This pub had been a branch of the JG Mooneys chain, and latterly the Horse & Tram - before a few other names in its final years before finally becoming a strip club without a liquor licence. Its fine outside clock - a common Mooneys appendage - had become derelict, the stonework painted red and the windows covered in lurid vinyl stickers.
However, by late 2021, the outside had been cleaned and restored to a good standard, a (new?) clock again worked outside and the pub interior had been restored. But for various reasons, it only opened in February.
The Meaghers also run N1433 Hartstown House and S0967 River Bar, and have done a fine job with the restoration of the pub - punters would be hard pressed to not believe it had not operated as a pub the entire time; and with experienced barman on the taps, the service matches that of an older pub
I need to give the place more than 19 minutes to judge properly, and its in quite a convenient location, so I shall return.
Hi Cian, hope you’re not suffering too badly from The Covid. Just wanted to share my opinions about Meagher’s. I think it’s a lovely pub with great bar staff, but it seems to be aimed more so at tourists rather than locals. This is due to the newly added Irish flags and green lighting outside. I’m all for showing Irish patriotism, but charging €6 for a pint of Guinness seems to be a bit excessive and a way of further expanding the boundaries of Temple Bar when they could’ve looked to reviving Eden Quay instead. What’re your thoughts on this?
ReplyDeleteWell, there's already tourist targetting pubs over that side of the river - Arlington's bar, The Bachelor, The Parnell, The Celt etc - so that trade is coming over anyway. The flags and lighting might be more for the time of year it opened? Definitely worth giving it some time to see.
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