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Old Pubs in Wexford Town

  • 29-06-2015 2:28pm
    #1
    johnmolloy554
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    I'm meeting an American cousin in Wexford this week and driving him back to Limerick but he wants a few pints first in Wexford in old style pubs. Any suggestions?

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    Del.Monte
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    The Sky & the Ground South Main Street has character (for tourists) as does The Centenary Stores, and for the real experience try The Cape Bar at the Bullring.

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  • #3
    Del.Monte
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    My old pal JD recommends this one.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=73225212&postcount=23

    Just north of Enniscorthy and worth the drive but it only opens evenings.

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  • #4
    johnmolloy554
    Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭johnmolloy554


    Some good suggestions there, thanks! Whats "T Morris" like?


  • #5
    To Elland Back
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    Who's gonna be 1st to say Heffernans? :)


  • #6
    Poochie05
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    johnmolloy554 wrote: »
    Some good suggestions there, thanks! Whats "T Morris" like?

    T Morris looks like and old pub with snugs and wooden seating areas but the clientele would not be the type you'd find in an old mans' pub. I'd also say the Undertakers (aka The Cape) in the Bull Ring.


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  • #7
    Corvo
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    The Thomas Moore is Wexford's oldest pub I believe but has been renovated in recent years and while still keeping some of that charm, has certainly been modernised. Still has pictures of Thomas Moore etc. on the walls and I would suggest seeing it, if just for the history behind it.

    If it is a more "old school" feel to the decor you want however, I would try Sky & The Ground, Bugler Doyles, Wicked Swan and most certainly The Undertaker / Mackens (which is beside the Thomas Moore)


  • #8
    McLoughlin
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    Corvo wrote: »
    The Thomas Moore is Wexford's oldest pub I believe but has been renovated in recent years and while still keeping some of that charm, has certainly been modernised. Still has pictures of Thomas Moore etc. on the walls and I would suggest seeing it, if just for the history behind it.

    If it is a more "old school" feel to the decor you want however, I would try Sky & The Ground, Bugler Doyles, Wicked Swan and most certainly The Undertaker / Mackens (which is beside the Thomas Moore)

    Thomas Moore isn't the oldest they like to say it is but it ain't The Cape Mackens is, The Crown probably comes in second


  • #9
    Darkglasses
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    Simon's Place is a very nice spot too, the staff are fantastic and they brew their own range of beers on-site. I would normally go to both Sky and the Ground and Simon's Place if I was going out for a couple.


  • #10
    fleet_admiral
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    Is T. Morris still open? I love that pub


  • #11
    johnmolloy554
    Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭johnmolloy554


    We actually ended up in T Morris which ticked all the boxes for us. Very nice pub and a lovely beer garden. Thanks for all the very good suggestions!


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  • #12
    fleet_admiral
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    McLoughlin wrote: »
    Thomas Moore isn't the oldest they like to say it is but it ain't The Cape Mackens is, The Crown probably comes in second
    Thomas Moore is one of the best pubs in the country


  • #13
    vicwatson
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    That aint true, compare it to old thomas moore and its not a patch on it.


  • #14
    Ted_YNWA
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    Much prefer the old Thomas Moore. Had more character. Small rooms upstairs were nice.


  • #15
    vicwatson
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    Much prefer the old Thomas Moore. Had more character. Small rooms upstairs were nice.

    And the fireplace. Aahh, not many, if any, pubs in Wexford town with an open fire these days.


  • #16
    STB.
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    McLoughlin wrote: »
    Thomas Moore isn't the oldest they like to say it is but it ain't The Cape Mackens is, The Crown probably comes in second

    The Crown has been closed at least 6 months!

    Having been bought by Nevilles gutted and revamped, it re-opens tonight.


  • #17
    vicwatson
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    Crown doing food from next Tuesday I hear.

    Opens this evening about now in fact !!


  • #18
    RadioRetro
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    Just had a chat with a mate who was in the Crown last night. He's says it's lovely, bigger than it was and with a massive beer garden out the back.

    He had a photo of the urinals in the gents - cut out old beer barrels, looks good.

    Says something about his priorities that the only photo he took of the place was the jacks!


  • #19
    Del.Monte
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    The 'new' Crown sounds awful, you would want to have been in it in the 1970s to see a real pub as opposed to a watering hole. :(

    From a previous life.

    In Wexford - well God help us I am amused that so many still like 'The Crown' - I first set foot in in 1976 when still at school. The full extent of it was the front bar -still there I think - where you could put you back against the wall and feet against the counter it was that big. Once you you got friendly with the owner Aidan Kelly (?) you might be invited to visit the back bar and sign the visitors book and view his collection of guns and relics from 1916. The toilets were outside across a yard and I seem to remember wild flowers growing down the unrinals and that there was some UK tabloid newspaper cut up for loo paper - to stop campers like yours truly from stealing it!!

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  • #20
    Zhane
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    Del.Monte wrote: »
    The 'new' Crown sounds awful, you would want to have been in it in the 1970s to see a real pub as opposed to a watering hole. :(

    From a previous life.

    In Wexford - well God help us I am amused that so many still like 'The Crown' - I first set foot in in 1976 when still at school. The full extent of it was the front bar -still there I think - where you could put you back against the wall and feet against the counter it was that big. Once you you got friendly with the owner Aidan Kelly (?) you might be invited to visit the back bar and sign the visitors book and view his collection of guns and relics from 1916. The toilets were outside across a yard and I seem to remember wild flowers growing down the unrinals and that there was some UK tabloid newspaper cut up for loo paper - to stop campers like yours truly from stealing it!!

    That sounds horrific.


