Sloopy’s Night Club – Fleet St, Dublin,1970s

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from Evening Press, 1977 (thanks to Paul Donnelly)

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from In Dublin 1980
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advert 1978

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From Man Alive 1975

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spotlight 1970

A number of people posted comments on our previous post on Sloopy’s back in October. One was, Mike Wright who installed its sound system and was a DJ in the club. According to Mike the club held up to 1500 people. Mike also said, “Sloopy’s started in D’Olier Street beside the Gas Co.  Sloopy’s was opened in D’Olier St. by Michael Ryan & Michael Murphy in 1969 to 1971, and moved to Fleet St. in 71/72.”

Scans above are from various mags through 1970 to 1980. The top one is from New Spotlight, August 1971. Interesting set of judges for that Miss Sloopy competition in 1977!


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  1. Kieran Keogh

    4 Jul 2012

    Hi
    Fantastic to see Sloopy’s posts !!!
    I DJ’d there, for about 10 great years, from 1979 – 1988?, during which time it changed owners, changed managers and changed DJs …. but i remained through it all !! and it also changed its name to ‘Jaggers’ and eventually closed, in the late 80’s. I then moved with the TR7 driving manager (a great great guy) Denis Hickey (ex-Zhivago), to his new Club in Stepaside (Club Apres).
    I also DJd during those years, at Bubbles, the Afrospot, the Apartment, the Harp, Blooms and more – I was fortunate indeed !!

    1. John McDonnell

      16 Nov 2015

      Hi John McDonnell here. I was the person who put the Afrospot on the map. I was the promotions manager and DJ THERE. I would love to do a reunion, playing all the sounds I used to play back in the day. I would make it a non profit event, so the people who went there, could re-live the best Friday and Saturday night out in Dublin. Mail me if anyone reading this is interested… celticwedge@hotmail.com

  2. Maria Moore

    25 Jul 2014

    Yeh I loved Sloopys in the 70’s we went on a Thurs and Sunday, got free passes. I have photos taken with DJ (?) and a bouncer after winning a huge ‘Popeye’ . Also went to Zhivago and Lord Johns. Oh did we love to dance.

  3. Philippe Llorens

    18 Sep 2014

    In August 1973, I was a 17 years old Frenchman in Dublin and nearly every night I used to go to Sloopy’s where I had so much fun! I keep good memories of this good old time in Dublin and especially in this great night club where music was excellent and girls awsome!

  4. patricia Ward

    9 Nov 2014

    I frequented Sloopys in 1969, I knew I was right when I said it wasn’t always in Fleet St. but I’m the only one old enough to remember when it was beside the Gas Company office it seems. Ended up there once after an Office Xmas Party, sorry if we were bit loud that night but had a great time. Somebody remind me where Zhivagos was, I’v forgotten.

  5. Maria Moore

    22 Dec 2014

    Zhivagos was in Baggot St. It was great, 2 floors, had games machines, air hockey and pool tables. Was so great I loved it. I remembering pestering DJ downstairs to play Bob Marley. So good to dance to. Gosh they were the real Good old days.

  6. Denis Hearn

    11 Feb 2015

    I spent a lot of time at Sloopys. What a great place to go. Enter off Fleet Street through the mesh door and down the steps to a basement full of life, music and friends. I walked by there one day and the building had been demolished but you could still see the remains of the club, with the booths, paintings and history all there in the pouring rain.

  7. philip

    29 Jul 2015

    lets have a reunion in memory what a place the only place

  8. jcwymer

    5 Nov 2015

    I’m wanting to make a documentary of those who visited Sloopy’s in the early 1970s. Anyone available for this?

    2. John Kirby

      28 Mar 2016

      If you want to go back to the very beginning in 69, get in touch. I ran College Nights and DJ’d there until I left Trinity in 1970.

    3. Marie Mooney

      14 Jul 2016

      I was one of the go go dancers in Sloopys.

      1. Hans

        5 Aug 2016

        Hi Marie………I’d love to hear from you…………….Hans

    4. David & Antoinette Moran

      23 Jul 2016

      My wife and I worked there 1969 to 1971.I knew Mike Ryan and Mike Murphy form the Cricket Club Clontarf where they played Saturday night as the 4Keys.We than went to Club Arther on the quays before the new club Sloopy’s.We met in the Cricket Club and got married in 1972.

  9. Terry

    16 Jan 2016

    I met my wife in Sloopys in 1980 while working in the upstairs bar. She just came in and sat at the bar and that was that😊

  10. Jackie Mullen

    20 Jan 2016

    Sloopys was a big part of me life 1981-82. Tuesday night was my favourite. Simon Young was DJ and we made so many friends there. You just did not miss a Tuesday night. About 22 of us would meet in Hunters or Bernie Inn and then it was on to the best night club that ever was

  11. Mary McGrath

    20 Apr 2016

    My aunt ran tge miss sloopy and the mr sloopy it wad dance the night awsy onr bottle od duboni beteen the gang . Platforms and style

    1. John McDonnell

      14 Jul 2016

      are you Mary that went to Jersey?

  12. Dorothy Quinn

    1 Sep 2016

    I was 15 when I used to go to Sloopys – never a problem getting in – just used to get a lad to say she is with me….great memories – I remember there were two girls used to dance there all the time and they had short permed curly hair and they used to dance together all the time – they were great at the bump!!!

  13. Mary McGrath

    31 Oct 2016

    No but have my glasses on now ha ha

  14. Monica Martin

    1 Apr 2017

    Myself and a group of friends from Crumlin went there every Saturday night in 74 We also danced in Tiffanys which was behind Roches Stores in Henry St also the Apartment round the corner from Sloopys

  15. Bobby Morris

    13 Jan 2018

    Played at Sloopy’s, August 23rd, October 11th, & December 20th,1969 with a 7 piece soul band called Sketto Rich & Sonority. Played the keyboard. I still have a souvenir tank-top (T-shirt) shirt from that club. Music was good back then,,,

  16. fumbleylane

    16 Jan 2019

    Sloopy’s I was a permanent fixture in the early days. Loved that place. Even went with my stitches in from my appendix op.

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