When did Ireland get Beer Gardens?

The previous post (at least it's the previous as I begin writing this) post has what I believe to be an early use of the term "Beer Garden" in Ireland to refer to what we're currently used to - an outdoor area, with furniture, the ability to drink beer from a pub if not full on service and possibly its own bar, and some level of covering for rain or sun shade - from summer 1953. I felt this was quite early, even if a pub garden had been a critical requirement in London for Orwell in 1946.

The term Beer Garden is obviously much, much older - it first appears on the Irish Newspaper Archives nearly a full century earlier in 1854, but it was only used as a reference to those in Germany and German-influenced areas, or somewhat insultingly - e.g. a court report on a rowdy pub referring to it as "turning in to a beer garden". So when did people start using it to refer to those spaces that we became so reliant on in 2020/2021?

The first reference I can find to the term being used by somewhere for its own facilities is from 1936 by the then Dollymount Hotel, latterly the Dollymount House which closed in about 2006.

Evening Herald, July 29th, 1936

This is still referencing the German concept, but saying that its available in suburban Clontarf.

Unlike the Cherry Garden, there are no photos or further descriptions to confirm that this is like what we're used to now.

The next reference is from August 1938, to an entirely indoor "Beer Garden" simulated by painting the ceiling to look like the sky, at the College Mooney (now S0009 Doyles). I don't think that would have got around 2020/1s outdoor dining requirements!

Otherwise, the only other references I find are further ads from the Dollymount Hotel, until 1941.

In 1941, however, there is:

* a sale listing for the Ballydowd Inn (latterly N1130 The Foxhunter) mentioning its beer garden

* a sale listing for the Blandford Inn (now N0312 Coachmans Inn) mentioning its beer garden

* an ad for a pub in Tramore mentioning its beer garden

* a letter complaining about proposed beer gardens on Bull Island (which never happened) - possibly back to the disparaging use of the term!

The term is pretty solidly established at this stage, definitely referring to a seated outdoor area and not some attempt to ape a German setup. There is continuous use of the term from 1941 onwards