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Bienvenue à Dublin: 10 things you French lads ought to know about the city

Ou est Le Coppers?

You’ll need a coat

Don’t be fooled by the resplendent sunshine now. Within 15 minutes you’ll be soaked.

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Kiely’s is a Clemont pub

Ye Toulon boys will have to find a neutral venue.

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Don’t worry, baguettes are in plentiful supply

Whether you like breakfast or breaded chicken fillets, we have all your baguette needs covered.

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See that big stadium on the way from the airport?

Don’t go there.

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Make sure you don’t ask directions to ‘Aviva Stadium’ either.

It’s Lansdowne Road you’re after

Don’t worry, the cranes are gone now. ©INPHO/James Crombie

Drinking Guinness is mandatory for visitors to these shores

Even though the weather’s too hot for the locals to touch it in the next three months.

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Oh, did nobody tell ye? Dublin is soooo over the Heineken Cup these days…

The Amlin Challenge Cup final is the hot ticket in town, so unless you already have a ticket you’ll have to figure out something else to do.

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There’s traditional music down in the O2

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You’d be crazy to miss the chance of watching the most intense rivalry in gaelic football

So get yourself on the Luas out to Tallaght for Rovers v Bohs.

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‘See yiz in Coppers’ is not a threat or an offer to make a statue in your likeness

It’s where you celebrate winning trophies.

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Although losers can go there too.

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