  • #21
    Del.Monte
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    Zhane wrote: »
    That sounds horrific.

    Nothing horrific about it; it was a traditional pub and the owners were salt of the earth types who couldn't do enough for their customers. I have been back once or twice since and I found it a soulless sort of place.

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  • #22
    tonylamb
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    Does anyone remember a pub called Tom Beakeys in WExford town


  • #23
    wexandproud
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    tonylamb wrote: »
    Does anyone remember a pub called Tom Beakeys in WExford town

    tommy beakys
    it used to be on the corner where '' the pike'' [think thats what its called] is.
    the south end of barrack street on the corner of what we always called bunkers hill . i was reared [dragged up] about 50 yrds from it. jaysus that's going back


  • #24
    Bandage
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Bandage


    Mary's Bar near The Thomas Moore Tavern is the definitive old man's bar in Wexford town.


  • #25
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    I'm coming to Wexford early may my surname is Lambert my dad was born in Whitemill can anyone  suggest a good b/b to stay also I want to frequent every pub and see where my dad was born my cousin was Christy O Neil in Maudlintown  I remember  going in Paddy Purcells with him Thanks for any help.


  • #26
    EverythingGood
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    tonylamb wrote: »
    I'm coming to Wexford early may my surname is Lambert my dad was born in Whitemill can anyone  suggest a good b/b to stay also I want to frequent every pub and see where my dad was born my cousin was Christy O Neil in Maudlintown  I remember  going in Paddy Purcells with him Thanks for any help.[/QUOTE

    Visit Lambers pub so, great spot and their yellow belly beer is magnificent


  • #27
    Ted_YNWA
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    Bugler Doyles pub has a B&B upstairs. Plenty of pubs around there to sample.

    There is Simon Lamberts pub, might be some relation ((Not sure if any of the family work there)


  • #28
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    Thank's for your reply, my other cousin Monica Lydon ( Hayes ) used to live by the Talbot We used to think it was really posh worth staying there is there still O Learys in the main street.


  • #29
    Ted_YNWA
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    There is an O'Leary Travel Agents, poor service if you're looking for a pint there :P


  • #30
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    Don't take the p%ss  I asked a question  that's all .


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  • #31
    Ted_YNWA
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    only joking, relax.


  • #32
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    When I come to Wexford  were sort 1 2 1    name  a place my  dad would just hit him.


  • #33
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    When I come to Wexford  were sort 1 2 1    name  a place my  dad would just hit him.


  • #34
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    Sorry  mate.


  • #35
    Ted_YNWA
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    np, it's hard to judge tone & context online. Didn't mean to sound flippant.


  • #36
    tonylamb
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    Ted are  you a Wexford man tell me  do you remember the Dolphin bar in Maudlitown


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  • #37
    Ted_YNWA
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    I blew in around 11ish years ago, but have had connections since before then too.

    The name rings a bell, but can't place it.


  • #38
    coolhull
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    The Dolphin Bar, now called the Sailing Cot. Brady's pub across the road has been closed for a few years now. A good pub in town is The White Horse, near the Talbot Hotel.


  • #39
    Ted_YNWA
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    Aye was thinking it was the Sailing Cot in a former life.

    White Horse has just re-opened under new management in last week or so. Called John Barry now.

    The Pike is a good spot up in Barracks street, as was the Thomas Moore Tavern, don't really like it now they done it up & modernised it.


  • #40
    coolhull
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    I like a spit' n' sawdust pub myself... (not the spit part, of course)
    Mary's Bar, just off the Bullring, used to be great, but I heard it's not the same anymore. Kelly's of the Faythe is still good, as is The Pike.


  • #41
    tonylamb
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭tonylamb


    wHello  mate, sorry I'm going to  Wexford 6/05/17 tell me


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  • #42
    Ted_YNWA
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    coolhull wrote: »
    I like a spit' n' sawdust pub myself... (not the spit part, of course)
    Mary's Bar, just off the Bullring, used to be great, but I heard it's not the same anymore. Kelly's of the Faythe is still good, as is The Pike.

    Same here Coolio.

    Mary's was grand last time I was there. Much prefer the "old-man" type places, though spit-n-sawdust sounds better.
    Can't be dealing with crowds & noise aka pop-music blaring.


  • #43
    coolhull
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    Or you could always try Jim Laffan's at the north end of the town or Heffernan's in South Main St. if you really want an 'authentic' Wexford pub.
    Though some would say they're a bit too authentic!
    Anyway the weather should be good in May, so have yourself a good time, whichever pub you decide to go to...


  • #44
    Ted_YNWA
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    Macken's The Cape has outdoor tables in the Bull Ring. Nice weather, sit outside & watch the world go by.


  • #45
    Geuze
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/102955790#Comment_102955790


    I intend to be in Wexford for two nights.

    Are these two pubs still open?

    I like old-style pubs.

    As far as I can recall, I was in Heffernan's a few years ago, at leats I was in some old-style basic pub on a corner.


    I welcome any advice.



  • #46
    Geuze
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    I can't see Jim Laffan's on Google Maps?



  • #47
    McLoughlin
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    Laffans long gone .



  • #48
    Geuze
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    Thanks.

    I welcome any advice on pubs.

    I like pubs like Jordan's on the Quay in Waterford, that sort of place.



  • #49
    CWMMC
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120870629#Comment_120870629

    Laffans is now the mocking monck. Heffernans is also gone.



  • #50
    kksaints
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121007048#Comment_121007048

    Wonder where the regulars from Heffernans went? Had multiple warnings from different local people to not drink there under any circumstances when I was living in the town.



  • #51
    Agettle
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    The Antique Tavern for everyone



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