Fancy a great wine bar with top-class nibbles? Here are 10 to head for around Ireland

Each of these offers top-notch wine, good food to go with it, and plenty of people-watching opportunities

The Black Pig in Kinsale, Co Cork
The Black Pig in Kinsale, Co Cork

In Dublin

Loose Canon

29 Drury Street, Dublin 2; loosecanon.ie

Natural wine, cheese toasties and great people-watching.

Piglet

5 Cow’s Lane, Dublin 2; 01-7079786, pigletwinebar.ie

A Temple Bar respite with an epic wine list.

The Wine Pair

79 Clanbrassil Street Lower, Dublin 8; 087-9813586, thewinepairdublin.com

Lively neighbourhood wine bar with plenty of interesting bottles and small plates.

Around Ireland

Ox Cave, in Belfast
Ox Cave, in Belfast

The Black Pig

66 Lower O’Connell Street, Kinsale, Co Cork; 021-4774101, theblackpigwinebar.com

Sharing plates, local suppliers and sustainable wines.

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Cava Bodega

1 Middle Street, Galway; 091-539884, cavarestaurant.ie

Tapas, pintxos and an extensive Spanish wine list.

Ely Wine

Convent Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare; 01-5043709, elywinebar.ie

Lunch, dinner, small plates and loads of wine.

L’Atitude 51

1 Union Quay, Cork; 021-2390219, latitude51.ie

Natural-wine bar and shop with simple small plates.

MacCurtain Wine Cellar

11 MacCurtain Street, Cork; 021-4551533, maccurtainwine.ie

New kid on the block with a unique selection.

Ox Cave

3 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LA; 048-90232567, oxbelfast.com

Michelin-starred Ox’s little sibling, with just as much class.

Sheridan’s Wine Bar

14 Churchyard Street, Galway; 091-564832, sheridanscheesemongers.com

Atmospheric wine bar above the famous cheese shop.

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