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SINNOTTS BAR

DISTILLERY ROAD, WEXFORD

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Address
DISTILLERY ROAD, WEXFORD
County
Wexford
Licence reference
WXP0206

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Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref WXP0206 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for SINNOTTS BAR at DISTILLERY ROAD, WEXFORD in CO. WEXFORD with SHACK BARS LIMITED as licensee.[1]

In 2017, *Wexford People* reported that Liam Sinnott was about to open the “newly and appropriately renamed” Sinnott’s Bar on Distillery Road, at what was formerly the Gaelic Bar.[2]

In 2024, *Wexford People* reported that the long-running Sunday trad sessions previously held in the Centenary Stores (started in 1989) moved to Sinnott’s Bar on Distillery Road, with the first session in Sinnott’s taking place the previous Sunday.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Independent · "Liam Sinnott gets his own bar after 28 years at the Stores" · 2017-07-29
  3. Irish Independent · "Another Wexford bar closes but the music lives on amid changes to town’s pub scene" · 2024-06-19

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Listed on thesession.org as a regular trad-session venue (2024-08-26 14:42:58).

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