A fun and recommended activity for those visiting Dublin is to do the Irish Musical Pub Crawl<\/a>.  Unlike the name implies, the consumption of alcohol is optional and everyone actually walked between the venues — no crawling observed!  But it is an opportunity to try a pint of Guinness (not a brew I’m very fond of, but better here than when I’ve tried it elsewhere probably due to the freshness of the product).  You do get to visit a total of 3 pubs, two in the Temple Bar area, with about a 30-40 minute set at each of the three places.<\/p>\n

The tour features two professional Irish musicians, generally playing traditional songs on a guitar and violin.  In between numbers, they chatter about Irish music, Irish traditions and culture, and the influence of traditional Irish music on today’s music scene.  It was terrific!<\/p>\n

Here are a few brief videos I took while enjoying the crawl:<\/p>\n