S2517 Peadar Browns

In the various Dublin Corporation road widening and general development schemes that defined much of 1980s to early 1990s Dublin, there were promises that the destroyed pubs would be replaced by new ones in the replacement buildings. As far as I can tell, it virtually never happened - with one exception. Well, one that's still open - I think there was another in the North city centre that was itself redeveloped again out of existence.

That one is Peadar Browns, formerly Kate McAuleys and The Weavers. Sited on the ground floor corner unit of a late 1980s apartment block built back to the expected new line of Clanbrassil Street, it is actually slightly further back than the new building line due to the scaling back of Dublin Corportation's plans.

The pub is a mix of an inner suburban pub, and something more central, with quite a lot of tourists coming in due to short term lets and nearby attractions like the Teelings tour. A similar synposis of the atmosphere and crowd by Publin.ie is quoted on the pubs own website, so they clearly don't disagree. Trad music is on offer many nights of the week.

Personally I'd prefer some of the premises slightly closer to the city, but this is still quite a decent pub.