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2024 Finalists Announced

We are thrilled to announce the eagerly awaited list of finalists for the prestigious 2024 Bar of the Year Awards! After careful consideration and rigorous evaluation, our esteemed panel of judges has handpicked the top contenders from across the island of Ireland.

These exceptional bars have consistently raised the standards of mixology, hospitality, and overall customer experience. Their dedication, creativity, and passion for crafting unforgettable moments have made them stand out among their peers.

Join us for the grand finale on August 19th, 2024 at Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road, where the winners will be announced and honored for their extraordinary achievements.

Tickets for the event are now on sale and can be purchased below! We recommend you book your seats sooner rather than later as we expect to have another full house again this year!

1 Ticket Excl. VAT

€250

1 Seat at the Awards Ceremony

10 Tickets Excl. VAT

€2250

Full Table at the Awards Ceremony (Saving €250!)

Bar Categories.

Sponsored By

1757 Bar at Mount Juliet Estate, Co. Kilkenny

No 27 Bar, The Shelbourne Hotel, Co Dublin

Prince of Wales Cocktail Bar in Ashford Castle Hotel & Resort, Co. Mayo

Ruby Room in Dylan Hotel, Co. Dublin

The Cocktail Bar at The Merchant Hotel, Co. Antrim

The Courtyard Bar. Carton House, Co. Kildare

The Guinness Bar, Co. Tipperary

The Sally Gap Bar & Brasserie, Co. Wicklow

The Sidecar, Co. Dublin

Sponsored By

4 Dame Lane, Co. Dublin

Bruxelles, Co. Dublin

Cafe en Seine, Co. Dublin

Capitol Lounge, Co. Dublin

Cask, Co. Cork

Costigan’s Pub, Co. Cork

Kehoes Pub, Co. Dublin

Lennan’s Yard, Co. Dublin

Mary Mullens Bar & Courtyard, Co. Galway

MeMa’s, Co. Dublin

NoLIta, Co. Dublin

Sinnott’s Bar, Co. Dublin

The Liberty Bar, Co. Cork

The Mutton Lane Inn, Co. Cork

The Old Quarter GastroPub, Co. Limerick

Upstairs at Arthur Maynes, Co. Cork

Sponsored By

Abbey Court Hotel Bar, Co. Tipperary

Café du Parc, Co. Kerry

Cask, Co. Cork

Clontarf Castle – Knights Bar, Co. Dublin

Conor’s Bar & Lounge at Castle Leslie Estate, Co. Monaghan

Hyde Hotel and Hyde Bar, Co. Galway

Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Co. Cork

Margos’ at The Parkview Hotel, Co. Wicklow

McKendry’s Lounge & Bar, Co. Antrim

Nanny Kelly’s at The Parkview Hotel, Co. Wicklow

Pen & Player, Co. Dublin

Sophie’s Rooftop, Co. Cork

The Aylward Lounge, Faithlegg House Hotel, Co.Waterford

The Blue Haven, Co. Cork

The Heritage, Co. Laois

Thomas Francis Meagher Bar – Granville Hotel, Co. Waterford

Brownes at Great Southern Killarney, Co. Kerry

Castleknock Hotel – Lime Tree Bar, Co. Dublin

Conor’s Bar & Lounge at Castle Leslie Estate, Co. Monaghan

HYDE Hotel and HYDE Bar, Co. Galway

Junction One Bar & Restaurant at Ballykisteen Golf Hotel, Co. Tipperary

Margos’ at The Parkview Hotel, Co. Wicklow

Sophie’s Rooftop, Co. Cork

The Dean, Co. Cork
The Old Lodge Gastro Pub at Shannon Springs Hotel, Co. Clare

The Sidecar, The Westbury, Co. Dublin

