Heritage pubs worth going out of your way for

Said to date from 1178; Joyce and Collins drank here

Victorian snugs, dark wood

Same family since 1833, beside the cemetery, no music or TV

Vine-covered cottage on the Shannon, nightly traditional music

One of Ireland's highest pubs, clutter and open fires

Original snug and old grocer counter

Pub-grocer on the Shannon, traditional music sessions

Medieval inn tied to a 1324 witch trial

Victorian mirrored bar and snugs

Pub-grocer that feels like 1900, pot-belly stove

Since 1782, famous pint, no frills

Small old-style bar on Parliament Street, traditional music sessions, no TV

Unchanged for generations; from the Guinness Christmas ad

Claims to be the world's oldest pub (c. 900 AD)

Thatched, same family for two centuries

Old grocer's counter and drawers, snug

Old grocer bar by the river

Famous folk music pub

Old leather shop and pub, snugs

Pub inside a working hardware shop

Old coaching inn at the start of the Gap walk

Old shop-front pub-grocer

1840s pub in a tiny harbour village

Thatched, same family since 1667

Opened by Antarctic explorer Tom Crean

Said to date from about 1400, Norman-built walls

Beside the castle, said to date from 1620

Famous traditional music pub

Owned by The Chieftains' flute player, nightly traditional music

Smaller, cosier traditional music pub

Same family since 1641

Thatched, oysters, over 250 years old

Tiny whiskey bar, 500+ bottles

Lough Derg village, open fire, near 200 years old

1700s thatch, traditional music

Trad sessions twice daily

Old painted front, snugs, traditional music sessions

Set-dancing and traditional music in a Burren village

Tavern since 1734, rare rye-straw thatch

Thatched cottage on the beach

Said to date from 1610, rough-and-ready traditional music pub

Old grocer snugs, sloping floors

At the foot of Slieve League

Thatched, fire, weekly traditional music

Irish-speaking pub, weekly sessions

Said to be Ireland's oldest thatched pub (1654)

Victorian gas-lit snugs, National Trust

Title deeds from 1611

Old pub-grocer, same family since 1766

Since 1720, traditional music sessions