Dublin Mountain Pub Tour ( small group Pub Crawl max 15 people)
Recommended by 100% of travelers
Dublin, Ireland
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Venture into the Dublin Mountains to gain insight into Ireland’s famous pub culture during this small-group tour. Pay visits to smaller pubs in the countryside you'd easily have missed without your guide's itinerary, and enjoy the vibrant atmosphere while listening to traditional Irish music. Sip on local drinks like craft beers and Irish whiskey; food is not included and is at your own expense.
- See a new side of Irish life in the Dublin Mountains
- Get to know local pub owners with your guide's introductions
- It's ideal for meeting like-minded tourists in Dublin
- A small-group tour capped at 15 ensures a personalized experience
What's Included
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Live Music
- Visit 3 different Pubs in The Dublin Mountains
- Fully Guided Tour
- Alcoholic Beverages
- DinnerWe advise to have food prior to taking the tour
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 8 Castle St, Dublin, Ireland
Please wait by The City Hall Building at The Bottom of Castle street which is just off Lord Edward Street, Also its best to have food before the tour as not all the pubs serve food.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.6:00 pm
Itinerary
Dublin Mountains Way (Pass By)
1
Merry Ploughboys Irish Night
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
2
The Blue Light Pub
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
3
Johnnie Fox's
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Featured review
Sharlene_W
This tour was amazing. Our guide, Shane, made sure we were all safe, got to know each other and shared his knowledge of his beautiful Ireland. He kept us entertained from the start to the finish the pubs he took us to were quaint, friendly and well worth visiting. I highly recommend this tour.
Reviews
5.0
based on 165 reviews
Kathleen_H, Nov 2025
Our guide Shane was a joy to spend the evening with. He knows everyone in the small communities where he takes his guests. The pubs, and the people, were amazing. This was probably my favorite experience traveling solo in Ireland
Response from Host, Nov 2025
Hi Kathleen,
Delighted to hear you had a wonderful evening with us & our tour was your favorite experience.
Thanks for joining us & for taking the time to submit a review.
Many Thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Maria_J, Nov 2025
Do not pass over this tour when making reservations, it was a great way to mingle and relax with locals and other tourists. We started as a small group of strangers and with Shane’s charm, humor and knowledge we ended the tour as friends. The pubs and patrons made us feel so welcome and we even joined in a few sing alongs. I would 100% recommend this tour and our guide Shane. I would book again if I had the opportunity to return to Ireland.
Response from Host, Nov 2025
Thank You Maria_j for taking the time to review your recent tour with us and its wonderful to know it was you Best Tour of your trip. Loved to read you everything about the tour was to your liking & we look forward to welcoming you back in the future.
Kind Regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Sharlene_W, Oct 2025
This tour was amazing. Our guide, Shane, made sure we were all safe, got to know each other and shared his knowledge of his beautiful Ireland. He kept us entertained from the start to the finish the pubs he took us to were quaint, friendly and well worth visiting. I highly recommend this tour.
Response from Host, Nov 2025
Hi Sharlene,
Glad to know you had an amazing time on our Dublin Mountain Pub Tour.
Thanks for leaving a review
Rural Pub Tours Team
Adam_S, Sep 2025
Shane took us on a great tour of the Wicklow mountain country pubs! Great drinks, great music and a great craic!! Highly recommend!!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Hi Adam_S,
Lovely to know you & your family had a great time with us.
Thanks for choosing our company.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Anna_R, Sep 2025
Shane, our driver and tour guide, was funny and very knowledgeable about the pubs we toured, the beers and brewing techniques. Because the group was small, we were able to socialize and had a great time. Highly recommend!
Response from Host, Sep 2025
Hello Anna_R
Thank you for taking the time to review your tour with us & lovely to read you had a fun experience with us.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Brynlyn_R, Aug 2025
This experience was amazing! Great Guinness! Shane was a wonderful guide who was informative and funny. Would do it again!
Jena_M, Aug 2025
Shane was a spectacular host for our pub crawl. We had a small group still had great fun! It was my husband's birthday and the musicians at our third stop (and the whole pub) sang happy birthday. I highly recommend this tour, especially if you don't plan to venture out of Dublin. This tour takes you out of the city into the beautiful rolling hills of Ireland. Shane is the best and you won't regret booking this pub adventure!
