Róisín Kavanagh
Trad sessions and craft-beer rooms
Based in Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin nightlife writer on late Cobblestone trad sessions, Newmarket taprooms and the Camden Street cocktail counters.
Latest stories
Temple Bar, Dublin: the cobbles, the trad and the price of a pint
A walk through Dublin’s most photographed quarter, where the day belongs to galleries and film, and the night to trad sessions, buskers and eye-watering stout.
Stoneybatter, Dublin: a Northside Village That Still Feels Like Its Own Town
From Calabrian pasta and serious coffee to trad pubs and Phoenix Park on the doorstep, Stoneybatter is Dublin 7 at its most independent, walkable and quietly addictive.
Smithfield, Dublin: whiskey, trad and the square that never quite sits still
A northside neighbourhood of cobbles, sessions and serious coffee, Smithfield feels half-finished in the best possible way — all weather, music and sharp little rooms worth crossing town for.
Rathmines, Dublin: copper domes, sourdough and late pints on the southside
A lived-in southside suburb where a vast church dome, serious pizza, trad sessions and bargain charity-shop runs all sit within a short walk of each other.
Portobello, Dublin: canal pints, serious dining and a lived-in south-city base
A compact Dublin 8 neighbourhood where the Grand Canal, Michelin-level cooking, trad sessions and a proper local rhythm all share the same few streets.
Phibsborough, Dublin: pints, pastrami and proper northside life
A northside Dublin neighbourhood where the Gravediggers still pours a slow Guinness, Bohs still owns the mood on match nights, and the coffee crowd has learned to behave itself.
Georgian Quarter, Dublin: the city at its most composed
A walk through Dublin’s Georgian Quarter, where museum mile mornings, snug-pub evenings and perfect brick terraces make the city feel properly itself.
Docklands, Dublin: glass, water and the city’s new edge
A walk through Dublin’s rebuilt waterfront, where the old docklands history still ghosts the quays, the office towers empty at six, and the best of modern Dublin gathers by the water.
Creative Quarter, Dublin: the city’s best small streets for coffee, design and a late pint
A walkable pocket south of Grafton Street where Dublin’s old rag-trade lanes now run on coffee, wine, jewellery, toasties and the sort of easy street life the centre can still manage when it remembers how.
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