The Swans Bar

24/05/2026

🦢🍻 Taste the sunshine with a cold pint of Madri in our beautiful beer garden 🪻🌞

30/04/2026

🌼 Lá Bealtaine Shona Daoibh 🌼

✨🔥 What traditions will you be following this May Eve?? 🔥✨

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19/03/2026

19/03/2026

What a story!!

21/02/2026

🦢🍻 Top 20 perfect places 🔥

Ireland is a small country, but big on surprises – that’s the message we set out in our first ever Go Ireland list.

04/02/2026

Interesting piece of local history 🤔

25/01/2026

✨ NEW DATE ADDED – DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! ✨
After our Sip & Paint Night at the Swan’s Bar SOLD OUT in under 24 hours, we’re delighted to add an extra night 🎨🥂
🎨🥂 Sip & Paint Night at the Swan’s Bar 🥂🎨
Celebrate Galentine’s with a fun, relaxed and creative evening — perfect for a night out with friends.

🗓 Thursday 12th February
⏰ 6:30pm (please arrive a few minutes early so we can get set up)
📍 The Swan’s Bar, Longford Bridge, Grange, Limerick, V35 C856
🥂 Free glass of Prosecco on arrival, kindly sponsored by the Swan’s Bar
🎨 No painting experience needed — just come along, unwind and get creative
🖌 All materials provided
🎟 Tickets: €40
⚠️ Very limited spaces – booking essential

📩 To book:
DM me here or email [email protected]
Let’s make it another gorgeous night of painting, prosecco and good company 💕

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24/01/2026

Thank you for the share ... We are super proud to be mentioned in such an amazing list of places around our beautiful country!! 😀

21/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very happy Winter Solstice from Lough Gur! Celebrating the shortest day of the year. As the days stretch out ahead of us we look to brighter times.

Photo by Keith Wiseman from 2018

18/12/2025

We're almost there ... The shortest day of the year ... Brighter days are coming ☺️

Each year many people contact us enquiring about the Winter Solstice. Presently, there are no confirmed alignments known at the Grange Stone Circle linking it with the shortest day of the year. Of course, the people who built the circle were certainly aware of the Winter Solstice, even if they did not mark it specifically at Grange, and it seems safe to say that the day was celebrated, in some form, at prehistoric Lough Gur.
Following this, Newgrange is internationally recognised for its links to the Winter Solstice, and for 17 minutes each year the interior of the monument is illuminated by the rays of the rising sun; an incredible sight, that only a lucky few get to experience in person each year. Of course, there is also a livestream which allows the rest of us to see one of the ancient world's most impressive engineering feats. I am including a link to the livestream below (which is scheduled to begin around 8.40 am):

https://www.gov.ie/en/office-of-public-works/news/winter-solstice-at-newgrange-2025/

The livestream is hosted by Dr. Clare Tuffy and Dr. Frank Prendergast, who will act as expert guides and narrators on the morning. Frank will be joining us in 2026 for our inaugural Archaeology Festival which will be taking place in July. A long time friend and explorer of Lough Gur's past, Frank will be talking about wedge tombs and their solar links. A talk not to be missed. This festival, alongside many more, will be officially announced in January 2026 - so keep your eyes on our social media!

Beannachtaí an Ghrianstad go léir!