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Location: 8 Coburg St, Victorian Quarter, Cork, T23 KF5N
Venue Type: Traditional Irish Pub / Live Music Venue
Year of Inscription: 2025
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| EBG Rating: | 8.8/10 |
| Choice/ Quality of Drinks | ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The typical Irish stout standards, plus a range improved by Rising Sons beers on tap (usually 5). A compact but serviceable backbar of whiskies and gins. |
| Style/ Décor | ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ A ground floor decorated with its memories and history in a deliberately dense, cluttered way. On entry there are two small niches in the corners and a small alley leading to a backroom, with more niches. All pretty small at this point. Upstairs leads to a room not previously part of the pub which is decorated with a lighter touch, airier although still with plenty of interest to absorb. |
| Atmosphere/ Character | ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ No doubt this is a tremendously characterful place, one you can while away hours on quiet afternoons or get stuck in to on mesmeric noisy folk evenings. A place with its regulars, its characters and people who have a sense of possession to it. Keep a due respect to dealings and everything will go fine. |
| Amenities/ Events | ❤️❤️❤️ You can take cold food into eat. Live music, snacks |
| Value For Money | ❤️❤️ To be diplomatic, city centre prices. A Beamish 10 minutes walk up the road can be obtained for 1 euro 50 less, put it that way. |
| Description | Meaning “That’s it”, in reference to next door’s funeral parlour, Sin é, dating from 1889 is among Cork’s institutions. Their connection with Irish folk and the live music scene in the city has survived the sways of trends and fashion, remaining a firm fixture 7 nights a week. To visit on a busy music night is to experience a concentrated shot of culture, that comes as naturally to the musicians and loyal patrons as extending your arm, but will definitely make an impact as an outsider. It’s important to also state that it’s just as much a social meeting place, and outside of performances Sin é functions as a pub well, more than capable. Owned by the Rising Sons Brewery who have established the ‘Cork Heritage Pubs’ tour, you’ll find some beers not normally seen on the taps at Irish pubs, with the usual classics too. The interior is a bunker decorated from head to toe in its decades of memories. Sitting down even on a quiet lunchtime is to become immersed in the pub and its role in the city, making it truly special. Sin é has two floors, and the first floor is quite different to ground level. Still characterful, but lighter and almost like being in a different place. It had been used as a barbers. Fame and history mean this one has a bigger reputation and is more sought after – something its pricing seems to have noted too. A bonafide classic. (Added February 2025) |
