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25th May 2017

New report reveals the number of pubs in every constituency in Ireland

Conor Heneghan

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In case you ever get a notion to go on a really, really long pub crawl.

Ireland may be a small country but it is home to an awful lot of pubs.

It’s home to 7,193 of them, in fact, as well as 3,161 off-licences, 2,406 restaurants and 983 hotels, according to a new report by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI), which was authored by DCU Economist Anthony Foley.

The report seeks to highlight how the drinks sector contributes to local economies throughout Ireland, in towns, in cities and the country as a whole and how Ireland’s high alcohol excise tax risks derailing growth and discouraging tourists from visiting, particularly those from the United Kingdom.

Ireland’s overall alcohol excise tax, for example, is the second highest in the EU, behind only Finland.

By drink category, Ireland has the highest wine excise, the second highest beer excise and the third highest spirits excise.

Figures from the report show that the drinks and hospitality sector pays €2.9 billion in wages and helps deliver €6.4 billion in tourism spend each year and also breaks down the figures on a constituency basis for the 26 counties in the Republic of Ireland.

In Tipperary, for example, the sector supports 4,000 jobs and pays out €87 million in wages, while in Dublin West, the industry employs 6,290 people and drives €140.8 million in wages.

The report also breaks down the number of pubs, hotels and restaurants in each constituency in the country, which you can see below.

Surprised by the number of pubs in your area?

You can read the report in full here.

Ireland

Pubs: 7,193

Hotels: 983

Restaurants: 2,406

Carlow-Kilkenny

Pubs: 288

Hotels: 19

Restaurants: 63

Cavan-Monaghan

Pubs: 296

Hotels: 17

Restaurants: 33

Clare

Pubs: 291

Hotels: 18

Restaurants: 60

Cork East

Pubs: 210

Hotels: 14

Restaurants: 62

Cork North-Central

Pubs: 215

Hotels: 14

Restaurants: 64

Cork North-West

Pubs: 160

Hotels: 11

Restaurants: 48

Cork South-Central

Pubs: 217

Hotels: 14

Restaurants: 65

Cork South-West

Pubs: 153

Hotels: 10

Restaurants: 45

Donegal

Pubs: 365

Hotels: 40

Restaurants: 77

Dublin Bay North

Pubs: 89

Hotels: 16

Restaurants: 97

Dublin Bay South

Pubs: 70

Hotels: 12

Restaurants: 77

Dublin Central

Pubs: 54

Hotels: 9

Restaurants: 58

Dublin Fingal

Pubs: 86

Hotels: 15

Restaurants: 93

Dublin Mid-West

Pubs: 66

Hotels: 12

Restaurants: 72

Dublin North-West

Pubs: 55

Hotels: 10

Restaurants: 60

Dublin Rathdown

Pubs: 53

Hotels: 9

Restaurants: 58

Dublin South-Central

Pubs: 70

Hotels: 12

Restaurants: 76

Dublin South-West

Pubs: 88

Hotels: 15

Restaurants: 95

Dublin West

Pubs: 69

Hotels: 12

Restaurants: 74

Dún Laoghaire

Pubs: 72

Hotels: 13

Restaurants: 78

Galway East

Pubs: 177

Hotels: 24

Restaurants: 53

Galway West

Pubs: 298

Hotels: 41

Restaurants: 89

Kerry

Pubs: 435

Hotels: 50

Restaurants: 138

Kildare North

Pubs: 104

Hotels: 12

Restaurants: 48

Kildare South

Pubs: 79

Hotels: 10

Restaurants: 37

Laois

Pubs: 123

Hotels: 9

Restaurants: 20

Limerick City

Pubs: 206

Hotels: 13

Restaurants: 47

Limerick County

Pubs: 154

Hotels: 10

Restaurants: 35

Longford-Westmeath

Pubs: 259

Hotels: 11

Restaurants: 54

Louth

Pubs: 182

Hotels: 10

Restaurants: 53

Mayo

Pubs: 373

Hotels: 40

Restaurants: 76

Meath East

Pubs: 98

Hotels: 6

Restaurants: 32

Meath West

Pubs: 97

Hotels: 6

Restaurants: 32

Offaly

Pubs: 126

Hotels: 5

Restaurants: 20

Roscommon-Galway

Pubs: 203

Hotels: 4

Restaurants: 20

Sligo-Leitrim

Pubs: 254

Hotels: 16

Restaurants: 36

Tipperary

Pubs: 422

Hotels: 17

Restaurants: 49

Waterford

Pubs: 220

Hotels: 15

Restaurants: 67

Wexford

Pubs: 265

Hotels: 22

Restaurants: 73

Wicklow

Pubs: 151

Hotels: 18

Restaurants: 72