Not too long ago you could count the number of Irish bars in Greater Manchester on your fingers quite comfortably. Despite being a mainstay of the not-so-distant past, they had begun to dwindle despite the strong Irish diaspora and historic influence in the region.

But over the course of the last 12 months there's been a major increase in the number and variety of Irish pubs and bars opening, hoping to draw in punters looking good pints and good craic - and it's not just in the city centre.

From Fibber Magee’s in Sale to The Banshee on Stockport Market Place, and The Auld Chimp in Urmston, their reach is being felt well beyond the Mancunian Way, and over in south Manchester, there's another new addition to the pack.

Kennedy’s Irish Bar , in the heart of Altrincham on Greenwood

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