Strokers Gay Bar (Limerick) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Contents:

• STROKERS GAY BAR
• GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY
• AVOID. LIKE. THE PLAGUE - STROKERS GAY BAR
• GAY BAR LIMERICK
• GAY BAR LIMERICK
• GAY BAR LIMERICK
• GAY BAR AT LIMERICK, IRELAND

STROKERS GAY BAR

Gay Ireland News & Reports 2000 to prent. Gay Ireland Photo Galleri. Acrdg to the gay Ireland web se and the opns of some people Cork—cludg the two gay farmers we met—there is supposedly no gay life Limerick.

“Oh y, ” she said whout lay, “there is gay club lled Yum Yum jt two blocks down this street; and there’s a gay rtrant on the next turng right. Sure enough, at the Glentworth Hotel om 11:30 PM till about two the morng every Friday night was lbigay night.

So there is some gay life Limerick—of urse. Before I left the non-gay Whe Hoe pub, the same pleasant straight woman told me my bt bet was to ll the Gay and Lbian Swchboard.

GAY LIFE MORN IRELAND--LIMERICK AND GALWAY

Checkg the directory GCN, I saw thirteen venu and servic for gay Limerick, cludg the Gay Swchboard Limerick and the Lbian Le Limerick. There are two gay universy groups.

Gay?

It didn’t take long to fd signs of gay life Galway. I stopped to buy a py of the Irish Tim at a downtown news stand and close by were recent issu of Attu magaze and Gay Tim (both om London), Out (om USA) as well as Gay Ireland magaze (Gi). Checkg the listgs GCN newspaper, there were sixteen gay and lbian venu, groups and servic town, two bars, three f, help phone l, support groups and HIV re groups.

AVOID. LIKE. THE PLAGUE - STROKERS GAY BAR

I chatted wh a man named Phil about this year’s Gay Pri weekend Galway. Walkg om Zulu to Strano (now changed to Wils) we stopped at the non-gay Monroe’s historic pub.

RAA: I am told that lbians are the major gay bs entreprenrs Galway. (3) Historilly lbian women have earned ls money and tend to go lol for their holidays whereas gay guys were better paid and uld afford to go off to Dubl or London.

GAY BAR LIMERICK

RAA: So Galway’s gay history go back que a few years? There have been known gays Galway for generatns— all of Ireland for all of history I suppose.

But the major break me the early 90’s when homosex was crimalized and protective laws were enacted. It’s the olst gay (male) place (about 20 years) which is still extant; ’s patronized by the olr crowd.

GAY BAR LIMERICK

And we’ve had a Gay Pri ftival for about 10 years which go right through the center of the bit pestrian street and ont of all the mastream shops wh all the mummi and kids shoppg. New venu and events keep appearg such as Club Outrageo which happens once a month and is very popular wh young people, gay and straight bee is an ‘alternative’ happeng wh an ‘anythg go’ attu; There are lots of bizarre stum at the events.

There is so much more support now as well as more publicy about homosexualy. Galway is not much for attu and posg—if you are gay, well that’s the way is and so get on wh .

Sally: This g October there will be the first gay men’s weddg–and I n tell you they are really fsg over their outfs to make the ocsn perfect. We’re pecially happy to see this bee there’s an imprsn that gay Irish upl don’t last very long.

GAY BAR LIMERICK

Perhaps bee so many visible gay guys are young and are jt gettg around, or perhaps they are stunts and not to settlg down.

GAY BAR AT LIMERICK, IRELAND

Homophobia was strong the past and olr guys didn’t’ even thk about marriage or ceremoni.

As we drove around the untry stayg at non-gay B&Bs our hosts were very amible and acmodatg to as a male uple.