The Wyatt Hotel, Co. Mayo

Sponsored By

Barcadia, Co. Cork

Crane Lane Theatre, Co. Cork

Lock 13 Brew Pub, Co. Kildare

Mardyke Entertainment Complex, Co. Cork

Mc Hughs Bar, Co. Leitrim

Mother Macs Public House, Co. Limerick

Nevins Newfield Inn, Co. Mayo

NV, Co. Cork

Pig’s Lane, Co. Kerry

Polly’s, Co. Kerry

The Dean, Co. Cork

The Liberty x Resistance, Co. Cork

The Little Pig Speakeasy, Co. Dublin

The Shelbourne Bar, Co. Cork

The Storyteller, Co. Dublin

The Treehouse at Fitzgeralds Woodlands House Hotel, Co. Limerick

Sponsored By

An Poitin Stil, Co. Dublin

Cosy Joe’s Bar, Co. Mayo

Flynns corner house, Co. Leitrim

Forty Four Main Street, Co. Dublin

Glynn’s Bar Oranmore, Co. Galway

Mc Hughs Bar, Co. Leitrim

Old Warehouse, Co. Offaly

Peadars Bar Moate, Co. Westmeath

The Castle Glanmire, Co Cork

The Central – Mrs. O’s, Co. Dublin

The Hill, Co. Dublin

The Kingswood Lodge, Co. Dublin

The Laurels Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

The Monread, Co. Kildare

The Railway Bar, Co. Dublin

Whelans bar, Co. Limerick

Sponsored By

Durty Nellys Bar and Restaurant, Co. Clare

Franciscan Well Brewpub, Co. Cork

Gertie Brownes Bar and Bistro, Co. Westmeath

Lundy Foots, Co. Dublin

Mother Macs Public House, Co. Limerick

Murray’s Bar, Co. Dublin

Peadars Bar Moate, Co. Westmeath

Sin É, Co. Cork

Sinnott’s Bar, Co. Dublin

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Brass Fox, Co. Wicklow

The Creamery Pub & Food barn, Co. Clare

The Locke Bar, Co. Limerick

The Norseman, Co. Dublin

The Quay’s Bar Temple Bar, Co. Dublin

The Stag’s Head, Co. Dublin

Sponsored By

Costigan’s Pub, Co. Cork

Gearys bar charleville, Co. Cork

Kehoes Pub, Co. Dublin

Lundy Foots, Co. Dublin

Mother Macs Public House, Co. LImerick

O’Donoghue Public House, Co. Kerry

Sin É, Co. Dublin

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Black Lion, Co. Dublin

The Creamery Pub & Food barn, Co. Clare

The Fisherman’s Thatched Inn, Co. Laois

The Liberty Bar, Co. Cork

The Oar Bar & Restaurant, Co. Cork

The Quay’s Bar Temple Bar, Co. Dublin

The Railway Bar, Co. Dublin

Veldons Seafarer, Co. Galway

Sponsored By

9 Below, Co. Dublin

Cobblers Bar, Co. Mayo

Franciscan Well Brewpub, Co. Cork

Lock 13 Brew Pub, Co. Kildare

Nevins Newfield Inn, Co. Mayo

Roe & Co Distillery, Co. Dublin

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Brazen Head, Co. Dublin

The Paddocks Clonee, Co. Dublin

Treaty City Brewery, Co. Limerick

General Categories.

Sponsored By

Noli Alngohuro, Ashford Castle
Padraig Byrnes, Brazen Head
Aine Marie Gormley, Gracies Bar
Ken Herily, House
Niamh O’Dwyer, NV
Andrew Cranly, Oasis Bar
Aundrea Behan, Off The Bone Gastropub
Samantha Brauer, RIOT Dublin
Oisin Kelly, Sidecar
Caroline Kelly, Silken Thomas
Aaron Murphy, Sinnotts Bar
John Deery, The Auld Dubliner
Brian Foley, The Forty Four
Simon O’Brien, The Front Door
Mitko Dzanev, The Glasshouse
Pat Thomas , The Little Pig Speakeasy
Conor Kennedy, The Norseman
Piotr Piskorek , The Wyatt Hotel
Joseph O’Callaghan, Tom Sheridans
Kitty Burke, Woolshed

