The Best Pub In Each Of The 32 Irish Counties To Go Out During The Festive Season

It's the most wonderful time of the year so what's the point in wasting it sitting at home?

No matter where you are in Ireland, there are plenty of great pubs just waiting for you to pay them a visit this Christmas.

To make life a bit easier, we've crunched the numbers* and came up with one pub in each of the 32 counties where you should head to for a drink this festive season.

Enjoy and season's greetings to one and all!

*asked around the office

Antrim - Maddens

@1759holygrail the best in Belfast! pic.twitter.com/CfnzdN39yr
— Maddens Bar Belfast (@MaddensBarBelfa) September 5, 2017

Armagh - Red Ned's

Carlow - Scraggs Alley

Cavan - McMahons

Clare - Knox's

Cork - Costigan's

Derry - Peadar O'Donnell's

Donegal - McCafferty's

Down - The Coach

Dublin - The Leopardstown Inn

Fermanagh - Blakes Of The Hollow

Galway - An Púcán

Kerry - The Laurels

Kildare - The Salmon Leap

Kilkenny - Lanigans

Laois - The Welcome Inn

Leitrim - Murtaghs

Limerick - Nancy Blake's

Longford - Skelly's

Louth - Fitzpatrick's

Mayo - The Clock Tavern

Meath - The Paddocks

Monaghan - The Squealing Pig

Offaly - The Brewery Tap

Roscommon - JJ Harlows

Sligo - Brewery Bar

Tipperary - The Brian Boru

Tyrone - Sallys

Waterford - The Reg

Westmeath - Cons

Joe Schmidt-What A Gent.

Joe grew up in the same town my mother was born in, Te Aroha in New Zealand, and coached Rugby in Palmerstown North where my Granny Alice Early lives.

Brought Triple Crown & Six Nations trophies to Cons Bar in Mullingar!

#grandslaminmullingar pic.twitter.com/pqAjYP3IMC
— Seamus Dunne (@Seamiedunne) March 26, 2018

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