definitive dublin snug guide…

Front snug of Mc Dowell’s, Emmet Road, Inchicore right next door to St. Patrick’s Athletic.

Front snug /wee-room of The Glen of Atherlow, Emmet Road, Inchicore right opposite the old VEC now PLC college as designed by a young Andrew Devane(the college that is).

The back snug of the Royal Oak on Old Kilmainham Lane near the Garda station.

Gaffneys in Fairview.

upstairs in slattery’ rathmines at the end of the bar

Garavans on Shop Street, Galway.

couple of nice ones in Neachtains on Cross st, Galway

ps Garavans is on William st

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Ryans of queen street
quite large-immediately to the right as you enter from queen street

Slattery’s in rathmines had a corridor behind the bar that passed as a snug (with hatch to bar)

Toners has (or did, have not been in it for a while)

Doheny & nesbitts had one too at the end of the bar

Seem to remember that kavanaghs at the top of stoneybatter/Aughrim street has a snug

Its all slowly coming back to me now……

must go back there-I have not been to Ryans for quite a while

slatterys in rathmines has the the snug proper inside the front door, it also has ,as mentioned above the dark corridor at the back of the bar where the old timers can be seen sitting without conversation looking at the wall 1.0m in front of them. another interesting point is that the bar inside the front door has small stools at it, as the floor level benind the bar is much lower that on the public side ! great pub.

Are any of these snugs still used as snugs, that is, still reserved for women. That was certainly true of garavans until recently.

ps shop street runs from eyre square to murrays off-licence, don’t believe anyone who tells you different.

Paul – did you ever photograph these snug areas? I’m familiar with them all apart from the 2 in Inchicore – must go up and have a luck.

There’s one in the Hairy Lemon – completely separated fro bar with huge window to look at the passers by (not a great pub though and way too dear).

Of course the mother of all snug bars is the Crown in Belfast where all seating is in snugs, apart from the bar stools – must be around 10 snugs there.

define snug exactly?

a very small bar completely seperate from the main public bar, usually served through a hatch with an entrance off the main enterance and bench rather than bar stool seating, originally intendend for women at a time when they weren’t welcome in the main bar.

danns pub in greystones has a top snug just inside the door.

Keillies (spelling?)
At the rear of K3 on liffey/upper abbey st.

the swan bar, corner Aungier Street and York Street

The Palace, just inside the door on the right and Ryans in Parkgate Street at the back of the bar.
JJ