What are the opening hours?

Monday 10:30am - 11:30pm Tuesday 10:30am - 11:30pm Wednesday 10:30am - 11:30pm Thursday 10:30am - 11:30pm Friday 10:30am - 12:30am Saturday 10:30am - 12:30am Sunday 12:30pm - 11pm

Taaffes Bar

Name: Taaffes Bar
Address: 19 Shop Street, Galway, H91WF20, IE
Telephone: +353-91-564066
Price range: ££
Rating: 4.7

Home
Ireland
Galway
Taaffes Bar

Call Directions Website Contact the restaurant

Taaffes Bar located in Galway's Latin Quarter. Galway's favourite traditional Irish music bar. No bookings, just walk-ins. Food served ‘til 5pm.
(2432)

Trad sessions each day at 5.30pm & 9.30pm. Bustling and friendly, this 150 year old cheery village pub is enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. As you pass by its stone facade you can hear traditional Irish music passing through the windows. The bustling bar is well-known for its atmosphere and traditional Irish music which has been playing here for over 20 years. Anyone is welcome to come along and listen or play (if you can) and there's no cover charge. Sharon Shannon and Sean Keane have performed here, as well as a number of wandering minstrels and local musicians. Famous for being a GAA pub, Taaffes also sells the best pint of Guinness in the city, and it won’t disappoint. Good quality bar food is served all day with generous keenly-priced portions.

01/11/2026

🏆COUNTY FINAL SUNDAY AT TAAFFES!🏆

It’s a big day of hurling today as we show the Galway County Senior Hurling Final live on our screens at 3pm! 🏑📺🏆🇶🇦

We’d like to wish both teams, Loughrea Hurling Club and Tommy Larkins Gaa the very best of luck in the final. May the best team win! 💪🏆

And the craic doesn’t stop there…

🎻 5pm – Live traditional Irish music session.

🎶 9pm – Fergal O’Connaire takes to the stage!

🍽️ Food served until 5pm.

Join us for a great Sunday of hurling, music and plenty of craic at Taaffes!

01/11/2026

Did you know us Irish basically gave the world Halloween? 🎃

Samhain: with its roots in the ancient Irish festival of Samhain, marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter… which basically means soup and sambo weather is well and truly here! 🍲

But here's one for debate… does your winter start today, or are you holding out until December? We love a good debate, so let us know! 👀

Ps. We hope everyone had a great Halloween and there are no sore heads or sore tummies today! 🍫 🍻

31/10/2026

Today we say a final goodbye to the great Eugene Dillon, whose funeral took place today following his sad passing earlier this week.

Eugene was a great friend of Taaffes Bar and a familiar face at our evening trad music sessions, which he loved so much. He was always a welcome presence in the bar and will be fondly remembered by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.

One of Eugene’s favourite sayings, whenever he was asked how he was doing, was:

“Ara you know yourself, all craic and no fun!”

Those words will certainly bring a smile to our faces whenever we think of him.

Eugene will be sorely missed by all the staff, musicians and customers here at Taaffes. The sessions won’t quite be the same without him.

Condolences to his wife Kathi, daughter Eilís, son Martin and all his family and friends.

Rest easy, Eugene. Thanks for all the memories, the chats and the craic.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. 🙏🏻💔

31/10/2026

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh! 🎃

Happy Halloween from all at Taaffes! Have a good one everyone! We have live music as usual from our trad musicians at 5.30pm followed by our ballad band at 10pm! Join us for some spooky ceol agus craic 👻

30/10/2026

Happy Halloween weekend 🎃 enjoy our live music all weekend with our usual trad session at 5.30pm and ballad band musicians from 10pm tonight and tomorrow and 9.30pm on Sunday! Join us for some creep ceol agus craic 🕷️🕸️👻

29/10/2026

Happy faces on a Thursday afternoon 👀

28/10/2026

The last few days of our so get your hands on our bestselling Sailors Home Stormchaser for the remainder of October for only €8.50 🥃

27/10/2026

A lot of customers forget we have our very own loyalty programme when you buy 9 meals you get the 10th free! Ask for one in the bar 😉

Food served til 5pm, live music from 5.30pm 🎻

25/10/2026

Helloooo bank holiday weekend 🎃 👻 🍺

25/10/2026

🏐 A HUGE DAY OF FOOTBALL & MUSIC AT TAAFFES! 🎶🍻🏐🏆

It’s a big day for Galway football, and we’ll have all the action live on our TVs here at Taaffes Bar! 💪💛💙🏐🏆

📺 LIVE FOOTBALL TODAY
⚽ 2pm: Intermediate Football Final — Spiddal 🆚 Caherlistrane
⚽ 4pm: Senior Football Final — Salthill-Knocknacarra 🆚 Moycullen

🎻 5.30pm: Live traditional Irish music to keep the atmosphere going!

🎸 9pm: The fantastic Fergal O’Connaire Ballad Band take to the floor for a great night of tunes, ballads and craic!

Join us for a brilliant Sunday of football, pints, live Irish music and the best of the craic in the heart of Galway’s Latin Quarter! 🍻

Football by day, trad by night — Taaffes is the place to be!

Address

19 Shop Street
Galway
H91WF20

Opening Hours

Monday	10:30am - 11:30pm
Tuesday	10:30am - 11:30pm
Wednesday	10:30am - 11:30pm
Thursday	10:30am - 11:30pm
Friday	10:30am - 12:30am
Saturday	10:30am - 12:30am
Sunday	12:30pm - 11pm

Telephone

+353-91-564066

Website

http://www.taaffesbar.ie/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Taaffes Bar posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.