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Location: 13 MacCurtain Street, Centre, Cork, T23 VN24

Venue Type:  Traditional Irish Pub 

Year of Inscription: 2025

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EBG Rating:	8.8/10
Choice/ Quality of Drinks	❤️❤️❤️ 2 Franciscan Well beers on tap plus a decent whisky selection are the standouts in an otherwise familiar mainstream selection. Note they offer traditional hot whiskies and Irish coffees and some basic cocktails.
Style/ Décor	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A one room pub with a space to the rear with a fireplace. Dan Lowrey’s pub is something of a work of art with its wood panel fittings, stained glass windows (rumoured to be from Kilkenny Cathedral) and ornate bar cabinet, but these finer elements are twinned with a lounge level comfort – bench seats and warmth.
Atmosphere/ Character	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ An instantly inviting warmth and sense of history, this pub is itself a character with its particular identity. Friendly service and communal lounge seating gives it an easy conviviality.
Amenities/ Events	❤️❤️❤️❤️ Toasties, snacks, TV, occasional events
Value For Money	❤️❤️❤️ Typical central rates.
Description	When we’re explaining what makes a good pub a good pub, sometimes it’s tempting to sum it up with: “it’s just got it.” Dan Lowrey’s pub is something of a work of art with its wood panel fittings, stained glass windows (rumoured to be from Kilkenny Cathedral) and ornate bar cabinet, but these finer elements are twinned with a lounge level comfort, meaning that even for a pub on a busy street, you feel like you’re cosy and cosseted in a backstreet boozer. A one-room pub with a space to the rear with a fireplace, you can’t really go wrong with where to sit, apart from perhaps a couple of favourite regulars perches at the bar. Service is friendly and we were impressed to be offered “…the usual?” even on a second visit. Dan Lowrey’s offers some classics twinned with a few modern options from local Franciscan Well brewery. Whiskies are also pretty good here, and they make a point of offering hot whiskies. If you want something to eat, the toaster is standing by. A TV for sport and backing soundtrack manage to not be too intrusive. As you sink back in your seat you can soak up the experience of being a pub so cosy and welcoming you won’t want to leave, but when eventually the times comes, one you’d happily return to forever. Dan Lowrey’s pub…it’s just got it. (Added February 2025)