Friday, 24 February 2017
1011234 TGI Fridays Liffey Valley
Its a burger bar with a pub licence (and a service charge). Its like 1999 never ended. I've got five more of these to - the previous one I did is long-term closed - and I imagine they'll be the same.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
More Pubs Mapped
I've now added ~100 long-term closed bars to the map. Many still stand, some may reopen (one I'm expecting to reappear on the licence list imminently - The Hideaway); but others have been flattened by road widening projects and shopping centres, never to be seen again. These are marked with grey pins
Sometimes street numbers aren't recorded or make no sense with redevelopments so a few pins may be off-spot.
Some other missing pubs and locational or naming errors have been cleaned up
Much thanks have to go to publin's historical posts including their 1969 map; and a wide variety of reminiscing threads on boards.ie about pub renamings
Sometimes street numbers aren't recorded or make no sense with redevelopments so a few pins may be off-spot.
Some other missing pubs and locational or naming errors have been cleaned up
Much thanks have to go to publin's historical posts including their 1969 map; and a wide variety of reminiscing threads on boards.ie about pub renamings
Monday, 20 February 2017
1003518 & 1009948 - Gate Clock & Marquette, Dublin Airport
Dublin Airport has a large number of licences, all bar one easily accessible either to the public, or for the cost of a 9.99 flight somewhere - the Aer Lingus Lounge is another bit on top of that if you haven't got Aerclub status.
Roughly they seem to be organised so that each operator has one licence per terminal - so Wrights have one for T1 and one for T2, the DAA have one for each, SSP have one for each and so on.
The first I visited before a flight on Saturday was the Gate Clock at the 300 gates - I assumed my flight would be going from there, and it was before the gate was shown on the screens. This often isn't open, but the licence is shared with Alcock & Brown in the land-side court and Leopold at the 100 gates. The licence file also covers the now gone bar in the 200 gates. The Gate Clock is a bit run-down and has a fairly normal selection of drinks on offer - it would have been significantly busier in the pre-T2 days when all "premium" flights operated from these gates.
After the publication of the gate, which was actually in the 200 area, a short delay to the inbound flight allowed me to grab a pint in the new Marquette area which has replaced a number of retail units in what was called "The Street" many years ago. There are two sides to this - a large food area with various options and a large bar that seems to heavily promote having prosecco on tap over and above anything else. One fairly poor pint of Galway Hooker later and it was time to head to Amsterdam.
Looking up the licence numbers for these showed that I'd missed two licences when passing through for ones I'd done - 1001965, the general DAA licence that covers the refreshment stands that sell alcohol for T2 (sneaky pint before a flight to Leeds during the time I'm blogging) and N2051 which is the Garden Terrace bar in T1X (many, many times before T2 opened)
Roughly they seem to be organised so that each operator has one licence per terminal - so Wrights have one for T1 and one for T2, the DAA have one for each, SSP have one for each and so on.
The first I visited before a flight on Saturday was the Gate Clock at the 300 gates - I assumed my flight would be going from there, and it was before the gate was shown on the screens. This often isn't open, but the licence is shared with Alcock & Brown in the land-side court and Leopold at the 100 gates. The licence file also covers the now gone bar in the 200 gates. The Gate Clock is a bit run-down and has a fairly normal selection of drinks on offer - it would have been significantly busier in the pre-T2 days when all "premium" flights operated from these gates.
After the publication of the gate, which was actually in the 200 area, a short delay to the inbound flight allowed me to grab a pint in the new Marquette area which has replaced a number of retail units in what was called "The Street" many years ago. There are two sides to this - a large food area with various options and a large bar that seems to heavily promote having prosecco on tap over and above anything else. One fairly poor pint of Galway Hooker later and it was time to head to Amsterdam.
Looking up the licence numbers for these showed that I'd missed two licences when passing through for ones I'd done - 1001965, the general DAA licence that covers the refreshment stands that sell alcohol for T2 (sneaky pint before a flight to Leeds during the time I'm blogging) and N2051 which is the Garden Terrace bar in T1X (many, many times before T2 opened)
Saturday, 11 February 2017
Every Pub - Mapped
This is every public licenced premises in County Dublin, plus about 300 former premises.
