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Bricín

Upstairs, over a craft shop (which you will find especially interesting if you like Irish pottery, of which there is a very wide range), Paddy & Johnny McGuire's country-style first-floor restaurant has been delighting visitors with its warm atmosphere and down to earth food since 1990.

It's a large area, but broken up into "rooms", which creates intimate spaces - and the country mood suits wholesome cooking, in menus offering a good range of popular dishes. Salmon & crab bake is an enduring favourite, for example, and there are traditional dishes like boxty (potato pancakes) which are not seen as often as they should be in Irish restaurants, and are the house speciality here - you can have them with various fillings - chicken, lamb vegetables - and salad.

An interesting range of desserts includes good home-made ice creams.

This is a welcoming restaurant, and it has an old-fashioned character which is becoming especially attractive as so many others are adopting a contemporary style.

Seats 29; air conditioning; children welcome. D Mon-Sat, 6-9. Value D €21 daily 6-7; Set D from €27; also a la carte. House wine from €20. Closed Sun and Feb. Amex, Diners, MasterCard, Visa, Laser.

Directions:

On the High Street, Killarney