Irish Pub Name Generator

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Generate Irish pub names that sound like they have been pouring pints for a century: family-name bars like McGinty's and Doyle's of Dunmore, storied 'The' pubs such as The Crooked Shillelagh, and Irish-language Tigh names for a traditional touch.

About Irish pub names

Real Irish pubs are named in three main ways, and this list follows all of them. The oldest convention is simply the publican's surname with a possessive: O'Malley's, Kavanagh's, Brogan's. Add a townland or street and it sounds even more rooted (Doyle's of Dunmore, Ryan's of Parkgate). In Gaeltacht areas the same idea appears in Irish as Tigh followed by a name, literally 'the house of', as in Tigh Neachtain or Tigh Mhóir.

The second style is the 'The' pub: a picture-sign name built from an animal, trade, local landmark or piece of folklore. The Stag's Head, The Brazen Head and The Bleeding Horse are old Dublin examples; the generator gives you new ones like The Crooked Shillelagh, The Drowsy Poet and The Salmon of Knowledge. Songs and history supply the third vein, which is why you will see The Foggy Dew, The Wild Geese, The Parting Glass and The Croppy Boy alongside references to hurling, poitín and the Fenians.

Pick the style that matches your setting. A family name reads as a genuine local, a 'The' name suits a themed Irish bar abroad, and an Irish-language name signals tradition and the west coast. Every entry here is invented or generic enough to use for a real bar, a restaurant concept, or a pub in a novel or game.

How to choose Irish pub names

  • If you are opening a real Irish bar, use your own surname or a family name from your home county; it is the most authentic convention and almost impossible for a competitor to copy.
  • For a pub abroad, pair an Irish name with the town it sits in (Flanagan's of Boston) so locals know it belongs to them, not to a franchise.
  • Keep Irish-language names short and check the spelling and lenition with a native speaker or a dictionary like teanglann.ie before printing the sign.
  • Avoid leprechaun and pot-of-gold clichés if you want respect from Irish customers; landmarks, trades, songs and folklore read as far more genuine.
  • Say the name out loud as a regular would: 'I'll see you in Kavanagh's' works, while a long name will get shortened by customers whether you like it or not.

Frequently asked questions

Why are so many Irish pubs named after people?

Historically the licence belonged to the publican, so the bar simply carried the family's name and often doubled as the grocery or undertaker. Many pubs kept the name of a long-dead owner, which is why a name like McGinty's still feels like the default Irish pub name.

What does Tigh mean in a pub name?

Tigh (or Teach) is Irish for 'house', so Tigh Neachtain means 'Neachtain's house'. It is the Irish-language equivalent of the possessive surname style and is common in Gaeltacht areas of Galway, Kerry and Donegal.

Can I use one of these names for a real Irish pub?

Yes. The names are invented or generic, but pub names are not unique across Ireland, the UK and North America, so search business registries and social media in your city before signing anything. Surname-based names are the least likely to clash.

What makes an Irish pub name sound authentic rather than themed?

Restraint. Real pubs use a surname, a townland, an animal, a trade or a line from a song, not shamrocks and gold. A plain name like Cullen's Crossroads or The Hurler's Rest sounds more genuine than anything with 'Lucky' or 'Leprechaun' in it.

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All 500 Irish pub names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 11 names

  • Ahern's of Mallow
  • An Bodhrán
  • An Bóthar Fada
  • An Cailín Rua
  • An Capall Dubh
  • An Crúiscín Lán
  • An Sean Teach
  • An Seanchaí
  • An Sionnach Rua
  • An Teach Beag
  • An Teach Tábhairne

B: 8 names

  • Brady's of Ballinrobe
  • Brennan's of Bridge Street
  • Brogan's Bar
  • Brosnahan's
  • Brosnan's of Castleisland
  • Burke's of Clifden
  • Butler's of Kilkenny
  • Byrne's of Bray

C: 21 names

  • Carney's of Kiltimagh
  • Cassidy's Public House
  • Clancy's Bar
  • Cleary's of Borris
  • Connolly's Public House
  • Conroy's Public House
  • Conway's Yard
  • Coogan's Lane
  • Cooney's
  • Corcoran's Snug
  • Corrigan's Yard
  • Costello's Public House
  • Costigan's Corner
  • Coyne's Bar
  • Creedon's
  • Cronin's of Crosshaven
  • Crowley's of Clonakilty
  • Cuffe's of Ballyconneely
  • Culhane's
  • Cullen's Crossroads
  • Cunningham's

