This is one of the two hotels where the bar operation is franchised out to the Galway Bay Brewery - Alfie Byrne's in the Conrad (visited before the blog) is the other. Like any GBB bar outside the city centre, there is a tiny concession to the differing audience - there are Guinness taps.
I think it is probably the largest GBB bar, with multiple different areas in the room. Due to being near to the Aviva Stadium, and on the main route from it to/from the city, it has specific kit-out to deal with large crowds including a second bar (with only Guinness and Althea session IPA taps on it).
Beyond the large size, there are other signs of it being a hotel bar - awkwardly located toilets (downstairs, off in a corner, and with limited signage to tell you which way back to the bar) due to being shared with other functions of the hotel; and multiple TVs. However, it is a vast improvement over the previous bar here - the originator of the Kitty O'Sheas franchise brand of identikit "Irish Bars" across the globe.
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