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Donnybrook Rugby Ground
Leinster has had similar fortunes to the national side – good, but not quite good enough. They have performed steadily in the European Cup, the premier provincial tournament that sees sides from the Six Nations countries play each other from December to May. The 2006 season culminated in a final that their great rivals Munster won. Leinster has done better in the lesser Celtic League (played against teams from Scotland and Wales), which runs from September to January, but mostly because everyone is gearing up for the European Cup. If you want to see them play, you can do so at the Donnybrook Rugby Ground. Tickets for both competitions are available at Elvery’s ((679 4…
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Irish Rugby Football Union
The association with privilege has pretty much always been there with rugby, until the game decided to go global, kick its branding into a whole new gear and Dublin began witnessing some pretty successful local teams at both inter-provincial and international level. Irish rugby’s governing body, the Irish Rugby Football Union, has done a brilliant job of selling rugby outside its traditional domain, so much so that the game has finally generated a genuinely national interest.
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Pod
The name is still the same, but the one-time legendary dance club (in Dublin terms, anyway) has been resized and incorporated within the confines of John Reynold’s newest entertainment venue, made up of three attached but separate rooms. The much smaller Pod is still home to club nights, ranging from Wednesday’s indie faves at Antics to the always excellent dancefest that is Pogo (Saturday).
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Krystle
The favourite venue of many a Celtic cub, Krystle (annoyingly pronounced ‘cris- tal ’ by its snootiest devotees) is where you’ll most likely find the current crop of celebrities and their hangers-on, although you’ll have to wade your way through the huge main floor and gain access to the upstairs VIP lounge for maximum exposure. Chart hits and club classics are the mainstay.
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Shamrock Rovers FC
The Hoops’ tale is a cautionary one: once the dominant club in Irish soccer, the team hasn’t won the league in years and it doesn’t even have a permanent home ground. It’s playing at Tolka Park pending the long-awaited construction of their own ground in Tallaght, which remains caught up in planning-row limbo.
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Shelbourne FC
Premier League champions in 2006, Shels was ignominiously booted out of the top division straight afterwards for financial irregularities, lost all its good players and spent all of 2007 struggling in Division 1 – which is really the second division.
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St Patrick’s Athletic
Four league titles in the 1990s, and one since the turn of the century…the Saints are an accomplished club whose ground is known as the Stadium of Lights, in tribute to the infinitely more impressive ground once played on by Benfica.
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UCD
The Students have been yo-yoing up and down the league but in 2007 found themselves respectively mid-table in the Premier Division. They play in the lovely Belfield stadium, part of the University College Dublin campus.
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Lighthouse Cinema
Classic films and alternative, art-house releases are the staple of this brand-new cinema – easily the most beautiful in town – with four screens and a trendy cafe-bar.
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Curragh
The home of Irish racing, 35km west of Dublin, hosts five classic flat races between May and September: the 1000 Guineas, 2000 Guineas, Oaks, St Leger and Irish Derby.
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Punchestown
Although it specialises mostly in flat racing, Punchestown is home to the extremely popular Steeplechase Festival in April. The course is 40km southwest of the city.
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Bohemians FC
Known as the Gypsies, this club is the north side’s pride and joy, and one of only two totally professional teams playing in the league.
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Brown’s Bar
Not as cool as it used to be, thank God, this is in Dublin’s finest department store and is the best place to stop for a mid-shop reviver.
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Fairyhouse
The National Hunt season has its yearly climax with the Grand National, held here on Easter Monday. The course is 25km north of Dublin.
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