D: 20 names

  • Daly's of Dundrum
  • Dan Foley's
  • Deasy's Bar
  • Deegan's Corner House
  • Delaney's Snug
  • Dempsey's of Dun Laoghaire
  • Devlin's of Derry
  • Dillon's Public House
  • Dineen's of Ballyvourney
  • Doheny's of Market Street
  • Dolan's Long Bar
  • Dolphin's Barn Snug
  • Donnelly's of Skerries
  • Donohoe's Bar
  • Dooley's of Birr
  • Doorley's
  • Doyle's of Dunmore
  • Duggan's Corner
  • Dunphy's Bar
  • Dwyer's Corner

E: 2 names

  • Earley's of Roscommon
  • Egan's of Galway

F: 11 names

  • Fahy's Bar
  • Fallon's Corner House
  • Feeney's Lane
  • Fenian's Rest
  • Fennelly's
  • Finnegan's Corner
  • Fitzgerald's of Lough Gur
  • Flaherty's Corner
  • Flanagan's Snug
  • Fogarty's
  • Foley's of Kenmare

G: 11 names

  • Gallagher's Cellar
  • Ganley's Snug
  • Garvey's Corner
  • Geoghegan's
  • Gerald Griffin's
  • Gillespie's of Donegal
  • Glynn's
  • Gogarty's Snug
  • Gorman's of Dungarvan
  • Griffin's Bar
  • Guinan's Snug

H: 13 names

  • Halligan's Corner House
  • Hanlon's of Tullamore
  • Hanratty's
  • Harte's of Sligo
  • Healy's Lane
  • Hegarty's of Cork
  • Hennessy's Lane
  • Hession's Bar
  • Hickey's of Thomastown
  • Hogan's Corner
  • Horgan's Corner
  • Hourihane's Bar
  • Hynes's

K: 12 names

  • Kavanagh's Snug
  • Keane's of Kinvara
  • Kearney's Yard
  • Keating's of Newcastle West
  • Kenny's Corner House
  • Keogh's Corner
  • Kerrigan's Yard
  • Kiely's of Donnybrook
  • Kilbane's
  • Kilcoyne's
  • Kinsella's Corner House
  • Kirwan's of Athenry

L: 9 names

  • Lalor's Bar
  • Lanigan's Ball
  • Lavelle's of Achill
  • Leahy's Corner House
  • Lenihan's Bar
  • Leonard's Lane
  • Loftus's Lane
  • Looney's Corner
  • Loughrey's

M: 25 names

  • Mac Diarmada's
  • Mac Giolla Phádraig's
  • Madigan's Lane
  • Magee's Corner
  • Maguire's of the Lough
  • Malone's Corner
  • Mangan's Lane
  • McCarthy's of Bantry
  • McGinty's Public House
  • McKeown's of Armagh
  • McLoughlin's
  • McNamara's of Corofin
  • Mick Dwyer's
  • Minogue's of Tulla
  • Molly Maguire's
  • Moloney's
  • Mooney's Lane
  • Moran's on the Weir
  • Mulcahy's
  • Mullarkey's
  • Mulroney's of Westport
  • Mulvihill's
  • Murnane's
  • Murphy's Lane
  • Murtagh's

N: 9 names

  • Naughton's of Moycullen
  • Nealon's Snug
  • Nellie Brogan's
  • Nevin's Corner House
  • Nolan's Public House
  • Noonan's Snug
  • Noone's Bar
  • Nora Barnacle's
  • Nugent's of Navan

O: 12 names

  • Ó Ceallaigh's
  • Ó Dálaigh's
  • Ó Murchú's Snug
  • Ó Súilleabháin's
  • O'Dwyer's Tavern
  • O'Grady's
  • O'Hanlon's of Omeath
  • O'Keeffe's of Fermoy
  • O'Leary's of Macroom
  • O'Malley's
  • O'Rourke's of Breffni
  • O'Shea's on the Quay

P: 6 names

  • Paddy Gallagher's
  • Pat Devitt's
  • Peggy O'Neill's
  • Phelan's of Piltown
  • Prendergast's Lane
  • Prunty's Snug

Q: 2 names

  • Quigley's
  • Quinlan's Lane

R: 6 names

  • Rabbitte's
  • Rafferty's Rest
  • Reddan's Bar
  • Regan's Lane
  • Rooney's Yard
  • Ryan's of Parkgate

S: 14 names

  • Scanlon's of Ennis
  • Sexton's of Sixmilebridge
  • Shanahan's
  • Sharkey's Bar
  • Shaughnessy's
  • Sheedy's Bar
  • Sheehan's Snug
  • Sheehy's Corner
  • Sheridan's Lane
  • Skehan's of Thurles
  • Slattery's
  • Spillane's
  • Sullivan's of Skibbereen
  • Sweeney's Bar

