The Irish pub: a place of delicious Guinness, the ham and cheese toastie, and the best craic you'll ever have on a random night.
If you've ever passed through a town and though "jesus christ there's a LOT of pubs here", well you're probably correct, because it turns out this country sure does have a heap of pubs.
A recent
report by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) found that our little island is in fact home to 7,193 pubs, as well as 3,161 off-licences, 2,406 restaurants and 983 hotels.
Wow.
When you break it down county by county, it's easy to see which are the booziest counties...
Galway is home to 475, Dublin has a total of 772, and Cork has 738.
Here's the rest of the results:
Carlow-Kilkenny
Pubs: 288
Cavan-Monaghan
Pubs: 296
Clare
Pubs: 291
Cork East
Pubs: 210
Cork North-Central
Pubs: 215
Cork North-West
Pubs: 160
Cork South-Central
Pubs: 217
Cork South-West
Pubs: 153
Donegal
Pubs: 365
Dublin Bay North
Pubs: 89
Dublin Bay South
Pubs: 70
Dublin Central
Pubs: 54
Dublin Fingal
Pubs: 86
Dublin Mid-West
Pubs: 66
Dublin North-West
Pubs: 55
Dublin Rathdown
Pubs: 53
Dublin South-Central
Pubs: 70
Dublin South-West
Pubs: 88
Dublin West
Pubs: 69
Dún Laoghaire
Pubs: 72
Galway East
Pubs: 177
Galway West
Pubs: 298
Kerry
Pubs: 435
Kildare North
Pubs: 104
Kildare South
Pubs: 79
Laois
Pubs: 123
Limerick City
Pubs: 206
Limerick County
Pubs: 154
Longford-Westmeath
Pubs: 259
Louth
Pubs: 182
Mayo
Pubs: 373
Meath East
Pubs: 98
Meath West
Pubs: 97
Offaly
Pubs: 126
Roscommon-Galway
Pubs: 203
Sligo-Leitrim
Pubs: 254
Tipperary
Pubs: 422
Waterford
Pubs: 220
Wexford
Pubs: 265
Wicklow
Pubs: 151
H/T: Joe.ie
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