The Sunflower Bar, Traditional pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Sunflower Bar features a preserved security cage on its front door and maintains a classic corner pub layout without modern modifications.
This establishment stands on a location that has continuously housed a public house for more than a century, opening its current iteration in December 2012.
The bar features regular live music performances and serves an extensive selection of regional beers from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland.
Located behind Belfast Central Library, the pub operates Monday through Wednesday until midnight, extends hours until 1 AM Thursday through Saturday, and opens Sunday afternoon.
The security cage entrance, maintained from 1980s Belfast, serves as a physical reminder of the city's past social conditions.
Location: Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
Address: 65 Union Street BT1 2JG Belfast
Opening Hours: Monday-Wednesday 12:00-00:00; Thursday-Saturday 12:00-01:00; Sunday 13:00-00:00
Phone: +442890232474
Email: sunflowerbelfast@gmail.com
Website: http://sunflowerbelfast.com
GPS coordinates: 54.60305,-5.93276
Latest update: March 5, 2025 22:40
Ireland's pubs have served as gathering places for traditional music for generations, preserving a living tradition that continues in rooms where musicians still tune their fiddles, tin whistles, accordions, and bodhrán drums. These establishments range from converted 17th-century cottages with thatched roofs to Victorian-era taverns with original woodwork, each maintaining the practice of regular sessions where locals and visitors alike can hear the music passed down through centuries. Across the country, from Belfast's Kelly's Cellars, operating since 1720, to Galway's Tigh Neachtain in the medieval quarter, these venues host musicians who gather weekly or nightly to play together. Some, like Leo's Tavern in Donegal, have direct connections to internationally known artists, while others, such as Clarke & Sons in Drogheda, have remained in the same family for over a century. Whether in Dublin's Temple Bar with its daily performances starting at noon, or in smaller establishments like O'Loclainn's in Ballyvaughan where weekend sessions accompany a collection of 500 Irish whiskeys, these pubs offer direct access to Ireland's musical heritage in settings that have changed little over the decades.
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