Tuesday 12 July 2016

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.
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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.
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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.

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S2793 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 - S2793 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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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Friday 8 July 2016

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.
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Wednesday 6 July 2016

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
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Saturday 2 July 2016

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.

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 JW Sweetmans, Burgh Quay
 S0009 Doyles, College Street
 S0015 The Ginger Man, Fenian Street
 S0018 Bowes, Fleet Street
 S0031 O'Neills, Pearse Street
 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 Against The Grain, Wexford Street
S0127 The Swan, Aungier Street
S0140 Clarence Hotel, Wellington Quay
S0149 Howl At The Moon, Mount Street 
S0163 Paddy Cullens, Ballsbridge
S0164 Horse Show House, Ballsbridge
S0200 Ryans, Camden Street
S0201 Bleeding Horse, Nassau Street
S0208 Bernard Shaw, Richmond Street
S0232 The Glenside, Landscape Road, Churchtown
S0237 Copan, Rathmines
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
S0967 The River Bar, Burgh Quay
S1308 Kellys Hotel / Bar With No Name, Fade Street
S1510 Patriots Inn, South Circular Road
S2747 Conrad Hotel / Alfie Byrnes, Earlsfort Terrace
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
S3178 Front Lounge, Parliament Street
S3214 Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium, South Lotts Road
S3221 Drury Court Hotel / PMacs, Drury Street
S3250 Hard Rock Hotel (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
S3568 Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge
S3718 Peader Kearneys, Dame Street
S3723 Guinness Storehouse, Robert Street
S3727 Sams Bar, Dawson Street (when it was still Samsara)
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
S4326 RDS, Ballsbridge
S4419 Copper Face Jacks, Harcourt Street
S4448 Maldron Hotel, Tallaght
S4466 Odessa, Dame Court
S4530 Turks Head, Parliament Street




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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.

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