{"id":379646,"date":"2026-04-03T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379646\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:13:09","slug":"mayo-bar-wins-pub-of-the-year-at-irish-restaurant-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/379646\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo bar wins Pub of the Year at Irish Restaurant Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/section\/3235\/belmullet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Belmullet<\/a> pub has taken top honours at the Connaught finals of the Irish Restaurant Awards 2026, with Padraig Conroy of McDonnell\u2019s Bar winning Pub of the Year for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mayo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony took place at Knockranny House Hotel &amp; Spa, bringing together leading figures from across the hospitality sector to celebrate excellence in food, drink and service throughout the province.<\/p>\n<p>The Connaught regional awards are part of the wider Irish Restaurant Awards, which recognise outstanding restaurants, chefs, pubs and hospitality professionals across Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The event showcased the strength of the culinary scene across the west, with nominees from counties including Mayo, Galway, Sligo and Roscommon competing across a range of categories.<\/p>\n<p>McDonnell\u2019s Bar win marks a significant achievement for Belmullet, highlighting the quality and reputation of hospitality businesses in more rural parts of the county.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/news\/local-news\/2051573\/former-first-lady-of-ireland-named-mayo-person-of-the-year.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">READ MORE:\u00a0Former First Lady of Ireland named Mayo Person of The Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The awards night was described as a celebration of Connacht\u2019s vibrant food and hospitality industry, with organisers encouraging attendees to come together to recognise the \u201cvery best\u201d the region has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>Winners from the regional finals will now progress to the national stage of the awards later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayonews.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Banner_NEWS-1774963602068.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Belmullet pub has taken top honours at the Connaught finals of the Irish Restaurant Awards 2026, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[59911,93,61,60,8764],"class_list":["post-379646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-belmullet","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mayo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}