The Map 3: likely route

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The Likely Route

This looks like the most likely route, with the least distance between consecutive pubs. There's a few cheats... namely, using the 18 letter Irish alphabet and selectively including or ignoring "The" and "O'" in pub names.

Auld Dubliner
Bowes
Chaplins
Doyle's
Eamon Doran's
Foggy Dew
Globe
Hogan's
International
Le Cirk
Mercantile
O'Neills
O'Donoghues
Porterhouse Central
Rush
Stag's Head
The Old Stand
Ukiyo

The Map 2: candidate pubs using the Irish alphabet

Only 18 letters. No J, K, Q, V, W, X, Y or Z (Sasenach letters!)

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The Rules pt 1

In the cold expanse of space, if you're hit, you're dead... In the Dublin Alphabet Pub Crawl things are a little more relaxed, but survival is still the name of the game. If you were to give each pub 30 minutes, you would take 13 hours to get around all 26 venues. Depending on when you start there may not be 13 'drinking' hours left in the day so this is quite a tough schedule when you have to factor in things like getting grub along the way etc.. The main problem with organising a group of people to follow a course like this is that someone has to herd everybody along to keep to the schedule. The alternative is to make sure everyone knows the route and timings ahead of kickoff and then it's every man for themselves. So with that in mind the first rule is:

1 - Know the route

The Options

A is for Auld Dubliner, Anseo, Aka, Arlington
B is for Buskers, Bailey, Bankers, Bank, Bia, Bowes, Brogans, Bachelor Inn, Bleeding Horse
C is for Cassidys, Chaplins, Central Hotel, Capitol, Czech Inn, Cafe En Seine, Clarendon
D is for Doyles, Dakota, Dame, Duke, Davy Byrnes, Devitts
E is for Eamon Dorans
F is for Foggy Dew, Farringtons, Four Dame Lane, Fitzgeralds, Fitzsimons
G is for Grogans, Globe, Grand Central, Gin Palace
H is for Hogans, Handels, Hairy Lemon, Hapenny Bridge Inn
I is for International, IFI
J is for John Kehoes, JJ smiths
K is for Kennedys, Knightsbridge, Kehoes
L is for Long Hall, Legends, Le Cirk, Lotts, Library Bar (Central Hotel), Lord Edward
M is for McDaids, Mercantile, Mezz, Mulligans
N is for Nearys, Nealons
O is for O'Donoghues, O'Neills, Oliver St John Gogartys, Old Stand, Oval
P is for Porterhouse, Porterhouse Central, Palace, Peters Pub, Pravda, Peadar Kearneys
Q is for Quays, Q Bar
R is for Ron Blacks, Rush
S is for Stags Head, Spi, Solas, Swan, South William, Sin é
T is for Thomas Reads, Turks Head, Temple Bar
U is for Down Under, Ukiyo
V is for Vat House Bar (Blooms Hotel)
W is for Whelans, White Horse, Westin Hotel
X is for Bruxelles, Exchange bar (Westin Hotel)
Y is for Yamamori
Z is for Zanzibar

The Plan

26 drinks in 26 Dublin pubs... to be attempted in alphabetical order on the occasion of Maurice's stag party, Saturday 8th August 2009

The Map 1: candidate pubs

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