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If you search your heart, you’ll find there’s one true music venue in which your soul rejoices: and for our columnist, it has to be Whelan’s

Whelan’s on Camden Street: a spiritual sanctuary for some Pic: Fergal Phillips

You can tell a lot about a person by their choice of night-time venue. I’m not joking. Most of my friends and family could immediately tell you that, when it comes to drinking establishments in Dublin, I’m a Whelan’s girl. And by Whelan’s, I mean Whelan’s of Wexford Street, the historical music venue for indie bands; and the place where I’ve been to see Bloc Party, Stereophonics and the Frames, and danced a ...