Save the date! Taaffes Bar are celebrating their 35th birthday with a super bash that is just around the corner on November 14th! There will be music from 5.30pm, tasty finger food, craic and special guests.

Through the years, the walls of Taaffes have echoed with laughter, music, and unforgettable moments, all thanks to the incredible customers, musicians and staff. Here’s to many more years of ceol, craic, and good times!

Since Máirtín and Bríd Lally took over Taaffes in October 1988 the bar has welcomed some of the best traditional musicians, GAA greats and customers from every corner of the world through its doors in Galway’s vibrant, Latin Quarter. Loved by both locals and tourists, the walls of Taaffes tell countless great stories, from tales of marriage proposals and weddings to All-Ireland victories and impromptu trad sessions and sing-alongs over the years. The bar is also known for its Gaeilge. We’ve been there to comfort our Mayo friends on quite a number of occasions over the years too.

Along with a host of musicians, Sports Stars and well known personalities, Ollie Turner will lead the birthday celebrations on Tuesday night.  Also joining us on Tuesday the 14th will be the hilarious Aidan Tierney of @tierneytalks who will have us all in stitches with his uncanny impersonations. With its beloved traditional music sessions and quality brew, the city centre establishment continues to attract old and new friends from places near and far.

Owner, Máirtín Lally told us “We work hard to provide a real experience for our customers and a place where they can come to relax, enjoy good drink, plenty of music, great craic, tasty food and we always encourage the cúpla focal. That’s the way it has been since we opened our doors thirty five years ago and as long as people keep loving what we do naturally, we’ll keep doing it. It doesn’t feel like thirty five years at all and it’s amazing how it sneaks up on you. Sure if we didn’t love doing it, we wouldn’t be still at it. We can’t wait to welcome so many of our great friends & musicians to Taaffes on the 14th November and we’ll spend plenty of time going down memory lane, while we look forward to the next thirty five  years too.”