Best bars Cork on Friday night (IE)

Franciscan Well Brewery & Brewpub is most popular around 8 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay 1-3 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

Widley known by locals and tourists a like, the Franciscan Well Brewpub, based in the heart of Cork city, has a deep- rooted passion for brewing and distilling. The Brewpub has won numerous awards including Best Tourist Bar and Best Outdoor space and the beers have won awards for their outstanding quality and taste. MONK cocktial bar is based above the brewpub. Here you will find their mixologists working alongside our expert brewers and they have come up with a whole new concept in cocktails.

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The Linen Weaver - JD Wetherspoon is most popular around 9 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay 45 min to 2 hr here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

The pub is open for breakfast until 12 noon and offers free refills (all day every day) on tea and Lavazza coffee. For lunch and dinner, there are lighter bites, with deli deal options and vegetarian choices, gourmet burgers and freshly made pizzas. Wetherspoon has championed a wide range of drinks, including real ales, craft beers, gins and soft drinks. Table service is available via the Wetherspoon app, using our unlimited free Wi-Fi. This pub has step-free access.

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Old Oak is most popular around 11 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Sin é is most popular around 10 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

The long-established home of Irish traditional music in Cork city, the Irish words ‘Sin é’ literally translate to mean ‘That’s it’, in reference to the funeral parlour located next door.

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Gallagher's Cork is most popular around 10 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay 1-2 hours here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

One Cork Rock Legend, one legendary Cork Family mixed with the finest of food and drink Cork city has to offer, can only mean one thing - Gallagher's Gastropub is back! Having had a forced hiatus in 2020 due to a world-wide pandemic, businesses, particularly in the hospitality sector, had time to re-plan their strategies and look at what is most important to their businesses.

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Mutton Lane Inn is most popular around 10 PM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

A Cork pub much admired, the Mutton Lane Inn is probably one of the oldest drinking establishments in the city outside of the North/ South Main Street axis. Situated off St. Patrick’s Street, Mutton Lane is one of many alleyways that lead into the famed English Market and used to be where live sheep were run into the market at one time.

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