Word: irishness
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...Murphys,” Boston’s reigning kings of blue-collar punk barrel through 74 blistering minutes of music, delivering old favorites (“Boys on the Docks,” “Skinhead on the MBTA”) and punk-infused Irish folk songs (“Finnegan’s Wake,” “Wild Rover”) with equal fervor. And while the Murphys don’t stray too far from the all-things-Boston-and-Irish formula, they throw in a few welcome surprises, including raucous covers...
...screwdriver rather than grilled swordfish. This is a shame, as the restaurant offers some excellent modern American food without the trip into Boston such a meal often necessitates. Grafton Street may be named after the pedestrian shopping district in Dublin, but its food is a far cry from traditional Irish dishes like boiled bacon and cabbage...
...make it out of Dublin, the meticulous gardens of St. Stephen's Green will do fine. The Hugh Lane Gallery and the newly remodeled National Gallery are worth a visit as well; each features collections of Irish and French Impressionists...
Dinner in Dublin is no longer the tragedy it used to be. Sleek, glass-walled restaurants are sprouting throughout the Temple Bar neighborhood. Here you'll find updated Irish cuisine such as Bruno's haunch of venison with celeriac mousseline and Eliza Blues' beautiful gooseberry tart. (The prices are updated too. Dinner at a top restaurant costs $60 a person, including wine...
...Guinness or Bulmer's sublime hard cider. With a pub for every 450 Dubliners, it's hard to go wrong, but two favorites are Thing Mote and the Stag's Head, which, a few years older than the American republic, is a traditional haunt of Trinity College students. Irish music is on tap nightly at O'Donoghue's Bar and the Temple Bar (in the heart of the neighborhood that shares its name), where you can also enjoy a beer garden, a fine plate of oysters and an impressive collection of Irish whiskeys. "A good puzzle," James Joyce's Bloom...