RESERVING THE BERNARD SHAW
We have a number of space of different shapes and sizes that you can book for your event. We take bookings from 4 - 70 in the different areas. We can also arrange food, have nifty drinks specials and provide lots of audio and video gear you can use.
All the details are below. Have a look, pick your spot and hit BOOK ME and we'll take it from there.
PICK YOUR SPACE
Here are the spaces available in The Bernard Shaw.
Rent: €65
We stripped out the old kitchen room in the Shaw and were left with a space crying out for a party and thus The Craic Den was born. The Craic Den has its own sound system which you can plug your own DJ/iPod into or listen to our DJs piped in, a projector setup and can be used for a number of events from straight-up parties to creatives meetings, video screenings, private viewings and loads more. We can arrange catering from The Big Blue Bus (see menu) too.
Rent: Free
We can reserve tables in the bar. Simple, no fuss and no charge & we can arrange catering from The Big Blue Bus (see menu) too.
Rent: Free
We can reserve tables in the ever popular BS smoking yard with no rental charge & we can arrange catering from The Big Blue Bus (see menu) too.
Rent: Free/€35/€70
A 1974 Gardener Double-decker bus retired from the streets of London and living out its golden years in The BS back yard. The lower deck is a pizza kitchen, churning out amazing home made pizzas. The top deck is available for hire & can also be used for small events like film screening, music, talks, plays and more.
Rent: Free
The lower bar area is where the DJ box & stage is located and can be used for a number of different events. You can use it for a straight up party or for things like film screenings, work shops, book launches and the like. We have all the audio/video gear there and can provide a bar man too if you like. The room can be used private hire until 9/10pm latest Thursday - Sunday which is the point we need to open the room up to regulars to shake a leg. We can also arrange catering from The Big Blue Bus for this space. (see menu).
Rent: Free
Coffee ToGetHer is the Italian Cafe that takes over The Bernard Shaw from 8am - 6pm Monday to Friday and you can reserve tables for lunch. Included in The Dubliner 100 Best Restaurants guide, you can have a look at the menu here.
STILL HAVEN'T FOUND A PLACE?
Click here to contact us and tell us about your party or event idea and we'll see if we can help with a solution. If it doesn't work in The Bernard Shaw, it might work in our sister venue across town The Twisted Pepper.
WHO WE ARE
The Bernard Shaw was Bodytonic's very first venue in Dublin. The bar opened in 1895, we took over 111 years later. There's A LOT of history in this place and we've only begun a new chapter.
WHAT WE DO
As promoters, music is our first love and putting on parties and events is our job. Musically, we cover a lot of bases. We have DJs and bands 6 days a week playing across the board from house to drum and bass, Baltimore to grime, roots reggae to disco, hip hop to rock. Events-wise, on any given day you could walk into a back yard Carboot Sale, an exhibition launch, a marathon 10hr set from a Detroit DJ legend, a hot-tub party, dinner on a double decker bus, a live show from emerging Dublin bands, graffiti battles, jazz band in the smoking yard, or even just a simple pint of plain and a chat.
You can find out what's going on by clicking Whats On or if you're the gambling type, just turn up.
TELL ME MORE
The Bernard Shaw opens 7 days a week from 4pm although sometimes we open earlier for different events. Check Whats On to see. We close at midnight Sunday - Thursday and 1am on Friday & Saturday.
We are located at 11 - 12 South Richmond Street in Portobello, Dublin 2, which is between the top of Camden Street and the Grand Canal. We are about a 10 minute walk from St. Stephen's Green. Click Here to see where we are on Google Maps. Other venues within 5 minutes walk of us include Whelans, The Village, Anseo, Pod/Tripod.
If you have any further queries, get in touch with us Here
'COFFEE TOGETHER' CAFE
The newest addition to The Bernard Shaw, Coffee Together opened late-May 2010. Open Monday to Friday from 9am - 4pm and Saturday's from 10am - 4pm, you can get great coffee and Italian grub either through our window hatch or sitting down inside and you'll be well looked after by proprietors Daria & Leo who's efforts in 6 short months saw Cafe ToGetHer at The Bernard Shaw placed in The Dubliner Magazine's Top 100 Restaurants 2011 and also in the 2012 edition.
SHAW SPACE EXHIBITION AND GALLERY
The Bernard Shaw is also a small art gallery, hosting regular rotating exhibitions from some of the countries best artists, illustrators, photographers, painters & writers. We try to strike a balance between established talent and new artists that we believe in.
A video of the Keith Haring show in June 2010
If you would like to host an exhibition please get in touch with us via the contact form
WALL MURALS
We have a number of walls in and around The Bernard Shaw that we use for large scale murals and art.
Street Hoardings
Huge frontage onto a very busy street, these are used for a mixture of commercial and bespoke work.
For advertising rates please email
Smoking Area
The entire back wall of our smoking area, which is the busiest area of the bar, hosts a rotating mural.
Back Yard
Where the Carboot Sale takes place, one wall hosts a piece from New York grafitti/sign writer ESPO, the other wall changes almost daily and is a proving ground for young grafitti writers.
Want to paint our walls?
If you would like to use or paint any of the walls for your project then please get in touch via the contact form here