Although it has had a number of name changes down throughout the years, one pub that has always had a huge following is the Bar Tender in Park Street where you can always find something different on offer from its adversaries in town.
Currently it boasts 120 beers from around the world and one of the finest selections of Irish craft beers which caters for the discerning connoisseur and has a solid following for the more adventurous pub goer.
The bar itself has been part of the local drinking culture since the early 1960s when it was bought by the late Cecil Black. Cecil purchased the premises from the White family who had run it previously and no sooner had he taken it over than he named it the Congo Bar, some say as a play on the words Black and White pertaining to the unrest in the African country and the location where many of the Irish peace keeping forces found themselves on their tour of duty.