T: 306 names

  • The Abbey Stone
  • The Apple Loft
  • The Auld Triangle
  • The Banjo Bar
  • The Banshee's Whisper
  • The Bare Knuckle
  • The Barrelman
  • The Barrow Boatman
  • The Beehive Hut
  • The Bell Tower
  • The Bellman
  • The Bellows & Anvil
  • The Bittern
  • The Black Rose
  • The Black Velvet
  • The Blacksmith's Arms
  • The Blackthorn Bush
  • The Blarney Stone Inn
  • The Blind Piper
  • The Blue Anchor
  • The Boar's Head
  • The Boat Inn
  • The Bog Cotton
  • The Bog Lantern
  • The Bog Oak
  • The Bog Road
  • The Bogwood Bar
  • The Bold Fenian
  • The Bold Thady Quill
  • The Bonny Light Horseman
  • The Boreen
  • The Bottle of Smoke
  • The Boxty House Bar
  • The Brass Monkey
  • The Broken Oar
  • The Brown Trout
  • The Bull McCabe
  • The Burnt Thatch

T, continued

  • The Cabbage Patch
  • The Cairn
  • The Cider Press
  • The Claddagh Ring
  • The Coachman's Rest
  • The Cobbler's Last
  • The Cock & Bull
  • The Cooper's Barrel
  • The Cooper's Bench
  • The Copper Kettle Bar
  • The Cormorant
  • The Corncrake
  • The Cracked Pint
  • The Crooked Crozier
  • The Crooked Mile
  • The Crooked Shillelagh
  • The Crooked Tree
  • The Croppy Boy
  • The Crow's Foot
  • The Crying Fiddle
  • The Cuckoo's Nest
  • The Curlew's Call
  • The Dancing Dubliner
  • The Dark Horse Inn
  • The Deep Well
  • The Dew Drop Inn
  • The Dillisk
  • The Donkey's Ear
  • The Drover's Rest
  • The Drowned Oak
  • The Drowsy Poet
  • The Drumlin
  • The Drunken Barrister
  • The Dusty Miller
  • The Fair Head
  • The Falling Leaf
  • The Fenian Ram
  • The Fenian's Flask

T, continued

  • The Ferryman's Arms
  • The Fiddler's Elbow
  • The Fiddler's Green
  • The Fighting Cock
  • The Fisherman's Knot
  • The Fisherman's Thumb
  • The Flax Mill
  • The Flying Enterprise
  • The Foggy Dew
  • The Four Courts Bar
  • The Four Green Fields
  • The Furrow
  • The Gaelic Chieftain
  • The Galway Hooker
  • The Gap of Dunloe
  • The Gathering
  • The Gentle Giant
  • The Giant's Causeway Bar
  • The Glen Road
  • The Goat's Toe
  • The Gombeen Man
  • The Grafton Snug
  • The Granite Step
  • The Green Linnet
  • The Grey Heron
  • The Grey Mare
  • The Grinning Goat
  • The Ha'penny Bridge Bar
  • The Half Door
  • The Hanging Gale
  • The Hangman's Noose
  • The Harbour Master
  • The Hardy Harper
  • The Hare & Hound
  • The Harp & Plough
  • The Harp & Shamrock
  • The Harp on the Hill
  • The Harper's Rest

T, continued

  • The Hawk's Well
  • The Haymaker
  • The Heather Bell
  • The Hedge School
  • The Heron's Rest
  • The Holy Ground
  • The Honest Crow
  • The Humble Turf
  • The Hurler's Rest
  • The Hurling Stick
  • The Irish Wolfhound
  • The Jarvey's Rest
  • The Jolly Ploughman
  • The Kelp Gatherer
  • The Kerry Blue
  • The Kestrel
  • The Kildare Hound
  • The Kilkenny Cat
  • The Lame Crow
  • The Lame Duck
  • The Lantern Bar
  • The Lark in the Morning
  • The Last Lamplighter
  • The Laughing Trout
  • The Lazy Piper
  • The Leaping Hare
  • The Leinster Arms
  • The Liffey Tide
  • The Limping Donkey
  • The Lock Keeper
  • The Lonesome Boatman
  • The Long Acre
  • The Long Spoon
  • The Loose Goose
  • The Lough Derg Arms
  • The Lough Inn
  • The Mackerel Sky
  • The Meeting of the Waters
  • The Mermaid's Purse

