25 of Cork and Munster's best beer gardens to try in the sunshine

From live music at Coughlan's, to the breeze of the Shannon passing JJ Boyle's, Joe McNamee compiles his list of some of the best beer gardens to try in Cork and further afield

L-R: Beer gardens at The Franciscan Well; Clancy's and Levis' Corner House

The family recently passed a few weeks sweltering under the Mediterranean sun. 

It was seemingly eternal, unceasing from dawn ‘til dusk to the point where my other and exceedingly better half dared to suggest a body might even get bored of endless sunshine and the lack of climactic variation.