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A pub you could easily call home

Country roads take you home but also back in time, and the winding lanes around Carlingford Lough promise exactly this.

About 2km from Carlingford town you’ll be encouraged to divert off the main road by a sign reading “Pub”. On closer inspection it also reads Lily Finnegan’s, although in much smaller type, because, if you’re going off-road around this part of the Cooley peninsula there can be only one pub you’re searching for and that’s the 180-year-old whitewashed home of Lily Finnegan. Lily is gone now, but her picture still hangs proudly on the bar, where local man Derek McGarrity is at the helm.

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18 Irish pubs you have to try before you die

Just 5km from Carlingford on the Cooley Peninsula in Louth, this quaint whitewashed pub is a world apart from the boozy stags and hens that descend on the seaside town. At Lily Finnegan's, you'll find that distinctive old world charm that you're after.

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Our favourite places to go out for a drink

Ciaran Gormley

My favourite watering hole is Lily Finnegan's in Whitestown, County Louth. It's an old, whitewashed pub with a crooked roof and shore stones pave your way to the front door. Inside there are few right angles and the old tiled floor is as level as the Giant's Causeway. The walls and ceiling are painted and clean, with bright happy colours. The bar counter tilts towards the taps, so you have to put your pint only halfway across the bar mat to stop loss of your tipple. The fire is lit most of the year apart from the summer months and even though it's draughty, it's really cosy. The local people are rural and friendly. If you're not being slagged to death after your third visit to it, they haven't sussed you out yet. The owner of Lily's cleans to high standards and will appear like an apparition beside you, mop/bucket in hand to whisk away any spillages.

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Lilys has the authenticity others copy                                                                                                                                                     independent

Lily Finnegans is one of the oldest known public houses in Louth, if not the country. Officially it dates back to the early 1800's when it was known as 'Sloans Bar' but it is thought it first opened its doors many years before that. 

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You Share your hidden Irish gems

The Cooley Peninsula is by far the best place I know. Lily Finnegans have the best pints of Guinness                                                       

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Opening Hours

Thursday 5pm

Friday 5pm 

Saturday 2pm 

Sunday 2pm 

Bank Holidays 2pm

lilyfinnegans@gmail.com

Tel- 042 9373730

 

Nearby accommodation

Whitestown Cottage - 100 metres  airbnb.ie 

Carrs Cottage - 1 kilometre                            0864088576 / 0866064281

Roseanne’s Cottage - 1.2 kilometres  airbnb.ie

Grandas House - 1.2 kilometres               airbnb.ie

Willville Cottage- 2 kilometres            airbnb.ie

The Cabin - 3.2 kilometres              airbnb.ie

Campbells Bridge - 4.3 kilometres  rosie.bridge@outlook.com

Carlingford Cottage - 4.8 kilometres      airbnb.ie

Mourneview B&B - 5.6 kilometres  booking.com/ 0429373551

Four Seasons Hotel - 6.9 kilometres  4seasons.ie

Village Hotel - 7.3 kilometres   mckevitts.ie

Parties in Lilys!

Why not hold your party/event here with us in Lily Finnegans!?

We can cater for the smallest of groups up to groups of 120+ in our Bar/Snug/Parlour or our covered Beer Garden.

We can cater for after wedding parties, birthday parties, fundraising events, any event really! 

We can supply via a caterer finger food, buffet lunches, cold meat salads and much more or we can supply an all you can eat BBQ ourselves. 

Live music can be provided on request. 

For more information contact us at lilyfinnegans@gmail.com or telephone 0429373730. 

Live Sport In Lilys

If it’s Football, Rugby, GAA, Boxing, Golf, etc we’ve got it covered! 

All major sporting events are shown live here in Lily Finnegans on our 90” HD Screen and numerous LED TV’s.

Email us at lilyfinnegans@gmail.com or call 0429373730 for more details on individual matches/events. 

Upcoming Live Music

March:

Sat 23rd: THE FAA SIDE 9pm

Sun 24th: TREVOR THOMPSON 6pm

Sat 30th: RAY & DAN 9pm

Sun 31st: Beer Garden Sunday with:                                      THE WILLIN’ FOOLS 6pm                                      BARRY P 9pm

April:

Mon 1st: MC COLLUM BROTHERS 6pm

Mon 1st: Beer Garden Special with:                  RORY & THE ISLAND 6pm Tickets-€12.50

Sat 6th: DERMOT MC QUAID 9pm

Sun 7th: Beer Garden Sunday with:                                     UNDER THE TREE 6pm