S0065 Fitzgeralds

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Pub #7 of the day - I don't think I'll be doing this number again - was Fitzgeralds as it was just around the corner from the bus and it was still raining. Despite being so close to the bus stop I've used for a decade or so - since the original set of Luas works diverted the 66/67 - I'd actually never been in here before. Relatively traditional city centre pub, which was quite busy for a late Sunday evening due to the football.

S0097 Karma Stone

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This was pub #6 of the day, mainly as somewhere dry and with seats rather than for any other reasons. We watched the first half of the Euro 2016 final here before heading for a bus.

This pub was the scene of a gangland shooting in the past, which I'd forgotten about before entering.

1007737 Peters Pub

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Onwards to pub #5 (at this point, I feel I must point out that is was a large number of hours since pub #1 - this wasn't a pub crawl of any speed) which was the much brighter - and dearer - 1007737 Peters Pub on Johnson Place.

The old-fashioned interior, with low tables and lower stools reminds me vaguely of pubs in rural Donegal; except for the pints approaching €7 rather than €3!

We then retired to Las Tapas de Lola on Wexford Street, which isn't a pub, but is worth mentioning for the quality and variety of the food; and some very unusual options on the drinks menu.

S2860 Harrys On The Green

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A short walk down the street later and I was in the other bar in the basement of the shopping centre - S2860 Harrys On The Green. This proved to be much quieter and despite being a little dark, let me continue my paper reading in peace until I was rejoined. There's a cocktail bar off to the side of the main bar, but I stuck with the slower drinks, so this is somewhere else that may be revisited in the future.

S2793 Sinnotts

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Pub #3 of the day was S2793 Sinnotts - under the Stephens Green Centre where I didn't remain for particularly long. This was the only pub which was very busy during the daytime - with the F1, Wimbeldon final and GAA Championship all on various TV screens - and wasn't very conducive to sitting around reading the papers solo - firstly as there were no seats available. May be worthy of a re-visit at another time.

S0077 Nearys

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The second stop of the day was S0077 Nearys on Chatham Street, where the quiet Victorian setup - gents toilet off the bar, ladies off the lounge! - proved perfect for me to get through reading more of the papers, but quiet enough that Himself abandoned me to go wandering around the shops instead. Once I'd finished flicking through the main sections, I decided to go somewhere else to read the supplements and moved on.

S0080 Bar Rua

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Starting out a days drinking with a leisurely brunch, we visited the recently opened S0080 Bar Rua on Clarendon Street. This replaced the Clarendon Inn which had been closed for some time. Operated by Carrig Brewing from Leitrim it has a wide selection of Irish and international craft beers - and both Heineken and Guinness for those who prefer those options. Food was good but there were other pubs to see, so we moved on after eating.

A Reopening

Before I even get to start knocking some off the list, one I had as closed temporarily has already reopened.

The Sunset House on Summerhill Parade (N0049) was the scene of a gangland shooting in April and has been closed since, but is now reopening as The Brendan Behan. It will be run by the operators of Neds on Townsend Street (can't find its licence number currently)

Its also relatively convenient to my work currently, so it might be visited fairly soon.

Closed & unusual licences

UPDATE MAY 2019 - this list is not always maintained.


As I'm using the Revenue list of licence holders as my master list, I'm going to be forced to skip a few cases where a licence is still active but the pub has closed; or where a licence is being used in an unusual (but completely legal!) manner and you're not going to get to consume anything on-premises

On the closed down front, licence S1450 is for the Barley Mow, on Francis Street. This has been closed since at least 1999 and currently looks like this from the outside. delisted

Out in Crumlin, Baron John's above Crumlin S/C might be remembered fondly (or not!) still but hasn't traded in years - but its licence S2278 was most recently used by the Molloys Liquor Stores downstairs. Similarly, licence N0104 was Stan McCarthys on Parnell Street but is currently used for a off-licence at the site; and S1439 was the Henry Grattan on Baggott Street and is now a Spar store.

