It's not a common event for a pub to move buildings - shops move, offices move, occasionally restaurants move - but pubs barely ever do so. There are a few historical examples, e.g. Barnstormers with Capel Street and Townsend Street incarnations, but I can't think of many recently.
This pub is the exception. John Clarke's operated in Ringsend in what is now S0160 Merry Cobbler for many years, but the pub was taken by receivers in 2012, according to the Irish Times. The family reopened in a nearby (550m walk) premises which had itself closed down shortly afterwards, effectively moving the pub - but within range of most previous local customers.
There's a nice traditional bar here which is either present from some of the previous operators on the premises, or is a very good reproduction. The rest of the pub wasn't open yet when I visited, presumably it would be later on or on Saturdays.
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