If you want to feel like you're in the tiniest pub in a rural village, pop in to Mother Reillys here - and don't go down the steps to the main seating area - the bar is squeezed up to the front door with a small area packed with what I assume are all the regulars/locals drinking at it. The toilets are downstairs so you'll need to break the illusion eventually; but it should work for the first few.
That bit aside, the rest of the setup is quite standard for a small urban hotel in an urban area - there's a mixed bar/restaurant area in the basement, with the small bar up in an extension over what would have been the garden of one of the houses that have been merged to make the hotel.
We guessed that there was probably a bit of trad played here, from the small seats beside the (gas) fireplace and the large lighting rigs pointed at it; and it seems that there is - along with a variety of other live music and an open mic night - going on the frequent events posted to their Facebook page.
All the pubs in Rathmines are at least a little bit different from each other; and the accidental rural element provides the difference here
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