Junior Brother’s Guide to Dublin | Songlines
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Junior Brother’s Guide to Dublin

Dublin is a city renowned for its music, and maybe because of this, as a tourist, it can feel a little daunting to wade through the musical equivalent of getting an €11 pint of Guinness in Temple Bar. Pair this with an ever-changing venue landscape, and it can be hard to know where to go. So, we’ve teamed up with Ronan Kealy, aka Junior Brother, an alternative folk artist who moved to the city from County Kerry over a decade ago, to let us know about the Irish capital’s best scenes and sounds

Junior Brother 1 116 Nicholas O'donnell

Junior Brother (photo: Nicholas O’Donnell)

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