Grubs up.  Nothing beats a good feed of pub food, and now the good folk at Michelin have gone to the trouble of rounding up the best Irish pubs in the country as part of their 2016 Eating Out in Pubs guide. Out of 590 pubs listed Republic, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales, thirty two Irish pubs in fifteen counties both North and South of the border made the list, which is not too shabby. Six pubs in Co. Down were listed, followed closely by the rebels in Cork with five, Clare with four, and Kildare with three. Looks like Ballsbridge is the place to go if you're hungry in the capital, with both the Old Spot and Chop House getting the nod. The Old Spot, Ballsbridge.  The full list, as published on the Irish Times, goes as follows:

Antrim

Billy Andy’s at Mounthill, near Larne

Clare

Morrissey’s (Doonbeg), Vaughan’s Anchor Inn (Liscannor), Wild Honey Inn (Lisdoonvarna) and Linnane’s Lobster Bar (New Quay)

Cork

Mary Ann’s (Castletownshend), Poacher’s Inn (Bandon), Deasy’s (Clonakilty), Cronin’s (Crosshaven) and Toddies at The Bulman (Kinsale)

The Poacher's Inn, Cork. 

Down

Pheasant (Annahilt), Poacher’s Pocket (Comber), Parson’s Nose and Plough Inn (both in Hillsborough) Pier 36 (Donaghadee) and Balloo House (Killinchy).

Dublin

The Old Spot and Chop House (both in Ballsbridge)

Galway

Moran’s Oyster Cottage (Kilcolgan) and O’Dowd’s (Roundstone)

Kerry

O’Neill’s Seafood Bar (Caherciveen)

Kildare

Harte’s (Kildare),Ballymore Inn (Ballymore Eustace) and Fallon’s (Kilcullen)

Leitrim

Oarsman (Carrick-on-Shannon)

The Oarsman, Leitrim. 

Louth

Fitzpatricks (Jenkinstown)

Mayo

The Tavern (Murrisk) and Sheebeen (Westport)

Sligo

Hargadons (Sligo Town)

Tipperary

Larkins (Garrykennedy)

Wexford

Lobster Pot (Carne)

The Lobster Pot, Wexford.

Wicklow

Byrne & Woods (Roundwood).

Great, now we're starving.