Cork: Fab Food Tasting Trail
Enjoy a relaxed but highly-focused 2.5 to 3-hour stroll through the city center of Cork, stopping at a range of foodie hotspots. Discover local and Irish cuisine, meet...
14 bars in Cork, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Cork.
The Long Valley Bar ★ 4.5
City Centre · 10 Winthrop Street, Cork, T12 NW64
Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30-23:30, Fri-Sat 11:30-00:30, Sun 11:30-23:00
Established in 1842 and run by the Moynihan family since 1927, the Long Valley is Cork's most storied bar. The counter is famously long, the decor unchanged.
Sin E ★ 4.5
MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter) · 8 Coburg Street, Cork
Hours: Sun 12:30-23:00, Mon-Thu 12:30-23:30, Fri-Sat 12:30-00:30
Translating as 'That's It' in Irish, Sin E has hosted live traditional sessions since 1889, making it one of Ireland's longest-running trad venues.
The Shelbourne Bar ★ 4.5
MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter) · 16-17 MacCurtain Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 11:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 11:00-00:30, Sun 12:30-23:00
Ireland's best whiskey bar for four consecutive years, the Shelbourne holds over 540 Irish whiskeys and treats the category with the seriousness it deserves.
Cask ★ 4.5
MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter) · 48 MacCurtain Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Fri 16:00-23:30, Sat 14:00-00:30, Sun 16:00-22:00
Cork's award-winning boutique cocktail bar, operating without citrus for sustainability reasons and building its seasonal cocktail menu on foraged Irish wild.
Coughlan's Bar ★ 4.4
Union Quay and Ballintemple · 7 Douglas Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 14:00-23:30, Fri 14:00-00:30, Sat 12:30-00:30, Sun 12:30-23:00
An award-winning live music venue on Douglas Street, one of Cork's best streets for character. Coughlan's hosts free gigs every week across trad, folk, jazz.
An Spailpin Fanach ★ 4.4
City Centre · 29-30 South Main Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Fri 10:00-23:30, Sat 14:00-00:30, Sun 12:30-23:00
Open since 1779, An Spailpin Fanach is one of Ireland's oldest continuously trading pubs and Cork's foremost trad music destination. The Lee Sessions trail.
The Hi-B Bar ★ 4.3
City Centre · 108 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 15:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 14:00-00:30, Sun 17:00-23:00
Run by the O'Donnell family since 1924, the Hi-B is Cork's most determinedly traditional pub, with a strict no-mobile-phones policy that forces genuine.
Rising Sons Brewery Bar ★ 4.3
City Centre · 4 Cornmarket Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-23:00
Cork city's main craft brewery taproom, pouring Rising Sons' full tap range including Cork Pale Ale and Blackrock Stout direct from the tank on Cornmarket St.
The Oliver Plunkett ★ 4.2
City Centre · 116 Oliver Plunkett Street, Cork, T12 P957
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-23:30, Fri 12:00-02:30, Sat 10:00-02:30, Sun 10:00-23:00
Cork's best-known live music pub on Oliver Plunkett Street with nightly live acts Wednesday to Sunday and a late licence until 01:30 on Friday and Saturday.
Franciscan Well Brewpub ★ 4.2
Shandon and North Mall · 14B North Mall, Cork, T23 P264
Hours: Mon-Thu 13:00-23:30, Fri-Sat 13:00-00:30, Sun 13:00-23:00
Cork's original craft brewery founded in 1998 on North Mall beside the medieval city wall. The North Mall brewpub trades on under independent management.
The Corner House ★ 4.1
MacCurtain Street (Victorian Quarter) · 7 Coburg Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 15:30-23:30, Fri-Sat 15:30-00:30, Sun 15:30-23:00
A family-run pub at the Shandon end of Coburg Street since 1994, anchoring the Lee Sessions with spontaneous trad and blues in the back booth each week.
The Castle Inn ★ 4.1
City Centre · Lower Castle Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-24:00, Fri-Sat 12:00-00:30, Sun 12:00-24:00
A no-frills South Main Street traditional bar that refuses to modernise, and is better for it. No music, no screens, no cocktail list. The focus is entirely.
The Raven Bar ★ 4.1
City Centre · 100 South Main Street, Cork
Hours: Mon-Wed 16:00-23:30, Thu 16:00-00:30, Fri-Sat 12:00-00:30, Sun 16:00-23:30
Established in 1862, The Raven is one of Cork's oldest bars with a strong contemporary food and wine programme. 'Screw It Mondays' discounts premium wines.
The Bodega ★ 4.0
City Centre · 44-45 Cornmarket Street, Cork, T12 W27H
Hours: Mon-Thu 10:00-24:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-02:30, Sun 10:00-23:00
A Cornmarket Street bar popular with Cork students. DJs Thursday to Saturday; open until 02:30 Fri-Sun and housing Ireland's largest whiskey bar inside.
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