Malone's Galtee Inn & Off-Licence - Cahir
Malone’s Galtee Inn is located in the centre of Cahir, a small town in Tipperary. Although Cahir is now by-passed on the Dublin-Cork road, it’s remained an ideal and favourite place to stop, especially if you know about The Galtee Inn. Cahir is a picturesque old town, located on the River Suir and dominated by Cahir Castle, which is well worth a visit.
The Galtee Inn is at the social heart of this town. It is a superb pub, restaurant and off-licence and has been in the Malone family for three generations, John being the current owner. From the moment you step inside, it’s a wonderful large Victorian Pub full of original décor and dark wood panelling. The main bar stretches all the way down the centre of the pub with beautiful old fashioned seating booths opposite the bar. It opens early in the morning (from 09.30am), as it’s as famous for its excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, as it is for its creamy pints and great range of whiskeys. There is also a restaurant to the rear of the pub with a very extensive wine selection and private dining rooms upstairs. The bar menu selection is surprisingly extensive and mouth watering for a pub and The Galtee Inn especially prides itself on its locally sourced beef and great steaks. The upstairs dining room can be booked for private groups who want to enjoy a dinner and whiskey tasting evening.
The Galtee Inn is always busy with a good mix of locals and people passing through. John Malone is the whiskey man here and he has quietly been collecting a formidable collection of rare and expensive special edition Irish whiskeys, such as Midleton 25 and 30 Year Old. These are for sale, but not by the shot, only by the bottle! If your budget doesn’t stretch to a bottle of one of these exclusive whiskeys, then we recommend you settle down into The Galtee Inn, order from the menu and sample some of the many other whiskeys John has behind the bar, including more unusual ones from countries like Thailand and Latvia.
Malone's Galtee Inn will of course make you a great Irish Coffee with the whiskey of your choice and also specialises in Hot Irish Whiskey - traditionally made with brown sugar, or if you wish, with the locally produced and world famous Redmond Williams honey. If it's cold and miserable outside, there's probably no better place to be than in front of their coal fire, your hands wrapped around that Hot Irish or Irish Coffee.
The Galtee Inn operates an off-licence from the pub, with once again, an excellent selection of whiskeys, including whiskeys like Green Spot, one of Ireland's oldest but lesser known whiskey brands. There is something so much more satisfying about buying a good bottle of whiskey in an Irish pub like this, rather than a faceless supermarket or airport shop. When you open that bottle back home, it’s as if the character of the place somehow blends into the character of the whiskey – warm, rich, complex and individual.
So if you are looking for one of those exclusive collectors’ bottles of rare Irish whiskey or just an excellent Irish pub for food, whiskey, Guinness and with character by the bucket full, then you absolutely can’t go wrong with Malone's Galtee Inn in Cahir.
Malone's Galtee Inn - The Square, Cahir, Co. Tipperary
Tel. +353 (0)52 41247
Web: www.galteeinn.com (don't use the email, John never checks it!)
Local Tourist Info and Accommodation: www.cahirtourism.ie
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