S1520 Stoneboat

There are many pub in Dublin that are heavily bedecked with nautical greebling - but they are usually either right beside the sea (Ringsend, Dun Laoghaire, etc) or just a tad inland in an area that would have housed many dockers in the pre-containerisation days (like N0028 Cusacks on the North Strand)

The Stoneboat is much further away from the sea than any of those; and instead has its nautical items in reference to its name. That name refers to a nearby, ancient (13th Century, though I don't think the current version is anywhere near that old) structure in the River Poddle that diverted water in to pipes towards the city, where it was used for drinking water.

That the name doesn't reference a sea-going boat has not stopped the interior of the pub having wheels, diving suits and every other bit of possible marine decoration you can think of. The pub wasn't always named as such - it has been recorded as the Turks Head in older records.

Beyond the name and the decoration, there is the matter of the pub itself - a perfectly normal inner suburban Dublin pub. Nothing notable occurred while I was to be worthy of comment, as is often the case in suburbia; and with a premises history that is clearly more limited than in older parts of the city, there usually isn't as much to write about. This is a good thing - these pubs target audience is their locals and being perfectly fine to finish reading the papers and have a pint (as this visit consisted of) suggests that you could probably become one of those locals fairly easily.