Best town in Ireland for a stag

Huggybeer wrote: SuperDave84 wrote: I'm just going to repeat this: BOOOOOOOOAAAAAATTTSSSS!!!! I like the boat idea dave, not being stuck in one place unless your haven the craic, but your talking about lads locked getting on and off a boat & B. Lads driving a boat while locked is it not a disaster waiting to happen, no fatalities on your trip no?

Well, you tend to be a little bit hungover during the day - so you don't actually drink that much. Also, they don't go that fast. There is always one or two sober enough lads too, so it's grand. Plus, you obviously have to moor them at night - we tended to tie up by about seven or eight o'clock before going drinking properly. They are easy enough to get in and out of too. Over the four nights we were away, out of 19 of us, not one lad fell in the water (albeit I absolutely fecked my knee up on the last night in a dance-off related injury when we gatecrashed some girl's 30th birthday party in a pub in Terryglass).

In terms of the deposit, the only thing we suffered was a lost anchor. No idea how that happened but it was only about €20 extra each, so not much. I'm not sure I'd recommend it if you are only going away for one or two nights, but if you are going for a bit longer (say, over the August bank holiday weekend) then it definitely makes sense (albeit it is probably a fair bit pricier in August than it is in March, which is when we did it, two years ago).

Cork is a great place for a night out........everything central and some fantastic pubs. Kind gets in under the radar but i always enjoy being out on the lash down there.

SuperDave84 wrote: Feck yeah, I just remembered - 19 of us hired three boats from Banagher for a stag. Absolutely brilliant craic. We went down the way rather than up the way, but still. If you went up, you could go to Athlone for a night out. If you go down, there are a few places with nice enough pubs (Terryglass, Killaloe etc). We were away for three or four days - if you only go for one or two, it might not suit so well, but if you are going for a few days, it is great craic. Edit: I should add, it wasn't even that expensive. I think it worked out about €150 per person, for the boat hire for four days. Given that there was no need to pay for accommodation, it worked out as great value.

Yep would recommend this also, great bars along the way, only thing is been hungover on the water not a good combination plenty of sick down the sides of the boats but great craic all the same.

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The Saint wrote: A mate of mine from Switzerland is having his stag in Dublin in November. Being from Dublin I've never had the need to book anywhere to stay here but his mate was on to me looking for some info on somewhere decent to stay, they don't really want a hostel but a basic hotel will do. Also want to keep them out of temple bar for the weekend. All stags I've been on have been outside Dublin so had never really had to consider having problems getting into places. I reckon there'll be around 12-15 people going. Never really see stags outside temple bar is that because they aren't welcome?

The Saint wrote: A mate of mine from Switzerland is having his stag in Dublin in November. Being from Dublin I've never had the need to book anywhere to stay here but his mate was on to me looking for some info on somewhere decent to stay, they don't really want a hostel but a basic hotel will do. Also want to keep them out of temple bar for the weekend. All stags I've been on have been outside Dublin so had never really had to consider having problems getting into places. I reckon there'll be around 12-15 people going. Never really see stags outside temple bar is that because they aren't welcome?

harcourt hotel is ideal and you can get rooms for 3.

Thanks lads 

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Edited by SuperDave84 - 09 Feb 2015 at 5:06pm