Craft Beer, Cocktails & Gastropubs

East Cork

East Cork is place of old fishing villages and harbour towns, rich farmland and a thriving, innovative food culture, fostered in great part by the celebrated Ballymaloe Cookery School and the scores of graduates it releases into the wild every year.

Here you will find cosy, historic gastropubs doing amazing things with the fruits of our seas and fields. And when they say the very best ingredients locally sourced, they mean it. Look out through the window of your harbour-side pub and you are likely to see the boat that brought in the fish on your plate, early that morning.

The Blackbird

Ballycotton, Ireland

The Blackbird is a charming old fisherman’s pub in the picturesque fishing village of Ballycotton. And its big attraction – apart from the cosy bar...

The Quays Bar

Cobh, Ireland

The setting is amazing. The Quays is on the harbour front in the historic port town of Cobh, famous as the gateway to America for countless thousan...

Murph's Tavern

Midleton, Ireland

Brother and sister team Michael and Laura Cashman have rescued a derelict old pub in a very hidden away part of Cork harbour and transformed it int...

Aherne's Townhouse & Restaurant

Youghal, Ireland

A bar, restaurant and luxury B&B in the medieval port town of Youghal, Aherne's could be easily overlooked by passers-by but the welcome, the atmos...