Alice_B, Jun 2025
Fantastic experience. All 3 pubs were very different. Our guide, Shane was terrific. He was familiar with the pubs and provided great service.
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Hi Alice,
Thanks for choosing our tour whilst you visited Dublin & thank you for your review.
Kind Regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Lizard_B, Jan 2025
all you need is enthusiasm. If you are feeling sick of too much tourists, Shane can give you the answer. Pubs in the middle of Dublin, nobody cares about me nor speak to me. But exactly not the same in local pub with Shane. It was obiously the most lovely moment in my itiniery. many and much thanks to Shane and local people I met.
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Hi Lizard_B
very happy to hear you had a wonderful experience with us and you enjoyed getting away from the city and you liked the friendly Rural Pubs.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Lisa_T, Dec 2024
What a fun afternoon! It was great to leave Dublin City and get to experience another better version of Dublin pubs. Shane was an excellent host and driver. He met us and had a van full of strangers laughing and talking like friends before we even made it to the first pub! The pubs are top notch and I can’t wait to do this tour again in August!
Response from Host, Jan 2025
Hi Lisa,
Its always nice to hear of new friendships being formed on our tour and I'm so happy to know you loved the tour and all that came with it.
Kind regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Jaime_E, Oct 2024
Shane was a great tour guide. His bubbly personality helped break the ice so that by the end of the trip, everyone k ew everyone.
Lori_F, Sep 2024
Great time seeing the pubs of Dublun Mountains with Shawn. Highly recommend this trip to get away from the touristy spots in Dublin.
Rob_E, Sep 2024
This is a great tour & Shane is the best guide you could ever ask for. You will have a fantastic time, meet great people & see some really fun pubs on this tour. We also all enjoyed the best apple pie of our lives at the final pub stop - Johnnie Fox’s.
Yes, beer & pie work well together:)
Julie_E, Jul 2024
We had a great time with new friends and our guide, Shane. Tried my first Guinness and enjoyed the three pubs. Fun stories, pubs were lively with great music. A definite to do if you want to get out of the city a bit and have some fun!
Response from Host, Jul 2024
Thank you Julie_E for reviewing our tour and its great to know you enjoyed all the pubs we visited & everything that came with it.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Keith_S, Jun 2024
We had a great time on the Mountain Pub Tour! Shane was a fun driver and guide. It was a perfect way to begin our vacation in Dublin. Shane did a great job getting the group to interact. The Irish songs on the bus at the end of the night were a blast!
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Hi Keith_S
Glad to read you loved our tour & it was the perfect start to your visit.
We appreciate your custom & for taking the time to review your experience with us.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
MEGAN_G, Apr 2024
Shane was the best tour guide!! Not only was he knowledgable but he made this entire experience SO MUCH FUN!! Chicago loves Shane!!!
Response from Host, May 2024
Hi Megan
Glad to hear you had a fun experience with us whilst you visited Dublin.
Thanks for reviewing our tour.
Kind Regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Edward_M, Apr 2024
Shane was an excellent host. We had such a great time going to the three pubs on the tour, sharing, talking and great local beer options.
Response from Host, May 2024
Hi Edward,
It nice to know you had a fun experience with us and you enjoyed the pubs and the local beer options.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
grace_z, Apr 2024
Great time! Shane did not disappoint. Very knowledgeable about alcohol and will give irish recommendations for whatever you like. Great music as well!
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Hi grace_z,
Thanks for taking the time to review our tour & great to know you had an enjoyable experience.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Corey_K, Mar 2024
What a wonderful experience! Shane, our guide, was absolutely entertaining, knowledgeable, and an all-around great guy. The 3 pubs on the tour were superb, well selected, with some great local beers, ciders, and drinks. I can't recommend this tour enough! Everything about it was well thought out and seamless. Just do this, you won't regret it one bit!
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Hi Corey_K
Great to know you had an amazing time on our tour & you loved the pubs we visited and the drinks they offered.
