The International Bar
Address
23 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2
City Centre
Hours
See full hours below
Mid-range prices
Features
Live Music, Comedy, Trad Sessions
The International Bar on Wicklow Street has two distinct personalities. Downstairs it is a perfectly good Dublin pub with a long wooden bar, a mixed crowd, and the kind of easy atmosphere that makes you stay longer than planned. Upstairs it is one of the most important comedy venues in Ireland.
The Comedy Cellar upstairs has been running since the early 1990s and has been the proving ground for an extraordinary list of comedians. Dylan Moran, Ardal O'Hanlon, Dara O'Briain, Tommy Tiernan and Ed Byrne all cut their teeth here. It still runs multiple nights a week and remains one of the best value comedy nights in Dublin.
The pub also hosts regular trad sessions and occasional spoken word events. The location is perfect - right in the centre of town, a minute from Grafton Street but on a quieter side street. It is the kind of pub where anything can happen on any given night.
What this pub offers
Weekly regulars
Opening hours
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