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20th Aug 2019

Here are the best pubs and bars in Ireland, as voted at the Bar of the Year Awards

Paul Moore

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You may have had a drink in these places.

Cask in Cork has been named as the Bar of the Year at the recent Bar of the Year Awards.

Since opening in February 2017 on MacCurtain Street in Cork city, the venue has proven to be extremely popular due to its original and innovative cocktail menu.

Award-winning cocktail consultant ​Andy Ferreira​ has helped to shape the menu and their cocktails are based around ingredients that grow in Ireland.

Elsewhere, The Old Orchard in Dublin won the award for Local Bar of the Year, while Trad Bar of the Year also went to another Galway bar, Lowry’s.

With over 25 categories and awards up for grabs, the winners of all the following categories, chosen by a specially selected panel of judges, were revealed at a gala awards ceremony in the Clayton Hotel, on the Burlington Road in Dublin.

Bar of the Year – Cask, Cork

Local Bar of the Year – The Old Orchard, Dublin

Trad Bar of the Year – Lowry’s Irish Music and Whiskey Bar, Galway

City Bar of the Year – Café en Seine, Dublin

Hotel Bar of the Year – Panorama Bistro & Terrace @ The Montenotte Hotel, Cork

Hotel Bar of the Year (Five-Star Hotels) – The Sidecar Bar @ The Westbury Hotel, Dublin

Tourist Bar of the Year – Durty Nelly’s Bar, Clare

Restaurant Bar of the Year – Wild Honey Inn, Clare

Bar Food of the Year – Blakes Corner Bar, Galway

Gastro Bar of the Year – Knights Bar @ Clontarf Castle, Dublin

Outside Space of the Year – The Central, Meath

Best Designed Bar/Best Inside Space – J.M. Reidy’s, Kerry

Live Entertainment Bar of the Year – The Workmans Club, Dublin

Late Bar/Nightclub of the Year – Opium Club, Dublin

Best Bar to Watch the Match – Buskers On The Ball, Dublin

Cocktail Bar of the Year – Cask, Cork

Craft Bar of the Year – Impala, Cork

Gin Bar of the Year – Russell’s Saloon, Louth

Whiskey Bar of the Year – The Shelbourne Bar, Cork

Best Newcomer – J.M. Reidy’s, Kerry

Innovative Bar of the Year – The Virgin Mary Bar, Dublin

Dog-friendly Bar of the Year – Peadars Bar, Westmeath

Wine Bar of the Year – Piglet Wine Bar, Dublin

People’s Choice Overall – 101, Limerick

People’s Choice Dublin – Igo Inn

People’s Choice Leinster – Left Bank

People’s Choice Munster – 101

People’s Choice Connacht/Ulster – Janey Mac’s

Special Recognition Award – Charlie Chawke Group and Louis Fitzgeralds Group

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drink,Ireland,Pubs