Information sources include:
Revenue licence register for current pubs
Information on former pubs and old names:
Thoms Directories
Publin
Dublin Ghost Signs
Brand New Retro
Various reminiscence threads on boards.ie and taxi driver forums
Dying For A Pint
The now defunct Dublin Pub Scene
The Duchas and City Council photographic archives
Various books including The Dublin Pubspotters Guide
...and 10+ years drinking in the premises in question!
Information sources include:
Revenue licence register for current pubs
Information on former pubs and old names:
Thoms Directories
Publin
Dublin Ghost Signs
Brand New Retro
Various reminiscence threads on boards.ie and taxi driver forums
Dying For A Pint
The now defunct Dublin Pub Scene
The Duchas and City Council photographic archives
Various books including The Dublin Pubspotters Guide
...and 10+ years drinking in the premises in question!
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
N1132 & N1133 Lucan County & Lucan Spa Hotel
These two premises share a carpark, and an owner but are not connected together to allow sharing a licence. There's little to justify two posts, but I did actually visit both
The Lucan County only had its bar and off-licence open at the time I passed, but I believe it has an extensive lounge which often hosts music acts on weekend evenings. The bar is full of sports memorabilia - from League of Ireland jerseys to boxing gloves and Robbie Henshaw shirts personally inscribed to the owner. TVs have notices stating they are for racing only - however, TV3's afternoon content was on display for a bit! Prices are very reasonable for Dublin, even out in suburbia
The Lucan Spa Hotel is across the carpark. The bar is in the pretty Victorian bit of the hotel, rather than the more visible 1950s concrete block which was adorned with frequently faulty neon signage until recently. A standard quiet enough hotel bar with acceptable beer choices and decent bar food. Have passed this thousands of times without stopping before, may actually stop in future.
The Lucan County only had its bar and off-licence open at the time I passed, but I believe it has an extensive lounge which often hosts music acts on weekend evenings. The bar is full of sports memorabilia - from League of Ireland jerseys to boxing gloves and Robbie Henshaw shirts personally inscribed to the owner. TVs have notices stating they are for racing only - however, TV3's afternoon content was on display for a bit! Prices are very reasonable for Dublin, even out in suburbia
The Lucan Spa Hotel is across the carpark. The bar is in the pretty Victorian bit of the hotel, rather than the more visible 1950s concrete block which was adorned with frequently faulty neon signage until recently. A standard quiet enough hotel bar with acceptable beer choices and decent bar food. Have passed this thousands of times without stopping before, may actually stop in future.
N2365 Arc Cafe Bar
Right beside the Clarion in the previous post, but much more obviously signed is Arc, which is part of a complex with a Lemongrass restaurant and some retail units. Food is the order of the day here much more than drink with huge signs showing the serving times for breakfast through to dinner and weekend carvery.
This was also very quiet - Tuesday afternoons are not known for being busy - and seemed a decent place to burn some time with a few pints.
This was also very quiet - Tuesday afternoons are not known for being busy - and seemed a decent place to burn some time with a few pints.
N2503 Clarion Liffey Valley
This was meant to be my second stop today, but it turns out that the Hudson Rooms in Liffey Valley is actually a restaurant not a pub. I had lunch there, but assumed from branding that food was not required to be served - everyone else there was eating too, though.
This bar is entirely open to the public, but not very easy to find. To begin with, a hotel in a motor mall beside a shopping centre is not somewhere you would usually go without reason.
The area inside the entrance to the hotel with seats and some taps is actually a dining area and was closed for a private party today - the bar requires doubling back down a corridor to find. Decent but small selection of pints, fairly quiet as you'd imagine on a weekday afternoon. Doubt I will ever have reason to return.
This bar is entirely open to the public, but not very easy to find. To begin with, a hotel in a motor mall beside a shopping centre is not somewhere you would usually go without reason.
The area inside the entrance to the hotel with seats and some taps is actually a dining area and was closed for a private party today - the bar requires doubling back down a corridor to find. Decent but small selection of pints, fairly quiet as you'd imagine on a weekday afternoon. Doubt I will ever have reason to return.
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
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