N1054 Newtown House

In my previous post, I mentioned that the pub was often claimed to be one of the roughest in Dublin; but it was perfectly safe when I was there.

Well, here we go again...

The Newtown House's reputation is at least in part down to it having no windows. But it's in very good (if not excellent) condition inside, and again I had absolutely no issues heading in for a pint. 

Well, some older ladies decided that they were going to take half of my table; but we ended up having a conversation about the pubs in the area and some of the now-gone hotels that used be on the Malahide Road, those having had active and very popular nightclubs when they were younger 

The pub was put on the market in 2022 but I'm not entirely sure if it sold - it is still listed on JP Younge's website.

Whenever there's a future refurb - although it's not like it needs one urgently - a few windows in the front will do more to dispel the image the pub has than anything else could. This has been done to a few pubs in Dublin 8 in the last decade to great affect.