Others that are on the master list but off the cards temporarily at least:

1000996 - Paidi Og's, Mulhuddart - closed in 2015
1001203 - Wild Boar, Stepaside Open as Fern & Co has now closed again

1006937 - Pinots, Beacon South Quarter
1010077 - WJ Kavanaghs, Dorset Street - reopened

1011470  - Scruffy Murphys, Mount Street

1011474 - White Hart Inn, Balbriggan

N0026 Jack Humphreys, North Strand - licence removed January 2017, now a charity shop

N0049 - Sunset House, Summerhill Parade Reopened as The Brendan Behan and closed again
N0057 - Kings Inn, Bolton Street reopened 2018
N0060 - Legal Eagle, Chancery Place - closed 2012 or so, reopened 2018
N0135 - Smyths, Fairview Reopened as Brú House
N0164 - Baily Hotel, Howth - closed in 2009
N0207 - Liam Walsh, Parkgate Street - closed for some time, licence reappeared in 2017 after many years off the register and reopened 2018
N0224 - Belfry, Stoneybatter reopened 2017

N0229 - Dolly Heffernan's, Ballycoolin - closed in 2009 or so delisted
N0231 - Matt's of Cabra
N0308 - Garristown Inn, Garristown
N0311 - Campions, Balgriffin reopened briefly in 2019 but closed again and reopened again
N0624 - Finglas Inn / Cappagh Nua - closed after a shooting in 2012 reopened 2018
N0741 - Edenmore House  Licence extinguished in 2017
N0808 - Sunnybank Hotel Glasnevin - converted to emergency accommodation
N0858 - Bram Stoker Hotel, Clontarf - converted to emergency accommodation

N0909 - Liz Delaneys/The Blacker, Northside SC
N1024 - Artane House, Artane
N1084 - Sean O'Casey, Marlborough Street Reopened as Pipers Corner in July 2017

N1097 - Conways, Parnell Street
N1223 - Laurence Lounge, Ballyfermot

N1490 - Irish Life Mall. This must have been Floridita but has been closed since 2008 or so. Licence removed in August 2016 update
N2004 - Zanzibar, Ormond Quay
N2152 - Barcode, Fairview

N2218 - Lynams Hotel, O'Connell Street - closed July 2016  removed from register
N2581 - Madison, Tallaght - closed since about 2015.
S0007 - Play, D'Olier Street  Believe this licence is now used for Tramline which eopened July 2017 and has its entrances on the other side of the building.
S0025 - Eamonn Doran's Tavern on the Green reopened, closed, reopened, closed and imminently reopening with a new operator
S0040 - MacTurcaills, Townsend Street Reopened May 2017 as Ruin

S0143 - Larry Murphys, Baggot Street
S0215 - The Corner House, Windy Arbour
S0218 - Houricans, Leeson Street
S0255 - Tuning Fork, Rathfarnham - closed since 2011 delisted

S0260 - Bottle Tower, Churchtown  Reopened
S0271 - Walters, Dun Laoghaire
S0770 - Harolds Cross Greyhound Stadium - closed 2017 delisted
S1429 - Bridge House, Crumlin demolished
S1490 - The Embankment, Tallaght - closed in the 1990s delisted

S1493 - McCauleys, South Circular Road - closed 2017 reopened
S1511 - Carrigans, Kilmainham delisted
S1579 - The Hatch, Hazelhatch
S3504 - Days Inn, Rathmines
S3543 - Rocksy / Baileys Icon Centre, Leopardstown - closed since 2007 or so
S3900 - Burn Beach Club, Stillorgan delisted
S3953 - The Tram, James's Street Reopened as JK Stoutmans
S3982 - O'Donohues, Blackrock

Few others are there, closed (for now), but I'd been there:
N0055 - Mother Kellys, Talbot Street (closed 2016 - not missed, by anyone I suspect!) Reopened as 74 Talbot
N0079 - Botanic House, Botanic Avenue  reopened 2018
N1099 - Sackville Lounge, Sackville Place - closed February 2017 reopened August 2019
N1109 - McDowells, Emmet Road Reopened

N2030 - The Isaac Butt/The Good Bits, closed in about 2013. Attended one gig there.

N2260 - The Vaults, Connolly Station - closed in about 2014, but I'd also been frequently

S3032 - POD/Tripod complex, Harcourt Street - closed 2012 but I'd been many times
S0398 - TGI Fridays Blackrock / Playwright, Newtown Park Avenue. Closed 2011, visited a few times. Now a Dunnes Stores.
S3757 - Browns Barn, N7. Closed for a few years. Licence extinguished

Pubs visited prior to blog

Updated September 2020

These are the premises I visited prior to starting this blog in August 2016. The oldest visits here will have been sneaky underage pints in 2003/4; although I've re-visited plenty of these since 2016 also.

I have begun writing them up, to varying levels of detail as my RetroReview series - those I visit more often frequently get a shorter post as I usually write about a specific visit.