Sponsored By

An Púcán, Co. Galway

Collins Bar Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick

Costigan’s Pub, Co. Cork

Foley’s Bar, Co. Dublin

Forty Four Main Street, Co. Dublin

Jerry Flannery’s & 1314, Co. Limerick

Left Bank, Co. Kikenny

Sinnott’s Bar, Co. Dublin

Slattery’s D4, Co. Dublin

The Bleeding Horse, Co. Dublin

The Camden, Co. Dublin

The Courtyard Bar Conakilty, Co. Cork

The Living Room, Co. Dublin

The Old Quarter GastroPub, Co. Limerick

The Paddocks Clonee, Co. Dublin

Woolshed Baa & Grill, Co. Cork

Harry burkes, Co. Carlow

Hawksmoor Restaurant, Co. Dublin

Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Co. Cork

K Sixty Seven Bar and Grill, Co. Dublin

Lawlor’s of Naas – Vi’s Restaurant, Co. Kildare

Lennan’s Yard, Co. Dublin

Mc Hughs Bar, Co. Leitreim

Monk Cocktail Bar, Co. Cork

NV, Co. Cork

Paladar, Co. Cork

Parterre, Co. Meath

Seventy Seven, Co. Cork

The Church Café Bar, Co. Dublin

The Glasshouse Bar, Co. Dublin

The Liberty x Resistance, Co. Cork

The Whiskey Library, Co. Kildare

4 Dame Lane, Co. Dublin

Cosy Joe’s Bar, Co. Mayo

Durty Nellys Bar and Restaurant, Co. Clare

Fibber Magees, Co. Dublin

Judge Roy Beans, Co. Kildare

Left Bank, Co. Kilkenny

Mc Hughs Bar, Co. Leitrim

NoLIta, Co. Dublin

OSheas Corner, Co. Wicklow

The Auld Dubliner, Co. Dublin

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Castle Glanmire, Co. Cork

The Central – Mrs. O’s, Co. Dublin

The Laurels Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

The Porter House, Co. Mayo

The Quays, Co. Galway

Sponsored By

4 Dame Lane, Co. Dublin

Brownes at Great Southern Killarney, Co. Kerry

Gatsby’s Cocktail Bar, Co. Tipperary

Harry Burkes, Co. Carlow

Hawksmoor Restaurant, Co. Dublin

K Sixty Seven Bar and Grill, Co. Dublin

Mary Mullens Bar & Courtyard, Co. Galway

Mo Chara, Co. Louth

Monk Cocktail Bar, Co. Cork

NV, Co. Cork

Old Warehouse, Co. Offaly

Pig’s Lane, Co. Kerry

Polly’s, Co. Kerry

Seventy Seven, Co. Cork

The Creamery Pub & Food barn, Co. Clare

The Glasshouse Bar, Co. Dublin

Sponsored By

Daróg Wine Bar, Co. Galway

Ely Wine Bar, Co. Dublin

Gertie Brownes Bar and Bistro, Co. Westmeath

JW’s Brasserie, Co. Mayo

Moody Cafe Vin, Co. Cork

NoLIta, Co. Dublin

Piglet Wine Bar, Co. Dublin

Saba Restaurant Baggot Street, Co. Dublin

The Duke’s Rest, Co. Kildare

Sponsored By

9 Below, Co. Dublin

BAR 1661, Co. Dublin

Cask, Co. Cork

Gatsby’s Cocktail Bar, Co. Tipperary

Hawksmoor Restaurant, Co. Dublin

Left Bank, Co. Kilkenny

Lennan’s Yard, Co. Dublin

Mabel Lane, Co. Cork

Paladar, Co. Cork

Pig’s Lane, Co. Kerry

Rattlebag, Co. Antrim

Resistance, Co. Cork

The Little Pig Speakeasy, Co. Dublin

Thirteen By Lock 13, Co. Kildare

Upstairs at Arthur Maynes, Co. Cork

Vintage Cocktail Club, Co. Dublin

Brickyard, Co. Dublin

Franciscan Well Brewpub, Co. Cork

Lock 13 Brew Pub, Co. Kildare

Mo Chara, Co. Louth

Mother Macs Public House, Co. Limerick

Revolution Craft Beer & Whiskey Bar, Co. Waterford

Rising Sons Brewery, Co. Cork

The Dew Drop Inn & Brewhouse, Co. Kildare

The Enniskerry Inn, Co. Wicklow

Treaty City Brewery, Co. Limerick

Sponsored By

Andy’s Bar, Co. Monaghan

Gin Palace, Co. Dublin

House Limerick, Co. Limerick

Hyde Hotel and Hyde Bar, Co. Galway

Jimmy Rabbittes, Co. Dublin

Mabel Lane, Co. Cork

NoLIta, Co. Dublin

Pen & Player, Co. Dublin

The Conservatory at Galgorm, Co. Galway

Tigh Nora, Co. Galway

Sponsored By

37 Dawson Street, Co. Dublin

4 Dame Lane, Co. Dublin

Bad Bobs Temple Bar, Co. Dublin

BAR SQUARE, Co. Mayo

Cafe en Seine, Co. Dublin

Crane Lane Theatre, Co. Cork

Dwyers of Cork, Co. Cork

McGowans of Phibsboro, Co. Dublin

r.i.o.t., Co. Dublin

Seventy Seven, Co. Cork

The Barracks, Co. Carlow

The Camden, Co. Dublin

The Living Room, Co. Dublin

