McCooley’s Concert Square

This cavernous tavern on Concert Square fills up fast on weekends and match days. But there’s big screens throughout so even when it’s rammed, it’s not hard to get a good view of the sports action, and with three separate bars, getting served isn’t a trial either. 

If you’re hungry, fill up on budget-friendly pub food including Irish sausages and mash, spice boxes, and loaded potato skins, or bar food favourites like burgers, garlic mushrooms and so on. (Go at lunchtime Monday to Thursday and you get a free pint with any main.)

There’s Guinness on tap, a couple of Irish-themed cocktails and Jameson amongst the spirits. At night, it’s all about the drinks rather than the food. Think ‘sports bar’ meets ‘Irish pub’ meets ‘nightclub’ in the evenings.