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Venue guide · Cross Guns Bridge, Dublin 9

The Bernard Shaw

Pub, art space, music studio, record shop, venue and outdoor yard at Cross Guns Bridge, run by the Bodytonic crew since 2006. Gigs and DJ nights in The Racket Space share the week with quizzes, karaoke, drag brunch and markets, and the kitchen serves until 10pm.

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The Bernard Shaw's blue and pink building at Cross Guns Bridge, with its painted yard fence
Photo: Chris Rycroft · CC BY 2.0

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The spaces

  • The Racket SpaceThe event space, with its own sound system upstairs. DJs are listed on Resident Advisor; by day (Sat–Sun 12–6pm) it's The Racket Store, selling records from Bodytonic Music and Absys Records.
  • BeatyardThe yard out back, used for outdoor events and, in winter, the Après Ski Yard.
  • Racket StudioA purpose-built music studio next door, also used for podcasts and mixes.

Seating plans are the venue's own, so we link to them rather than copy them.

Getting there & venue info

The essentials

Address
Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, D09 XW44
Directions ↗
Opening hours
Wed–Fri 4pm–late · Sat–Sun 12pm–late · closed Mon–Tue
Run by
Bodytonic, since 2006
Phone
01 906 0218

Checked against the venue's own pages on Monday 26 October 2026: The Bernard Shaw: Home, The Bernard Shaw: The Racket Space. Details change, so confirm with The Bernard Shaw before you travel.

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