Fancy a great wine bar with top-class nibbles? Here are 10 to head for around Ireland

In Dublin

Loose Canon

29 Drury Street, Dublin 2; loosecanon.ie

Natural wine, cheese toasties and great people-watching.

Piglet

5 Cow’s Lane, Dublin 2; 01-7079786, pigletwinebar.ie

A Temple Bar respite with an epic wine list.

The Wine Pair

79 Clanbrassil Street Lower, Dublin 8; 087-9813586, thewinepairdublin.com

Lively neighbourhood wine bar with plenty of interesting bottles and small plates.

Around Ireland

The Black Pig

66 Lower O’Connell Street, Kinsale, Co Cork; 021-4774101, theblackpigwinebar.com

Sharing plates, local suppliers and sustainable wines.

1 Middle Street, Galway; 091-539884, cavarestaurant.ie

Tapas, pintxos and an extensive Spanish wine list.

Ely Wine

Convent Lane, Maynooth, Co Kildare; 01-5043709, elywinebar.ie

Lunch, dinner, small plates and loads of wine.

L’Atitude 51

1 Union Quay, Cork; 021-2390219, latitude51.ie

Natural-wine bar and shop with simple small plates.

MacCurtain Wine Cellar

11 MacCurtain Street, Cork; 021-4551533, maccurtainwine.ie

New kid on the block with a unique selection.

Ox Cave

3 Oxford Street, Belfast, BT1 3LA; 048-90232567, oxbelfast.com

Michelin-starred Ox’s little sibling, with just as much class.

Sheridan’s Wine Bar

14 Churchyard Street, Galway; 091-564832, sheridanscheesemongers.com

Atmospheric wine bar above the famous cheese shop.

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