I grabbed this one sort-of unexpectedly when I was suddenly at a loose end on a late weekday afternoon in this part of the city. I'd done the other pubs this end of James Street on previous visits but hadn't dropped in here before.
This is quite a large pub once you get inside; with a small lounge to the front leading in to a vastly larger one to the rear; and a decent sized smoking area/suntrap out the back.
There seems to be a good mix of locals and hospital staff (St James's is across the road - and the NCH will join it if its ever finished!) as regulars here. Prices are on the surprising side of reasonable, which is always nice.
I think this was closed for a while recently, as it was off the licence register for quite some time; and it was definitely up for sale via Younges, but everything is in full flow again.
The building was the birthplace of WT Cosgrave, with a plaque unveiled by his son in 2013 (as an aside, that genealogy site touches on many Dublin pubs through arms of the covered families; and I really must dig through it properly at some stage)
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