Kellys on the Corner at 101 South Main Street is Wexford’s casual sports-and-pizza pub — big-match screens, wood-fired pizzas and an unfussy room built for a long, easy afternoon.

Jim McGee’s is a traditional Wexford-town bar full of historic charm — and a place to stay, with en-suite guest rooms, a guest lounge and a sunny terrace a few steps from Main Street.

Maggie May’s on Monck Street is the Wexford local done right — a log fire in winter, an award-winning beer garden in summer, live music, cocktails, sport and a loyal neighbourhood crowd.

Nearly lost in 2020 and saved by new owners, T. Morris is one of Wexford’s most traditional bars — a covered beer garden, live trad on Saturdays, and a well-judged cocktail list alongside.

Greenacres on Selskar Street is Wexford’s most serious wine destination — a fine-wine merchant, deli, bakery-café, art gallery and restaurant with a world-class cellar, all over several floors in the town.

The Thirsty Monk is Wexford’s craft-beer corner — a small, focused bar with a properly kept list of independent and local brews for drinkers who care what’s on tap.

At 112 South Main Street, The Sky and the Ground is a Wexford institution — a strong craft-beer list, a mural-painted beer garden, and some of the best traditional music sessions in the town.

Serving since the 1850s, Bugler Doyles on South Main Street is a handsome traditional Wexford pub — wood panelling, long leather seats, a covered beer garden, live trad on Saturdays, and guest rooms above.

A family pub since the 19th century, Simon Lambert & Sons on South Main Street runs its own YellowBelly brewery and a smokehouse — and was voted Wexford Pub of the Year in 2017.

Named for the poet whose mother was a Wexford woman, the Thomas Moore Tavern in the Cornmarket is one of the town’s oldest pubs — historic, food-serious, and home to acclaimed Trad Tuesdays.