This is yet another pub that brings the old Revenue N/S licence codes in to question - Ballyfermot is very much South of the Liffey, but has an N code. From memory there is even an N in Tallaght, but no S anywhere North of the river.
It is also one of the very few pubs that has nothing on its ground floor other than an entrance and a staircase - albeit we will visit another of those very shortly. Chasers itself sits above a vape shop, bakery, discount store and bookies; the latter three of which have been there for as long as Streetview has data; and with the bookies possible being almost original to the building - albeit heavily rebranded over the years.
On a very warm day, I was appreciative of the fact that the pub was air conditioned - an exceptionally rarer thing in Dublin pubs to begin with let alone suburban or older ones. This was the busiest pub I visited on my trip to Ballyfermot, with various sports on TV in different parts of it, and also my least favourite pub feature - gambling machines - catering to clientele beyond just drinkers.
As the nearest pub to it, I believe this gets some of the student crowd from BCFE, so during term time you may be drinking with a future Oscar winning animator or a radio presenter - I should probably do a thing on student bars past and present using the TUD Arrow archive of student publications actually.
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