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Step off the plane in Dublin, and you’ll probably get the impression that they don’t want you there.

There’s an air to the city that makes you feel like it’s too important for its visitors. It’s bustling, and obviously the business and financial hub of the country. It seems like everyone is transient. The customs officers will give you a hard time – stamping your passport with a no-budge, must-leave date.

We arrived (by mistake) on the day Dublin was hosting England during the 6 Nations Rugby Championship. Our discount evening flight was packed, and the line to board the last evening bus downtown was elbow-to-elbow, full of jostling and panicked people trying to work out exact change for the grumpy driver.

I don’t blame him for the attitude – the bus was packed with screaming Frenchman, carrying baguettes and wearing mock leprechaun hats. They were tremendously drunk and singing ‘Les Champs Elysees’ the entire time.

We finally found our stop and worked our way down O’Connell Street towards a huge, landmark spire. Normally I’d be pretty cautious about arriving in a new city after midnight, but O’Connell was full of people yelling and screaming.

Since we only had one day in the city we wasted no time and started sightseeing early the next morning.

And here’s where things get tricky. Dublin is expensive. Really expensive.

We found ourselves searching in vain for an Irish breakfast that did not cost 10 Euro, and found one about two hours later. Before then we wound our way through the Dublin Book Market, Temple Bar, and the downtown core.

The rest of the day was spent idling at the beautiful Trinity College, before we found a pub far enough away from downtown, where we drank pints for 4.80.

And there is where the fun really began, with a bar-full of Ireland fans piling in for the game, and a corner of decidedly loud Englishmen cheering for their side (they would only lose by one point).

The experience was unique, and definitely worth the steep prices. We left the next morning a little disappointed we didn’t see more of Ireland.

-Words by Lyndsie Bourgon.

-Image by Simon Corkum.

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