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Location: 11 Cornmarket St, Centre, Cork, T12 TX97, Ireland

Venue Type:  City Tavern / Evening Bar / Family-Run

Year of Inscription: 2025

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EBG Rating:	8.2/10
Choice/ Quality of Drinks	❤️❤️❤️ A very traditional range of stouts and lagers – unfortunately. Limited whisky selection by local standards.
Style/ Décor	❤️❤️❤️❤️ A beautiful frontage with some stained and tinted glass insets leads to a traditional unspoilt bar, the walls wood-strip in green and cream colour, decorated with local heritage. Simple and curated well, the bar is a little time capsule. Back room slightly more modern but a fireplace, chunky furniture and exposed walls still does the trick.
Atmosphere/ Character	❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A hugely characterful place that genuinely conveys its identity and heritage, at the time of writing at least, in an authentic-feeling, non-hokey, non-touristy way. Later in the evening you can experience a real mix of different sorts of people coming and out which makes the place feel even more of a fixture.
Amenities/ Events	❤️❤️❤️ Snacks, merchandise, pizza can be delivered from Rising Sons Brewery a short walk away.
Value For Money	❤️❤️❤️ Fair prices for the centre, though nothing too notable either way.
Description	Although other publicans have tried to corral their own bars as exclusively ‘Cork heritage’, Dennehy’s shows it goes further than a marketing campaign. Opened in 1957 and still family-run today by Mary Dennehy and her sons, you’ll find one of the few original Cork pubs here. The central location has endowed it with many stories over the years, for example the colourful life of local legend Katty Barry, who is immortalised in a frame by the bar, along with other similar eccentrics. With a simple frontage leading to a small traditional bar, whose layout would not be seen today. The expansion to the rear sees Dennehy’s switch to a tasteful blend of old and new – exposed brick, warm lighting and chunky tables. As a pub that has gathered a personality and a reputation, the sense of identity is palpable as you walk in. A real mixture of people come through the door due to its central location which can lead to some interesting encounters for all involved. (Added February 2025)