Donegal Town

The Forge

An old bar recently remodeled is small, cosy, & friendly.

The Coach House

Opposite the catholic church - cellar bar downstairs for live music

The Reel Inn
Bridge Street

Beside the bridge in the middle of town has traditional irish music 7 nights a week - really! the owners play and sing themselves and visiting musicians are welcome to join in. a real "session" house!

The Bluestack

has a pool-table in the back room

There are seventeen licensed premises in the town, which caterfor all. Traditional music is provided almost every night during theSummer months, with live entertainment at weekends. Cabaret andconcerts are held regularly. Other pubs have regularentertainment schedules, including pub quizzes, sporting eventsand karaoke. There are also two night clubs in the town, withregular discos.

The Castle Bar

Is a traditional bar with a good atmosphere and grand guinness. it serves irish stew, venison pie and seafood platters all day.

Schooners

Closed at the minute

The Abbey Bar

Live music at weekends and during week when busy

Dunnions

The folk who ran the scotsman's have moved to dunnions and have live music here most nights. also, a great pint of guinness and often a load of craic.

McCaffery's

Opposite the "central hotel" is a cute old bar, on a cold damp day or night sit at the fire and reach over to the bar for a pint. it is often claimed they have the best guinness in town, due to the short length of the pipe connecting the keg to the tap.

The Star Bar

Closed down now and is for lease as a shop

nightclubs

The Abbey Hotel has a disco at weekends that goes on till after 2AM. It is often very, very busy, and attracts bus-loads of revellers from miles around. Be careful of the drunken crowds late in the night, and on the Diamond afterwards.