We Want a Quiet Drink and Conversation in a Relaxing Irish Pub and We Want it Now.
"Proper Irish Pubs" is a tribute, dedicated to the remaining publicans in Ireland who have respect for their customers, and have decided not to cater to the lowest common denominator in Irish society.
"Proper Irish Pubs" recommends that the next time you go out for a drink, or if you are a visitor to Ireland, to please support the pubs listed on this website. "Proper Irish Pubs" is not a commercial website and the pubs are selected on the grounds that you can go there and have a peaceful, relaxed drink and god forbid a conversation as well. Thank You.
Irish politicians despite claiming to be against Drink Driving, week after week are involved in opening Superpubs all over Ireland many of which have massive carparks and are located in areas away from main residential locations with little or no public transport access. The Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern is one of the worst culprits in this regard. Even more bizarrely, these same Superpubs advertise the number of car parking spaces they have on offer. Only in Ireland!
The time has come to impose heavy taxation on Superpubs car parking spaces.
The Crown
Great Victoria Street
McGanns
Doolin
"You still cannot beat McGanns in Doolin...". - Mayhem
"the largest local contingent, which is a lot to say for a place in Doolin considering. In every other bar in Doolin, Franz O'Frankfurter the Vienna-trained Irish fiddler (who shoves in so much ornamentation into a melody that you can't find the melody,) is attempting to speak Auf Irisch to Yank tourists who can only look more confused than they already do." - Alliekatt
The Long
Valley
Just off Patrick Street
"Great Sandwiches, nice pints, the gents has no roof." - Fr.
Des
The "Hib" (short
for Hibernian)
Oliver Plunket Street.
"A small room upstairs beside a hairdressers. Looks like someone's
living room. Clientele colourful and usually pissed as newts. The last
time I was there, the bloke sitting beside me fell off his seat." -
Fr. Des
The Harbour
Bar
Kinsale
"Beer only sold in bottles. Fabulous view of the harbour." - Fr.
Des
The Cottage Bar
Glengarriff
Baby Hannahs
Skibbereen
The Oakgrove Bar
Bishop Street
"No messers, no jukeboxes. a first class pint with a better
class of drunk" - Drogrough
Murphy's
Main Street, Dungiven
"Good family run bar, great local crowd who give visitors a
welcome." - Freewheeler
Cúl A'Dúin (AKA
the Rusty Mackerel to the locals)
"located halfway up Sliabh Liag, the highest sea cliff in
Europe, a perfect place for a refreshing pint or three after a hike across
the mountain goddess (whether you go by One Man's Pass or not), part-owned
by a local lad and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh, and you never know who might drop
by for a session. No TV, no paint, no guards, no bother..." - Ger
The Drunken Duck
Shroove
"Great Pub, no bigger than 2 Living Rooms!!" - eirebadboy
Tremone Bar
Carrowmenagh (still called Beatty's by the
locals).
"Has gravitated to draught beer recently, but that is about
the only radical change in many years. Be careful you keep right when you
walk in the door or you'll be sharing dinner with the owners in the living
room. No jukebox, no TV plenty of great characters." - Sean
The Wildfowler (Old
Abby Arms)
Greyabby
"Nice pub with a front room and a back room as well, Locals in
the front mostly the back has a nice quite atmosphere ...great for a pint
and a chat. I haven't been there in some time so it may have changed"
- Tony (ex-Belfast)
Moores
"The piéce de resistance - Its only through local knowledge
that you would know it exists. Its like one of the sheebeens from the
1950's and hasn't changed since then. Has some colourful characters,
especially Rosaleen who is 82 and who keeps telling here dandy 85 year old
husband she is going to divorce him if he doesn't stop chasing some ould
wan" - Kevin
The Millmount Bar
"No messers, no jukeboxs. a first class pint with a better class of
drunk" - Drogrough
Joxers
Dorset St.
The Snug
Dorset St.
Dorans
Marlborough St.
Briodys'
Marlborough St.
