Tigh Neachtain and Freeney’s if not too busy, a booth in Neachtain’s is the finest place to drink in Galway, isolated with four or five other people even if the pub is wedged. Good selection of drink too.
Salt house is nice and out of the way, good selection of Ales and IPAs and rarely too busy.
The beautiful seaside village of Kinvara:
Connolly’s pub on the quay. Just a fantastic pub, lovely to sit down by the open fire on a cold winter’s evening and listening to Eileen giving out, in a good natured auld fashion.
Would agree with everything there except for your assessment of the Quays. Always good live music upstairs. I despise the front door and the kings head. Taaffes and murphys my favourite 2
The dew drop? Taaffees might have the thomas’s game on one tv. Most of the older places (freaneys, garavans) would be open to putting it on if asked id say