The Liberty Bar Is Back
"GREAT BEER, GREAT COCKTAILS, GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT TIMES."
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| The Liberty Bar Is Back And Ready For You. Pictured Is Upstairs At Resistance |
With over 100 eventful years of history and many iterations The Liberty Bar on
South Main Street back open.
Closed since the beginning of the pandemic, the new team have created two
unique spaces in the bar.
Manager, Diarmuid Clayton, says “the Downstairs is a bright relaxed open
space with an industrial/eclectic feel. The bar features exposed brick,
galvanised sheeting and conduit, old crates and printer trays and custom made
shelving and wine racks made with materials from Cork Builders providers”
“We wanted to create a welcoming bar with a little bit of difference, and small
nod to the previous incarnation of the Liberty when it was a favourite haunt of
the punks and students of Cork”
The old Liberty was a place where you could buy flagon’s and cans of cider.
“As another nod to this ‘lively’ past, we have created tasty new signature
cocktails, The Flagon and 5 Go down To The Sea, in honour of Cork’s original
punk band”
You can click the link below to hear a piece from the Cork Folklore Memory
Map Project The Liberty, Punks and Rats
“Upstairs at Resistance is a more luxurious speakeasy feel. Dark and rich with
subdued lighting, antique leather sofas, rugs and mirrors”
The walls are adorned with antique gilt frames which contain a series of unique
pieces of artwork, commissioned by local artists. The only guidance they were
given was the theme of resistance.
Local Artists, Alan Hurley, Kevin O’ Brian, Lucia Moreno are just a few of the
local artists who have completed a piece for the new venue.
Diarmuid say “Resistance is the place you go to relax and leave your worries at
the door. Enjoy one of our ten signature cocktails, great classics, wine or just a
tasty beer. Come in, and forget everything”
“We are delighted to get the place open again, and become a new addition to
the great night life of Cork City.
We will be introducing lots of new signature cocktails and events in the near
future”
The Liberty is located at 92 South Main Street, Cork City, and is open daily
The Liberty is an over 18s venue. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelibertycork
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