The Leeson
Leeson Street
"Non-knacker type establishment, which I would recommend. Although
The Leeson is a big GAA pub so keep well away on big match days, as it
will be packed to the rafters with culchies." - Samson
Fibbs
Parnell Street
"is deffo non-skangers and, so no worries." - Darth Waylander
The Grave Diggers (Kavanagh's)
Glasnevin,
"behind the cemetery. Remember the Toto Schilachi Smithwics
ad? It was filmed there. Best pint of stout available to humanity." -
Prof. Gartlan
The Den
Pembroke St
"if you want a real quite pint around here you would head to
apart from thurs and fri nights the place is as quiet as a mouse." -
Dilate
Slattery's
Rathmines
The Mountpleasant Inn
Ranelagh
The Hill
Ranelagh
Gaffney's
Fairview
Ryan's
Parkgate Street
"has neither telly nor bouncers." - Cat
The Royal Oak
Kilmainham
"Like a country pub a mile from O'Connell Bridge. No concessions to
comfort, cleanliness, good taste, decor or designer lager. Perfect
pub." - Julian
O'Neill's
Pearse Street
"Could have just as easily been called "Ahhhhh Neill's,"
it's that comfortable and relaxing a pub to go for a pint in. You can sit
in the back in a little booth or alcove with your friends and converse and
have a few under soft lights in a quiet and pleasant atmosphere. The food
is good and the pints are lovely, and the place feels like an oasis of
calm in a city of constant noise and chatter." - Teresa
Grogan's
South William Street
"Not a TV in sight nor a light of one" - Irtrad-l
The Palace Bar
Fleet Street
"TV present, but hidden behind a painting and only exposed for very important Hurling and Rugby games" -
Irtrad-l
The Stag's
Head
Dame Street
"TV carried out by two men for important Rugby matches and placed on a small table in an ignominious corner.
- Irtrad-l
Oldtown House
Oldtown
"Lovely pint, pleasant surroundings and very peaceful." -
Kevin
Killians
The Naul
"like Oldtown the only pub in the village ( or for miles
around)"- Kevin
O'Loughlins
Dun Laoghaire
"apparently they don't even have a till, just a wooden box and there
are no women's toilets" - Southsider
McDonough's
Dalkey
"great place with everyone drinking bottled Guinness" -
Southsider
Palm Tree
Ardskeabeg
"worst/best pub in Ireland (the qualities
of both) and it's near Corofin. Has to be seen to be believed,
particularly by us city slickers - ...is infinitely better than the likes
of the Sub (Submarine Bar, Dublin), which is now a soulless pub full of
gimps in Seltic jerseys, peroxide blondes with white-trousered VPLs (they
could at least wear skirts) and empty of any of the atmosphere that used
to be there. And I'm only 20 for fucks sake!" - Dermot L
The Arch Bar
Athenry
"the lovely Josie who was so kind to me is gone now. I miss her too,
and it's a fine old pub." - Angh
Murphy's
High Street, Galway
The Crane Bar
Sea Road on the west side of the river.
"Unpretentious decent old bar. There's the famous every night of the
year music session upstairs which leaves downstairs for people who want a
quiet drink & chat." - Freewheeler
Garavan's
"I liked it better when The Snug was just through the door next to
the bar, but...sadly then was then and now is now." - Angh
Taaffe's Bar
Shop Street.
"Great pints and music." - Chaomhanach
Monroe's Tavern
Upper Dominick Street (cross the bridge over the River
Corrib, turn right and your there)
"good pints and music. Also set dancing if you are there on
the weekend." - Chaomhanach
South Pole Inn
Anascaul
The Marina Bar
Dingle, Harbour Road
"the food is good, the pints are excellent, and the sessions
are open to everyone, from Ireland's piping champions to the hippie guitar
slinger who lives down the street. And somehow there is maximum joy to be
had." - Alliekatt
Jone's
Clane
"tolerable for a Sunday lunchtime pint/paper reading session,
but it is getting contaminated by the suburban sprawl." - Cat.