T, continued

  • The Merry Ploughboy
  • The Miller's Daughter
  • The Mizen Head
  • The Molly Bloom
  • The Monk's Cellar
  • The Mountain Dew
  • The Muddy Farmer
  • The Oak & Anchor
  • The Old Forge Bar
  • The Old Sod
  • The Ould Plaid Shawl
  • The Oyster Catcher
  • The Parting Glass
  • The Pebble Beach Bar
  • The Pier Head
  • The Pike & Parish
  • The Pikeman
  • The Pilgrim's Rest
  • The Pipers' Chair
  • The Plough & Stars
  • The Ploughshare
  • The Poitín Still
  • The Potstill
  • The Puck Fair
  • The Puffin
  • The Quarryman's Arms
  • The Quern Stone
  • The Quiet Fiddler
  • The Ramblin' Man
  • The Rambling House
  • The Rattling Bog
  • The Rebel County Arms
  • The Rebel Heart
  • The Red Branch
  • The Ringfort
  • The Rising Tide
  • The Roaring Donkey
  • The Rook & Raven

T, continued

  • The Rosie Finn
  • The Ruined Abbey
  • The Rusty Harp
  • The Rye Field
  • The Sailor's Return
  • The Sallyport
  • The Salmon Leap
  • The Salmon of Knowledge
  • The Salty Seanachie
  • The Saucy Sailor
  • The Sceptre & Swan
  • The Scholar's Rest
  • The Sea Wall
  • The Seven Churches
  • The Seven Sisters
  • The Shannon Pot
  • The Shebeen
  • The Sheela-na-Gig
  • The Silver Tankard
  • The Singing Kettle
  • The Skellig Bar
  • The Slaney Cot
  • The Slate Quarry
  • The Sleeping Giant
  • The Slieve Bloom
  • The Slippery Eel
  • The Smithy Bar
  • The Smoking Bog
  • The Smuggler's Rest
  • The Speckled Hen
  • The Spinning Wheel
  • The Spotted Dog Alehouse
  • The Stag at Bay
  • The Standing Stone
  • The Stone Bridge
  • The Stone Cottage
  • The Stone Wall
  • The Stout Heart

T, continued

  • The Stranger's Welcome
  • The Strawberry Beds
  • The Sunken Road
  • The Sweet Chestnut
  • The Tailor's Thimble
  • The Tattered Banner
  • The Tattie Hoker
  • The Thatched Roof
  • The Thirsty Scholar
  • The Thirsty Tinker
  • The Three Kings
  • The Tin Whistle
  • The Tinker's Rest
  • The Tinsmith's Arms
  • The Tipperary Arms
  • The Tower Bar
  • The Trawlerman
  • The Turf Cutter
  • The Turnpike
  • The Unicorn's Horn
  • The Velvet Strand
  • The Wandering Bard
  • The Weaver's Shuttle
  • The Weeping Willow
  • The Westport Arms
  • The Wexford Arms
  • The Wheelwright's Arms
  • The Whiskey Priest
  • The Widow's Walk
  • The Wild Geese
  • The Wild Rover
  • The Wishing Well
  • The Wooden Spoon
  • The Wool Merchant
  • The Wran Bar
  • The Wren Boys
  • The Yellow Furze
  • Tierney's of Tramore

T, continued

  • Tigh an Bhreathnaigh
  • Tigh an Chaptaein
  • Tigh an Dochtúra
  • Tigh an Ghabha
  • Tigh an Iascaire
  • Tigh an Mháistir
  • Tigh an Phiobaire
  • Tigh an tSagairt
  • Tigh Bhaldraithe
  • Tigh Bhric
  • Tigh Bhríde
  • Tigh Chathail
  • Tigh Chiaráin
  • Tigh Dhonncha
  • Tigh Eoghain
  • Tigh Liam
  • Tigh Mháire
  • Tigh Mhaitiú
  • Tigh Mhic Cárthaigh
  • Tigh Mhicil
  • Tigh Mhóir
  • Tigh Phádraig
  • Tigh Pheadair
  • Tigh Rua
  • Tigh Sheáin
  • Tigh Sheáin Uí Chonaill
  • Tigh Sheosaimh
  • Tigh Thomáis
  • Tigh Uí Bhriain
  • Tigh Uí Dhónaill
  • Tigh Uí Fhloinn
  • Tigh Uí Mhurchú
  • Tigh Uí Néill
  • Tigh Uí Shé
  • Timmons' Bar
  • Tom Crean's Landing
  • Treacy's of Loughrea
  • Tubridy's Bar
  • Tully's Snug

W: 2 names

  • Walsh's Corner House
  • Whelan's Corner House