1000012 The Green Room, Sheriff Street
1001292 Olympia Theatre, Dame Street
1001489 Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road
1001691 Convention Centre Dublin
1001735 RIOT, Aston Quay (when it was the Gypsy Rose)

1001973 Gibson Hotel, Mayor Street
1002905 Croke Park, Jones Road
1004031 Workmans Club & Bison Bar (shared licence), Wellington Quay
1004033 Vintage Cocktail Club, Crown Alley
1006303 Opium, Wexford Street
1006699 Dublin Bay Cruises onboard sales
1007885 Jampark, Airside Swords (when it was the Wright Venue)

1008359 Weston Aerodrome, Lucan
1008963 Porterhouse, Nassau Street

1009202 Hangar / Andrews Lane Theatre, Andrews Lane - closed since

1010576 Yamamori Ormond Quay
1010804 Drunken Fish, Mayor Street IFSC

1010890 Market Bar, Fade Street

1011804 The Bridge 1859 (when it was Bellamys)

1013315 Button Factory, Curved Street

1014760 T Kinsella, Grattan Crescent

1014978 The Wild Duck, Sycamore Street (when it was SIN)

N0002 Madigans, Connolly Station
N0006 Brew Dock, Amiens Street
N0033/N1788 The 3Arena/O2/Point
N0053 Graingers, Amiens Street
N0055 74 Talbot, Talbot Street (when it was Mother Kellys)
N0065 Eccles Townhouse, Dorset Street (when it was Aurora)
N0066 Findlater, Dorset Street

N0080 Quinns, Drumcondra Road

N0081 Tolka House, Glasnevin
N0082 McGraths, Drumcondra Road
N0106 MeMa's, Parnell Street (when it was The Metro)
N0107 Kimchi HopHouse / The Shakespeare, Parnell Street
N0144 Kennedys, Drumcondra Road

N0145 Fagans, Drumcondra Road

N0175 Autobahn, Glasnevin Avenue

N0191 Pantibar, Capel Street

N0213 Frank Ryans, Queen Street
N0241 Halfway House, Navan Road
N0301 The Betsy, Swords (When it was The Slaughtered Lamb)
N0304 Carnegie Court Hotel / The Harp, Swords
N0593 Downeys, Cabra Road

N1061 Madigans, Abbey Street

N1062 Flowing Tide, Lower Abbey Street
N1070 Nealons, Capel Street
N1074 Madigans, North Earl Street
N1099 Sackville Lounge, Sackville Place
N1109 McDowells, Emmet Road
N1111 Black Lion, Emmet Road
N1124 The Devils Cut, Emmet Road (when it was Tom Tavey)

N1194 West County Hotel, Chapelizod
N1195 Clifton Court Hotel / Lanigans, Eden Quay

N1556 Murrays, O'Connell Street

N1833 Harbourmaster, IFSC

N1900 Hilton Garden Inn, Custom House Quay
N1927 Cineworld Cinema, Parnell Street
N1955 The Laughter Lounge, Eden Quay

N2030 Good Bits / Radio City / Isaac Butts, Store Street (since closed)
N2057 The Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay
N2160 Woolshed, Parnell Street
N2168 Boxburger HQ, East Point
N2169 Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk
N2256 Academy, Middle Abbey Street
N2260 The Vaults, under Connolly (since closed)
N2538 The Old Borough, Swords (pre-Wetherspooning)
N2404 Grand Central, Lower Abbey Street
N2741 MV Cill Airne, North Wall
S0005 JR Mahons, Burgh Quay (when it was Messrs Maguire)

S0009 Doyles, College Street
S0015 The Ginger Man, Fenian Street
S0018 Bowes, Fleet Street
S0031 O'Neills, Pearse Street

S0033 Padraig Pearse, Pearse Street
S0048 Kennedys, Westland Row

S0085 Bad Bobs, Essex Street (when  it was the Purty Kitchen)

S0090 Hogans, Georges Street
S0092 The George, South Great Georges Street
S0094 Bruxelles, Harry Street
S0106 Porterhouse, Parliament Street
S0107 Lundy Foots / Czech Inn, Essex Gate
S0112 O'Neills, Suffolk Street
S0115 Bankers, Trinity Street
S0119 Teach Tábhairne, Wexford Street (when it was Against the Grain)
S0127 The Swan, Aungier Street
S0140 Clarence Hotel, Wellington Quay
S0149 Leinster Hotel, Mount Street (when it was Howl At The Moon)
S0163 Paddy Cullens, Ballsbridge
S0164 Horse Show House, Ballsbridge
S0200 Ryans, Camden Street
S0201 Bleeding Horse, Nassau Street
S0208 Bernard Shaw, Richmond Street (since closed)