The National, Co. Antrim

The Quays, Co. Galway

The Roost Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Sponsored By

An Púcán, Co. Galway

Gearys bar charleville, Co. Cork

Glynn’s Bar Oranmore, Co. Galway

Hamlets Bar + Kitchen, Co. Cork

Harry Burkes, Co. Carlow

House , Co. Dublin

Mary Mullens Bar & Courtyard, Co. Galway

Mc Hughs Bar, Co. Leitrim

Murphs Gastro Pub, Co. Cavan

Peadars Bar Moate, Co. Westmeath

Schull Harbour Hotel, Co. Cork

The Brass Fox, Co. Wicklow

The Connacht Hotel, Co. Galway

The Fisherman’s Thatched Inn, Co. Laois

The Lennans Yard, Co. Dublin

The Treehouse at Fitzgeralds Woodlands House Hotel, Co. Limerick

Town, Co. Kildare

Sponsored By

Cosy Joe’s Bar, The Porter House and The Barrel & Castle

Chris Kelly Group

Connacht Hospitality Group

Cork Heritage Pubs

Louis Fitzgerald Group

Murray Pub Group

NHance Hospitality

Nola Clan

The Blue Haven Collection

The Mercantile Group

The Press Up Hospitality Group

The Chawke Group

The Emporium Company

Sponsored By

 

37 Dawson Street, Co. Dublin

Brownes at Great Southern Killarney, Co Kerry

Costigan’s Pub, Co. Cork

Garavan’s Bar, Co. Galway

Margos’ at The Parkview Hotel, Co. Wicklow

McKendry’s Lounge & Bar, Co. Dublin

McSwiggans Public House, Co. Galway

Mother Macs Public House, Co. Limerick

Pig’s Lane, Co. Kerry

Revolution Craft Beer & Whiskey Bar, Co. Waterford

Searsons of baggot street, Co. Dublin

Sonny Molloy’s Irish Whiskey Bar, Co. Galway

Taylor’s Bar and Beer Garden, Co. Galway

The Horseshoe Bar, Co. Dublin

The Shelbourne bar, Co. Cork

The Whiskey Library, Co. Kildare

Food Categories.

Annie Mays Bar & Restaurant, Co. Dublin

Blake’s Bar, Co. Galway

Brickyard, Co. Dublin

Inchydoney Island Lodge & Spa, Co. Cork

K Sixty Seven Bar and Grill, Co. Dublin

Nanny Kelly’s at The Parkview Hotel, Co. Wicklow

Paladar, Co. Cork

Silken Thomas, Co. Kildare

The Aylward Lounge, Faithlegg House Hotel, Co. Waterford

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Blue Haven, Co. Cork

The Hideout Pub, Co. Kildare

The Laurels Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

The Oar Bar & Restaurant, Co. Cork

The Old Mill, Tallaght, Co. Dublin

Veldons Seafarer, Co. Galway

Gertie Brownes Bar and Bistro, Co. Westmeath

Harrigan’s Bar & Grill, Co. Kildare

Left Bank, Co. Kilkenny

Lennans Yard, Co. Dublin

Lydons Bar and Restaurant, Co. Galway

Mabel Lane, Co. Cork

Mikey Ryan’s Bar & Kitchen, Co. Tipperary

Murphs Gastro Pub, Co. Cavan

Old Warehouse, Co. Offaly

Pennyhill Lucan, Co. Dublin

The Abbey Tavern, Co. Dublin

The Brass Fox, Co. Wicklow

The Dew Drop Inn & Brewhouse, Co. Kildare

The Enniskerry Inn, Co. Wicklow

The Oarsman, Co. Leitrim

Tradehouse Central Bar & Kitchen, Co. Cork

Café du Parc, Co. Kerry

Doolally, Co. Dublin

Fire Steakhouse & Bar, Co. Dublin

Galway Bay Golf Resort, Co. Galway

Gatsby’s Cocktail Bar, Co. Tipperary

Hawksmoor Restaurant , Co. Dublin

Judge Roy Beans, Co. Kildare

JW’s Brasserie, Co Mayo

Kinara, Co. Dublin

Mama Yo, Co. Dublin

Moody Cafe Vin, Co. Cork

SOLE Seafood & Grill, Co. Dublin

Sophie’s Rooftop, Co. Cork

The Carriage House, Co. Kildare

The Gables Foxrock, Co. Dublin

The Grayson, Co. Dublin

Judges Choice.

Sponsored By

Cafe en Seine, Co. dublin

Costigan’s pub, Co. Cork

Hawksmoor Restaurant, Co. Dublin

Paladar, Co. Cork

Silken Thomas, Co. Kildare

The Aylward Lounge, Faithlegg House Hotel, Co. Waterford

The Black Forge Inn, Co. Dublin

The Blue Haven, Co. Cork

The Hideout Pub, Co. Kildare

The Hole in the Wall, Co. Galway

The Monread, Co. Kildare

The Old Quarter GastroPub, Co. Limerick

The Shelbourne bar, Co. Cork

The Top House, Co. Limerick

Thomas Francis Meagher Bar – Granville Hotel, Co. Waterford

Veldons Seafarer, Co. Galway

With Thanks to our Sponsors and Partners