Welcome to Raftery’s Rest Public House and Restaurant.
“I am Raftery the poet, by my heart’s light with my back to a wall
Food is served all day every day from 9am to 10pm. Live music sessions every Friday and Saturday night and Sunday evenings. Raftery’s Rest is named after the famous Irish Poet “Anthony Raftery”
full of hope and love
Having eyes without light,
lonely I rove.
Going on my journeying
Weary and tired
of unending night.
Take a look at me now
Singing and playing
for nothing at all.”
A full and varied food menu, cooked fresh to your preference. A welcoming and cosy atmosphere where quality and value for money is a given.
Raftery’s Rest boasts a beautifully decorated function room with seating for 85 people. A cosy snug which seats 18 people, A pool room and outside decking area.
We catered for all your private functions – taking care of the food, venue and music – you just have to enjoy the night!
Ó Raifteirí died at the house of Diarmuid Cloonan of Killeeneen, near Craughwell, County Galway, and was buried in nearby Killeeneen Cemetery. In 1900, Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and W.B. Yeats erected a memorial stone over his grave, bearing the inscription “RAFTERY”.