Fletcher's
Naas
"no screen (of any sorts), no background music, no gorillas on
the door. Clean and pleasant for a pint - albeit busy at week ends with
all the refugees from the other pubs. And it remains unchanged (except for
the occasional lick of paint) since the beginning of 20th century." -
Cat
The Old House
Kill
"a rugby haunt owned by the family of an ex-Irish international. They
only roll down the big screen for important occasions (like when Leinster
gets trounced by Perpignan), and the rest of the time only have a 14"
in the bar." - Cat
Weld's
Robertstown
"straight across the canal from the cottage." - Cat
Murphy's
Ballymore-Eustace
"Good pint, open fire, pool table. Welcomes children and dogs. Quaint
decor with spartan furniture - think metal tubing with torn leatherette
covered cushions, and melamine table tops - lots of stuff dangling from
the ceiling." - Cat
Morrissey's
Abbeyleix
"Still a grocer's and undertaker's, the bar staff wear
grocer's white coats. It is still in its original condition - shabby and
dark, but delightful - and you can get gobstoppers instead of tayto with
your pint... Check out the has-seen-better-day but seriously efficient
pot-belly stove. Not a telly in sight n'either. *And* Abbeyleix is a very
handsome town." - Cat
"One of the oldest pubs in the country outside The Pale, family owned with a solid fuel fire, no TV, and lots of old junk around." - Ronan
McArdle's
Dundalk, Anne Street
"friendly locals and staff, great pints, and the craic is 90.
Great mix of young and old." - Diarmuid
Duffy's Bar
Louisburgh
McNamaras Bar
Louisburgh
Mináun View Bar
Achill
Killorans
Tubbercurry
"Family-run, unpretentious, naively charming and honest - time-warp
pub, popular with local farmers and French tourists. Lots of interesting
and odd stuff hanging off the walls and ceiling along with the obligatory
JFK framed photo on the wall. The staff always have a smile for anyone
coming in the door on a wet Wednesday in November." - Thomas
Brennans
Cloonacool
"the only pub in this picturesque village between the River Moy and
the Ox Mountains. Friendly, family-run business, with shop at the front.
The most unthreatening pool table on the planet is there, and after a hike
up in the mountains great for a few jars beside the fireplace."
-Thomas
Hargadon Brothers
Sligo City Centre
"Old world pub with the barman giving the gossip on who forgot to
switch their mobile phone off in mass that Sunday. Lots of cozy dark
booths for a good read or a snog. Excellent food."
- Thomas
The Harp Tavern
Sligo City Centre
"Popular with tourist and Sligo Rovers FC supporters. Small, friendly
pub on the riverfront."
- Thomas
Shoot the Crows
Sligo City Centre
"cool, that's it really - but visit on a weekday
night..." - Thomas
Tomney's
Moy
"fantastic barely-converted-house." - JohnD
The Sky & Ground
Wexford
Zeller's (also
called the Lacken Inn)
Lacken
"overlooking the Blessington Lake, good pint, open fire, no-nonsense
timeless decor, popular with local sheep farmers and Sunday drivers.
Notable for its loos: "Jacks" and "Banjacks"." -
Cat
Tutty's
Hollywood
"lovely old world pub, also very popular with the above sheep farmer,
as well as the local rural yoofs who enjoy its pool table. Had a pint
there one Sunday - a clapped out van was parked outside the door: on my
way in, I mentioned to the owner (the only drinker in the bar) that the
ewe in the back of his van was lambing. He thanked me, drained his pint,
and headed out to midwife. There can't be too many pubs with a delivery
room... just beside the "beergarden" (recycled church
pews)." - Cat
O'Connor's
Valleymount
"The only telly in the pub has an unfortunate colour stain in the
screen - which made watching an all-Ireland semi final over a soup and
pint last Summer kind of tricky. But nice location, and a lovely
pub." - Cat
