A few places outside Dún Laoghaire, but not too far away. There used to be sessions in the Punchbowl, just past Blackrock (website http://www.theoldpunchbowl.com/ ).There is, or used to be, a session on Wednesday nights, and maybe other nights, in the Blue Light, at the foot of the Dublin mountains - see here for details. Touristy, and not a session (unless you start one yourself - it's been done!) is Johnny Fox's, but good food (IMHO), web site http://www.jfp.ie/. There's an open session starts at 1 pm Sundays in O'Donogue's, Merrion Row, bus (45?) to Mount Street - ask for Victor or Paul. I've often brought visitors to the Brazen Head in Dublin, not a session but a nice place to listen to the music on Sunday afternoons. As mentioned, there are a number of other places around Dublin where locals meet, like the Portobello Sundays at 6, but might be difficult to get to. The Bray singers' session is very good but on the third Saturday of the month. Don