A real traditional Irish public house with regular live music sessions (blues and trad mainly) and a roaring fire in the grate without the pretend we-want-to-be-an-Irish bar feel of equivalents in Dublin.

The walls are adorned with the recent history of Cork and the owners have a particular penchant for photographs of cyclists, people in Peoples Republic of Cork t-shirts and foreign currencies.

If you are a tourist looking for an authentic Irish bar, this one and it's next door neighbour Sin É should be compulsory drinking stops. A pint of the local Murphys or Beamish stout will help you fit in with the locals.