Dublin

Guinness and literature make for a classic romantic and stag destination

Propose here

Why not pop the question in a warm, cosy pub when the craic is good and they're playing the Irish fiddle and bodhran (drum) in the background?

To get you in the mood

U2, Boyzone, The Pogues, The Dubliners... Irish music spans modern and traditional, and the likes of Bono and Ronan Keating are still very much at large in their native city.

For an appetising read, look no further than the bard of Dublin himself, James Joyce. Start, not with the difficult Ulysses (considered by many expert the greatest novel ever), or the impossible Finnegan's Wake; but with Dubliners, Joyce's elegaic and romantic collection of short stories about his native townspeople.

Language of love

Cothrom an lae shona = happy anniversary

Ta me ghra leat = I love you

Comhghairdeaf = Congratulations!

An posfhaidh tu me? = will you marry me?

Stags and hens

Why not join the Dublin Literary Pub Crawl, sponsored by Jameson's? Accompanied by actors who dress up as the literary greats and quote from their texts at opportune moments, the tour takes in some of the most famous pubs in the city. Or why not go and watch some bruising Gaelic football at Croke Park?

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