{"id":592463,"date":"2026-07-18T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/592463\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:36:40","slug":"well-known-kinsale-bar-hits-the-market-with-an-asking-price-of-e1-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/592463\/","title":{"rendered":"Well-known Kinsale bar hits the market with an asking price of \u20ac1.5m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"contextmenu internal_Body1st\">One of Kinsale\u2019s oldest and best-known licensed premises, The Folk House, has been launched to market with an asking price of \u20ac1.5m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The landmark former pub and nightclub, which includes substantial overhead accommodation and potential for a range of commercial\/mixed use purposes, subject to planning approval, is being sold by a Dublin-based developer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The property has already generated strong interest from hospitality operators in\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.echolive.ie\/corknews\/arid-41877410.html\">Kinsale<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A feasibility study commissioned by the vendor indicates potential for future residential development, with scope for six to 10 residential units.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The part two-storey, part three-storey 17,000sq ft terraced premises currently has 27 en suite bedrooms across the first and second floors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">A second option would be to retain the bar and accommodation, while scrapping the nightclub element \u2014 formerly known as Bacchus \u2014 and replacing it with a more substantial hotel reception area, while introducing a small function room for private events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">News that the property on Guardwell St is for sale has already prompted a strong reaction on Facebook, with former patrons sharing nostalgic memories of \u201ca great bar and live music venue\u201d, while expressing hopes that a new owner might revive its live music tradition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Among the memories shared was one former customer recalling spending his honeymoon there in the 70s, another remembered attending a Boomtown Rats gig at the Folk House, while yet another recalled how Michael Frawley, who ran the business with his wife Rose for a period, would play Friday night matches on a video on Saturdays, with strict instructions on one occasion to the bar man not to reveal the score. \u201cI won\u2019t, but you won\u2019t see any goals,\u201d came the witty response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Although the premises closed during covid and never re-opened, it was for many decades a popular fixture of Kinsale\u2019s hospitality scene and an institution in the town for 300 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Kinsale\u2019s oldest and best-known licensed premises, The Folk House, has been launched to market with an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":592464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,11984,18,19,17,36083],"class_list":["post-592463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-cork-property","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kinsale"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116942430679564721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}