There are children everywhere in Ireland. Pubs are comptletly fine about them, probably in the evening too. And tehy are all non-smoking nwo too. I went to west cork last year and they varied a lot if they offered childrens meals. And those that did weren't that great even if the adult food was. We went to a few restaurants in the evening with our toddler and there were often big groups of Irish holiday makers and all their children had their own separate table.