This post is another part of the last barrel-scrape of place I'd missed doing a writeup for; and probably just in time - this will be "promoted" back to just being a RetroReview by virtue of the pub finally reopening, if I ever remember to edit it.
The Cuckoo's Nest is a famed old roadhouse of a pub, sited on the Greenhills Road; and was a regular place for lunches, going away parties and other work events when I worked nearby - albeit lots of people preferred 1009200 The Laurels in Clondalkin for after-work events. I think this was because a lot of them lived nearer and wanted to drive home before drinking.
The pub served the large residential areas of Kilnamanagh and Kingswood as well as the daytime food trade for the large industrial estates around it; and historically operated as a music venue as well.
The pub closed in 2015, with various redevelopment plans afoot; and was set alight in 2016.
Much redevelopment did occur - with apartments, houses and a new Tallaght Theatre built on the lands surrounding the pub (plus the site of the original Tallaght Theatre); and there seemed to be little hope for the pub to reopen, particularly as planning proposals continued to change.
However, the pub is currently undergoing reconstruction, and while an original date of Autumn 2024 has long since sailed past us, it is likely that it will be open by Autumn 2025.
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