Trading since 1775 on John’s Gate Street, Mary’s Bar is one of the oldest and most genuinely unchanged pubs in Wexford — no television, walls thick with memorabilia, and live trad on Saturdays.

Known locally as Macken’s or The Undertaker, Con Macken’s on the Bull Ring is a pub, grocer and funeral home under one roof — one of the last authentic traditional pubs in the heart of Wexford.

From a pub that has barely changed since 1775 to a working brewery and smokehouse on Main Street, a Bull Ring institution that doubles as the town undertaker, and the live-music room that has soundtracked Wexford nights for decades — every bar in Wexford town worth your time, reviewed.

From a 265-year-old spirit merchant still bottling its own whiskey to the city’s best cocktail rooftop and a Victorian spirit grocer frozen in amber — every bar in Waterford worth your time, reviewed.