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Date night bars in Killarney

Low light, good drinks and somewhere to talk: the Killarney bars we would pick for a night for two.

Last checked 14 November 2026. No bar paid to be included.

Date night: 5 bars

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1 · Killarney town centre

Pig's Lane

Underground cocktail bar

Ireland's Bar of the Year and Cocktail Bar of the Year 2026; One Pin, The Pinnacle Guide

Killarney's first underground bar, opened in October 2023 beneath the Killarney Towers Hotel on the site of an 1800s laneway. Styled on a 1920s speakeasy, it has a whiskey parlour with more than 400 bottles behind a hidden entrance, live music and cocktails built on Irish spirits.

  • 🍸 Cocktails
  • 🗝️ Hidden
  • 🥃 Whisky
  • 🎶 Music

📍 Killarney Towers Hotel, College Street, Killarney

🕒 Mon to Thu 5pm to 11.30pm; Fri 5pm to 2am; Sat 2pm to 2am; Sun 5pm to 11pm (OpenStreetMap; check before you go)

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2 · Killarney town centre

The Ross

Hotel cocktail bar

A glamorous boutique hotel in the town centre whose bar the McKennas' Guides once called the best for cocktails in the Kingdom of Kerry.

  • 🍸 Cocktails
  • 💕 Date night
  • 🍸 Classics

📍 The Ross Hotel, Kenmare Place, Killarney

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3 · Killarney town centre

The Kenmare Rooms

Hotel bar

The bar at the Killarney Avenue Hotel, from the same Killarney group as Pig's Lane and among its finalists at the 2026 Bar of the Year Awards.

  • 💕 Date night

📍 Killarney Avenue Hotel, Kenmare Place, Killarney

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4 · Muckross and the National Park

Colgans

Hotel pub

The fireside pub at the Muckross Park Hotel, inside Killarney National Park, with a drinks list that leans on Kerry distillers and local brewers. You can book a snug.

  • 💕 Date night
  • 🍽️ Food
  • 🥃 Whisky
  • 🍺 Pub

📍 Muckross Park Hotel, Muckross, Killarney

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5 · Killarney town centre

Brownes at the Great Southern

Hotel bar

Silver, Irish Bar of the Year Awards 2024

The bar at the grand old Great Southern hotel by the railway station, a silver medal winner at the Irish Bar of the Year Awards 2024.

  • 🍸 Classics
  • 💕 Date night

📍 Great Southern Killarney, East Avenue Road, Killarney

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Map: date night

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Your questions

What are the best date night bars in Killarney?

Start with Pig's Lane, The Ross, The Kenmare Rooms, Colgans and Brownes at the Great Southern. Our full list has 5 bars.

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Who wrote this guide

This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland, including Dublin and Cork. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research, award results and trusted Irish guides.

No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.

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