Cork City
This curved corner bar has no shortage of comfortable window seats but its real attraction is the outside tables which are indisputably the best people…
Must-see nightlife in Ireland
Temple Bar
A subterranean cocktail bar decorated in the manner of a Prohibition-era speakeasy. There's lots of rooms – and room – for hip lounge cats to sprawl and…
Cork City
A stalwart resident on the Cork pub scene, the long and narrow interior here is dark and cosy with a decent alternative rock soundtrack. On the weekends,…
Dublin
This pub is officially the longest in Ireland and is more than 350 years old. As you travel down past the cosy snugs and fireplaces, you’ll find not only…
Dublin
If the Storehouse isn’t enough to satisfy the beer lover in you, try the results of the Guinness experimental brewery. You must book ahead online and each…
Dublin
The gravediggers from the adjacent Glasnevin Cemetery had a secret serving hatch so that they could drink on the job – hence the pub’s nickname. Founded…
Kilkenny City
This former Bank of Ireland building has been resurrected as undoubtedly the most eye-catching bar in town. Dating from the 1870s, the interior is…
Galway City
Sprawling over three floors, this vast, ancient pub dating from the 13th century has medieval details including cut-stone windows, fireplaces and the…
County Clare
It's partly the regular trad sessions (Wednesday to Sunday, May to September; Friday and Saturday, October to April), partly the timber panels and snugs,…
Galway City
Antiques fill every nook, cranny, wall and ceiling space of this 1942-established pub: clocks, crockery, farming implements, gas lights, sewing machines,…
County Mayo
This tiny, traditional thatched roadside pub with flagstone floors and ancient benches is the real deal. There's no TV or radio or even a hint of a ham…
Galway City
Right on Eyre Sq, this traditional, garrulous pub has a great, huge heated beer garden, which is home to two outdoor bars and regular music events…
Limerick City
A 200-year-old classic right in the city centre, this corner pub is Limerick's oldest bar and, despite recent renovations, retains a traditional ambience.
County Clare
Crotty's brims with character, thanks to an old-fashioned high bar, intricately tiled floors and a series of snugs decked out with retro furnishings. Trad…
Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
Fitted out with exposed brick walls, copper pipes and studded Chesterfield sofas, this stylish pub mixes inventive house cocktails including a lemon…
Galway City
Emerging acts play here before they hit the big time. It's the place to hear bands but it's also renowned for regular stand-up comedy, along with a silent…
Dublin
The taproom downstairs is a great little boozer, but upstairs things are a bit jazzier with the BYO cocktail lounge. Bring a bottle of your favourite…
Cork City
This huge, warehouse-like, red-brick building houses an award-winning microbrewery. The industrial decor of exposed brick, riveted iron and gleaming…
Aran Islands
The buzzing Bar provided last pints for those emigrating from Galway to the USA, hence its former name, the American Bar (and its photos of Elvis, Bob…
Galway City
Neighbouring the Asian Tea House, this lantern-lit bar decorated with Buddha statues mixes inventive cocktails such as the Shanghai Kiss (passion-fruit…
The Burren
You can’t miss O'Donohue's – it’s the bright blue building with a painted fish drinking a pint of Guinness on the side that’s visible for miles around. It…
Aran Islands
A local linchpin, the island's only pub has outdoor tables with great views. Live music plays most nights in July and August, with spontaneous weekend…
Limerick City
With its attractive riverside setting, a maze of stone-walled and wood-panelled rooms, outdoor tables overlooking the water, and a menu that runs from…
The Midlands
Behind its photogenic black-framed stone facade with geranium-filled window boxes, this large pub is a welcoming place for a pint, a sporting fixture on…
Dublin
Back in the day, this little intersection in the Liberties was known as the Four Corners of Hell, with a rowdy pub on each corner (and brawls on the…
Dublin
Spread across two Georgian townhouses, this could be Dublin's most beautiful modern bar, with gorgeous wood-floored rooms, comfortable couches and even…
Galway City
With endless rooms and passageways, this enormous tavern has great vantage points from which to watch live music (mainly rock and country, with occasional…
Kinsale
Escape from central Kinsale to this harbourside gastropub in the picturesque hamlet of Summercove, where salty informality is a style in its own right…
Connemara
A crackling peat fire, dark-wood panelling and spontaneous trad sessions make this cosy pub an essential stop. Pavement picnic tables overlook the harbour…
The Midlands
On the banks of the River Erkina, with a beer garden overlooking the bridge's stone arches, this cosy pub dating from 1832 has an old fuel bowser out the…
County Clare
Dating from 1856, today Naughton's combines a traditional pub, a contemporary cocktail bar and a buzzing pavement terrace, making it a focal point for…
Kinsale
It might look permanently closed from the outside, but inside it's like being in someone's front room (actually, it is someone's front room! Tim, the…
County Clare
Magnificently restored, cavernous Nora Culligans retains original features including the front bar's ornate two-storey-high whiskey cabinets and timber…
Dublin
A staunch defender of the traditional pub aesthetic, Ryan's (as it's referred to by its older clientele) has adjusted to the modern age by adding an…
Kilkenny City
Top design talent was employed by the Langton's empire to create this reproduction trad grocery-pub. The front is a beguiling retail potpourri of…
Temple Bar
The most photographed pub facade in Dublin, perhaps the world, the Temple Bar (aka Flannery's) is smack bang in the middle of the tourist precinct and is…
Dingle Peninsula
Antarctic explorer Tom Crean ran this sky-blue inn in his retirement. Now it’s a regular Crean museum and gift shop, as well as a cracking pub serving…
County Clare
On the corner of Quinns Row, Brogan's rambles from one room to the next, with musicians playing traditional instruments such as tin whistles, fiddles,…
Counties Meath, Louth, Cavan & Monaghan
On Carrickmacross' wide main street, Fiddlers Elbow contains a buzzing bar, an upmarket restaurant serving dishes like smoked bacon–wrapped chicken (mains…
County Donegal
In the tiny town centre and with picnic tables out the front, Teaċ Hiudái Beag is noted for its Monday- and Friday-night music sessions where up to a…
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