Not as famous as the Abbey, but arguably a better quality theatre, with a great range of Irish and international plays. The interior is beautiful, much nicer than the Abbey. The bar is always a fun place in the interval, full of Dublin’s upper-crust and more impoverished arty types. The northside location thankfully helps to keep the number of southsider suburbanites to a minimum.
1 Cavendish Row (north end of O'Connell Street); tel: 874 4045; www.gate-theatre.ie