This pleasant, well-run and very popular pub in Navan makes a good meeting place for a drink or at lunch-time, when contemporary light meals are offered: soups, a choice of smashed avocado or steak bruschetta, Wooded Pig chorizo tart, or sweet pot ... more...
Fia Larkin's boutique hotel overlooking Dun Laoghaire harbour and Dublin Bay has evolved over several years, and it has become an increasingly favoured destination for independent travellers with a taste for something a bit different - the emphasis is ... more...
In a waterside setting at Dublin's thriving financial services centre, this old Dock Offices building has genuine character and is one of the best located Dublin restaurants for the IFSC, Connolly Station, Busaras (central bus starion) and entertainmen ... more...
Right in the heart of Glenavy village, Paul Masterson's friendly pub/restaurant (formerly McGeown’s) has recently had a contemporary makeover but its origins go back to the 17th century and an open fire provides a timeless welcome.
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It can be rewarding to explore beyond the shoreside properties that tend to claim the attention in seaside towns, and Strandhill is a good example as the inquisitive visitor will find a lovely pub up on the top road overlooking the bay.
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In the same family for 150 years, O'Neill's - The Point Bar, is beside the Valentia Island car ferry.
Renovated in true character in recent years, it's always neat and makes an appealing place to drop into for a quick one while you're waiting for the ... more...
Although it's now styled cafe-bar and more of a busy lunchtime spot and after-work watering hole for local business people and shoppers, this famous Victorian pub has a special place in the history of Dublin life - literary, social, political - and att ... more...
The Lord Bagenal is beautifully situated on the River Barrow, with a fine harbour and marina right beside the inn and a pleasant riverside walk nearby.
Although now a large hotel rather than the pub that is fondly remembered by many regular patrons, p ... more...
What a delight this pretty, traditional pub is - although now predictably popular with a young set who bring life and plenty of noise at busy times, it is a friendly and welcoming place without a sense of cliquishness so even the first time visitor wil ... more...
One of Dublin's oldest and best-loved pubs, Mulligan's 'wine & spirit merchant' is mercifully un-renovated and likely to stay that way - dark, with no decor (as such) and no music, it's just the way so many pubs used to be.
The only difference is ... more...