Ryan's Bar in Kilkenny

Great pints and especially fantabulous love music by „The Buddies“!

If you’re in the area please go to this bar! The owner, Arthur, is fantastic, incredibly kind person and the rest of the staff are also so sweet! The atmosphere and other customers were warm and welcoming. The music there was also genuinely very good. I was passing through Ireland a few weeks ago and happened to stumble into this bar and it’s one of my favorite memories from that trip. Can’t recommend it enough!!

Great music pub with a lively atmosphere. worth visiting.

Very cute traditional Irish pub with a nice beer garden and live music ! Plenty of seats inside and out .Staff is very friendly

Nice local pub with live music. Not as touristy as other locations in town.

Good live music, we were here on May 4, 2026. Festival 👌

Always a nice pub to visit in Kilkenny, reasonably priced drinks and nice atmosphere

Fantastic atmosphere for listening to our rock classics! We saw a concert one Friday evening. The atmosphere was amazing :) Thank you for the warm welcome!

Ryan's,one of the brightest jewels on the music circuit in all of Ireland.The charismatic proprietor Arthur has a gift for lining up such a varied array of talent that entertains without fail night after night week in and week out.If you are a music lover looking to pass an hour or a whole evening well then Ryan's will never let you down.This place has become an institution,a real go-to place for atmosphere on any night out in Kilkenny. Make it a priority to visit it if you are around Kilkenny and you will not be disappointed.

Great music and atmosphere in this place. Lovely pints served by lovely people