Bridge Bar

Skellig Ring


The focus of Portmagee's village life is the raspberry-coloured Bridge Bar, a local gathering point that hosts traditional Irish music and dancing sessions every Friday and Sunday year-round, plus Tuesdays in July and August. Excellent fish and chips are among the standouts of its bar menu; breakfast is served till noon.

Its adjacent Moorings Restaurant is a seafood specialist.


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