different crawls to choose from, including:ДЄ Literary Dublin Pub Crawl, hosted by Colm Quilligan, which looks like a whole lot of fun and this James Joyce-inspired pub crawl that meanders all over town. The pub and the dancing are so ingrained in the culture that I donвЂ™t have to come up with вЂњmy favorite pub crawlвЂќ (which is great, because I remember little anyway). And in Doolin and in Dublin twice and then in Strabane вЂ¦ great craic, although IвЂ™ve never used that word because it sounds funny coming out of anyone but an Irishmen. I remember when that first happened to me, in Cork. If anything you need an excuse not to go pubbing, because there are few institutions like the Irish pub and few traditions as easy to learn and love as drinking, singing, whipping out a bodhran and dancing on the tables. Not that you need excuses in Dublin, really. Pubs across town host acts small and large - all blues related - and Irish and blues enthusiasts alike have yet another excuse to go out pubbing.

I remember one of my first experiences in Dublin, crawling from bar to barВ during the Guinness Blues Festival which takes place each year between the months of May and June.

Dublin music pub crawl tour