S0232 The Glenside, Landscape Road, Churchtown

S0237 Kodiak, Rathmines (when it was Copan)
S0253 The Goat, Goatstown
S0304 McCormacks, Dun Laoghaire
S0320 Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney
S0323 Stillorgan Park Hotel, Stillorgan
S0366 Johnny Foxes, Glencullen
S0775 Ballsbridge Hotel, Pembroke Road (since closed)
S0967 The River Bar, Burgh Quay
S1308 Kellys Hotel / Bar With No Name, Fade Street
S1510 Patriots Inn, South Circular Road
S2747 Conrad Hotel, Earlsfort Terrace (when the bar was Alfie Byrnes)
S2949 The Old Storehouse, Crown Alley (when it was Eamon Dorans)
S2957 Tivoli Theatre, Francis Street (since closed)
S3032 Tripod, Harcourt Street (since closed)
S3035 Irish Film Institute, Eustace Street
S3037 Dylan Hotel, Eastmoreland Lane
S3053 Cafe En Seine, Dawson Street
S3055 Fleet Street Inn / Buskers, Fleet Street
S3099 Central Hotel, Exchequer Street (currently closed)
S3178 Front Lounge / Street 66, Parliament Street
S3214 Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium, South Lotts Road
S3221 Drury Court Hotel / Caribou, Drury Street (when it was PMacs)

S3250 Nyx Hotel Christchurch (when it was the Arlington Hotel / Copper Alley), Lord Edward Street
S3354 Brooks Hotel, Drury Street
S3359 Morgan Hotel, Fleet Street
S3446 Plaza Hotel, Tallaght 
S3452 Camden Deluxe Hotel, Camden Street
S3454 Odeon, Harcourt Street
S3467 Vicar Street, Vicar/Thomas Street
S3718 Peader Kearneys, Dame Street
S3723 Guinness Storehouse, Robert Street
S3727 Sams Bar, Dawson Street (when it was still Samsara) (since closed)
S3731 Farrier & Draper, South William Street (when it was Spy)
S3733 Intercontinental Hotel, Ballsbridge (when it was the Four Seasons)
S3757 Browns Barn, Citywest (since closed)
S3759 McGrattans, Fitzwilliam Lane
S3781 Nolita, Georges Street (as The Dragon and also as Nolita)

S3909 The Well, Stephens Green (as Dandelion) (since closed)
S4326 RDS, Ballsbridge
S4419 Copper Face Jacks, Harcourt Street
S4448 Maldron Hotel, Tallaght
S4466 Odessa, Dame Court (since closed)
S4530 Turks Head, Parliament Street

Statement of Intent

I've decided to try and 'drink' (see rules) in every pub in County Dublin. I can't find anyone who's done it, yet, but search results suggest a Japanese guy is a few hundred ahead of me already - but he's working off a printed book as his source.

Rules I've set for trying:

I am going to use the Revenue list of licence holders as my source list for pubs. This does not always contain the full list of licences - somehow, as you'd expect Revenue to have a handle on this - so I'll check back often.

Off-licences, wholesalers (neither of which would be too happy with drinking on-site) restaurant and "wine on-licence" licences are excluded - these aren't pubs. Aerodrome and other special licences are included - except if there's good reason to exclude them. Passenger vehicle licences are only included if they spend most to all their time in Dublin - considering the Rosslare-Cherbourg ferry is registered in Dublin this is required.

This leaves me with (current) 945 pubs or other drinking venues to cover. Doable, I think.
 
I'm not intending to (necessarily) drink alcohol in every pub, as there are certain ones where this would become impractical to tick them off the list. However I do intend to buy a drink of some description and consume it.

Premises which have two licences (e.g. a pub and a theatre, or a horse track and pub licence) count as one.

Pubs which reopen on the site of a recently closed one will be judged (by me) to be the same pub for the purposes of completion. Similarly if I've drunk somewhere that has reopened under a new name, I'm not going back - unless I want to.

I will state shortly every pub from the list which I have already drunk in. There won't be much documentary evidence for this, but if you're willing to accept that from the other ~800 I'm sure you'll be OK for these.