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Location: 29 S Main St, Centre, Cork

Venue Type:  Alley Bar / Refurbished Pub

Year of Inscription: 2025

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EBG Rating:	8.1/10
Choice/ Quality of Drinks	❤️❤️❤️❤️ With some surprise keg options from the likes of Kinnegar, this offers a notch above the typical Irish classics. A predictable but solid back bar range.
Style/ Décor	❤️❤️❤️❤️ A fairly large feeling pub of old wood. Spacious to the rear. Bar room and snug to the right and lounge, if you can call it that (it’s still pretty rickety) to the left. Downstairs is a performance area.
Atmosphere/ Character	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ With a firelit snug, characterful rickety interior, regular performance nights, this is a venue that is showing its age in a characterful way, one that can become gregarious at its peak.
Amenities/ Events	❤️❤️❤️❤️ Live music, snacks, community events.
Value For Money	❤️❤️❤️ Reasonable, close to the going rate for the centre.
Description	“The Migrant Worker” was founded back in 1779, and although its rickety interior sure looks like it’s seen plenty of action, the appearance belongs, to our eyes somewhere closer to the 1960s or 70s. A two-room pub on the ground floor with performance area to the rear, making it one of Cork’s slightly larger feeling pubs, a feeling emphasised by its simple wooden furnishings. Round the side of the bar is a beautiful firelit snug, while you’ll find some curious in the ‘lounge’ to your left as well. The typical Irish beer range is assisted by a small helping of keg craft from the likes of Kinnegar, which is nice to see in a pub like this. Their reason for being is the live music and cultural events they put on downstairs, which sometimes spill upstairs, making it a cheerful pub and very lively at its peak. (Added February 2025)