Must-see nightlife in County Kerry

  • Tig Bhric & West Kerry Brewery

    Dingle Peninsula

    Small-batch brews such Carraig Dubh porter and Riasc red ale use hand-drawn well water and botanicals such as elderflower, rosehip and blackcurrants from…

  • Roundy's

    Tralee

    Ingeniously converted from a terrace house (with a tree still growing right through the courtyard-garden-turned-interior), this hip little bar has cool…

  • Bridge Bar

    Skellig Ring

    The focus of Portmagee's village life is the raspberry-coloured Bridge Bar, a local gathering point that hosts traditional Irish music and dancing…

  • South Pole Inn

    Dingle Peninsula

    Antarctic explorer Tom Crean ran this sky-blue inn in his retirement. Now it’s a regular Crean museum and gift shop, as well as a cracking pub serving…

  • Murphy's Bar

    Dingle Peninsula

    Set on the pier at Brandon, 4km north of Cloghane, this classic pub has been in the same family for five generations, offering live music, a peat fire and…

  • Baily's Corner

    Tralee

    Rugby-memorabilia–filled pub Baily's Corner has an ornate stained-glass-topped timber bar and a superb selection of whiskeys and gins. It's deservedly…

  • John B Keane

    County Kerry

    Once run by the late writer himself, this small, unassuming bar is swathed in Keane memorabilia.