We appreciate you taking the time to review our tour.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Laura_E, Mar 2024
This was such a cool experience!! We had so much fun with the group we were with, but the real highlight of this experience is Shane. He has a wealth of knowledge, is fun and attentive. Such a fun change of scenery to get out of Dublin for a night. 100% need to book this experience you won't regret it!! My husband Terence and I had seriously the best time and we will be back!
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Hi Laura_E
It was a joy to have you & Terence on tour with us and its fantastic to know you really loved our tour.
Tanks for taking the time to review our tour & choosing our company.
Kind regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
lagrangeliz, Mar 2024
We can’t recommend this pub tour and SHANE enough! This experience is everything it claims to be: fun, professional, and a unique opportunity to enjoy authentic pubs and great food and drink. Run, don’t walk! This is for real!
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for joining our tour & its great to know you had a fun time with us.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Taylor_B, Mar 2024
We went on the pub crawl to celebrate my 30th birthday and this was easily the best birthday I’ve ever had. Shane was incredible, the pubs were lovely and we had the best time. This was the highlight of our trip and I can’t recommend it enough.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Hi Taylor,
Glad to hear you had a birthday like no other on our tour and you enjoyed the pubs we visited.
Kind Regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Denise_T, Mar 2024
Shane was our guide and he was so friendly and knowledgeable. He did such a great job of putting everyone at ease. Shane encouraged us to mingle with and enjoy the locals at each location, as he knew they would be welcoming towards us. He was right! He shared information about what to expect at each pub, and what each one offered that the others didn’t. He also shared history about where we were along the way. You could tell that he had done this many times, and that he truly enjoyed providing this tour. It was obvious the locals were as fond of him as we came to be.
Of all the things we did while on our short, but busy visit to Ireland, this stands out as our very favorite! Great job Shane! We would definitely do this again with Shane!
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Hi Denise,
Thank you for your detailed review and for joining our tour.
Its a delight to know you had a wonderful experience with us.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
krestin_m, Feb 2024
Just book this tour - you will not regret it! This was our favorite tour that we took while visiting both Ireland and Scotland (and we took several). Shane was the absolute best. He was super friendly and knowledgeable and also a mountain celebrity. Every single local knows Shane! Our group was small (my husband and I from the USA) and another couple from Germany but by the end of the tour we were all best friends. I highly recommend this tour especially if you want to visit mountain pubs that are not easily accessible.
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you Krestin for joining our tour and its very positive to know our tour was your favorite in both Scotland & Ireland.
We really appreciate your review and for choosing our tour.
Many many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Katherine_M, Sep 2023
Shane was very entertaining. I loved his joy and enthusiasm. His singing was great as well. He was quite prompt and cared for all is as if we were family.
Sandra_M, Sep 2023
Shane was an entertaining and fun guide. We loved all three pubs and the stories about them. We got to go to places we couldn't easily have found on our own. This a great tour!
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Sandra_M we appreciate your custom & thanks for your review.
Lovely to know you had a great time with us.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
Jeffrey_L, Sep 2023
Was a great way to see pubs outside the city centre and Temple Bar area. As a solo traveler, I also got to meet some great people.
Shane the host was absolutely fantastic, engaging and knowledgeable. Upon retuning to Dublin, it will be the 1st tour I book.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Jeffrey_L thanks for your review and always nice to hear you liked the pubs, your host & that you'll be back out with us again in the future.
Kind regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
Darleen_B, Sep 2023
Shane was a great host and made it a fun trip for all. We visited three pubs and listened to Irish music at the last stop.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Hi Darleen_B
Thanks for choosing our tour & taking the time to review it.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
sandygarcia3, Sep 2023
Shane was such a great host. All three pubs were outstanding and the history along the ride was so interesting.
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you sandygarcia3 for reviewing our tour & nice to know you had an enjoyable time.
Regards
Rural Pub Tours Team
caroline, Aug 2023
Shane was an amazing guide! Really enjoyed getting out of the city! Excellent time! The scenery was gorgeous up in the mountains. A little more Irish music would have been appreciated but the pubs were great!
Response from Host, Sep 2023
Thank you caroline for taking to review our tour.
We appreciate you taking our tour & great to know you loved the pub & surrounding scenery.
Many thanks
Rural Pub Tours Team
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