This property has been a tavern since 1931 — it was rebranded by new owners as the Irish Inn back in 2003. The charming looking, park-adjacent restaurant serves Guinness stroganoff, bangers and mash, and more.

Dupont Circle’s no-frills destination for across-the-pond classics is all about battered sausages, car bombs, and Irish coffees on St. Patrick’s Day. Rugby, soccer, and (European) football watch parties are also huge here.

Duffy’s is known in D.C. for its popular wings. But it’s also an Irish bar with an “Irish fusion” section of the menu, which includes beer-battered fish and chips and a corn beef-topped Cobb salad. The long-running bar jumped all over the city as of late, relocating from U Street to H Street in 2018. That location folded last fall, and the bar now resides in fresh Dupont digs. Opening at 11 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day with free Irish breakfast burritos for the first 30 patrons.

Opened in 1974, the Dubliner is the patriarch of D.C.’s Irish bar community. Its epic St. Patrick’s Day party returns in all its glory this year, pricing morning Guinness pours by its age (they’re 48 cents this year from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.). There’s also live music on two stages all day, with an Irish menu starting at 11 a.m. The reliable hangout recently introduced a newly enclosed sidewalk cafe.

Decorations on the wall at this D.C. institution pull from more than 100 years of Irish history. There’s also a separate Irish whiskey-themed bar that opened a few years ago. Around since 1978, its mashup menu swings from Guinness Irish stew to New England clam chowder.

This relatively new addition to the D.C. Irish Pub scene is one of the more laid-back, casual options in the Wharf development. The owners also run Samuel Beckett’s Irish Gastro Pub In Arlington. Kirwan’s is the centerpiece of this weekend’s Ireland at The Wharf festival (Saturday, March 19), with bagpipers, Irish dance performances, and Guinness beer garden on District Pier from noon to 4 p.m.

Planted right on Columbia Pike’s traffic-heavy strip, the Celtic House is known for its deep whiskey selection, Wednesday night trivia, and orders of shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, and Guinness stew. There’s also a 24-seat outdoor patio. St. Patrick’s Day festivities start at 9 a.m., and the party continues with Irish music and dancers all weekend.

Walk into this Fairfax institution, and there’s a good chance you’ll find a cluster of Irish musicians jamming in the corner. The menu features dishes lightly fried Scotch eggs and a gravy-smothered Irish stout burger. Irish dishes get discounts on Monday nights. The atmosphere gets rowdier in the basement area, named Jackie O’Shea’s, where George Mason University students party.

Live Irish music is a staple at Murphy’s Old Town, which serves dishes like shrimp Killarney, Irish smoked salmon, meat and potato pie, daily discounts on Jameson (3 p.m. to 7 p.m.), and more.

Ireland natives John Brennan and Billy O’Sullivan purchased this space back in 2004 and outfitted it with historic Irish antiques. The bar now hosts rugby viewing parties, St. Patrick’s Day events, and pub nights, all while serving up dishes like corned beef, fish and chips, and cabbage and Irish egg rolls.