N0177 Horse & Hound

This is one of those 1950s pub-in-a-row-of-shops premises that turns up occasionally - my last one was N0176 The Watermill and before that 1013317 The Four Provinces. Well, its almost one of those - its actually a nearly standalone building beside a row of shops. But the location, off the main road in the middle of a housing development, is exactly matching the norm.

The layout here is in the single room format that's the norm for that type of pub - one narrow enough, very very long room. There's an elevated section at the back and I think the toilets are in an extension behind the neighbouring barber shop to increase the main floor area.

This was traditionally a relatively rough area of Dublin, but by now absolutely nothing gave me any negative impressions on my visit. There were some dodgy looking kids with pallets for a bonfire on my walk back to the bus - but I've seen this some allegedly posh areas also. The pub seems to have a decent regular custom with a mix of the traditional bar traffic (there is a bookies in the row) and family events. My usual Google of a pub turned up an odd case, but it has nothing to do with the pub itself and doesn't reflect negatively on it.

Of some potential historical interest, this pub has one of the really traditional UK pub names - which we never really had in Ireland; with most pubs known by their operators surnames instead. There is, however, another S0394 Horse & Hound on the southside in a very different "class" of location so it isn't unique in Dublin.