1780s – No.45 Lower O’Connell Street, Dublin
The end of a unified Wide Street Commission terrace at the corner of Abbey Street and O’Connell Street. A fine street facade for a public house was inserted in the later 19th century,
Dublin Public Houses
1782 – Mulligans, Poolbeg Street, Dublin
Mulligan’s pub was founded in 1782 and retains much of its original character with its low ceiling and wooden bar. Due to its proximity to the former Irish Press offices,
1824 – The Flowing Tide, Abbey Street, Dublin
A pub building on an important corner site, The Flowing Tide has a great cut stone façade at street level. As can be seen in the photograph,
1840 – The Scotch House, Burgh Quay, Dublin
A famous bar and lounge, now demolished. Replaced with a terrible office building whose sole concession to the historic buildings removed for its construction is a rounded corner with the quay.
1860s – The Oak, Dame Street, Dublin
A comfortable Dublin pub now sadly part of the ‘superpub’ next door, The Oak contains a fine mahogany interior that came from an ocean liner,
1867 – Nealons, Capel Street, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan
Fine Victorian building designed by Charles Geoghegan as a public house in the late 19th century.
1870 – The Irish House, Nos.1-2 Wood Quay, Dublin
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin, and became a popular public house and well-known piece of Celtic Revival architecture.
1873 – Doyle’s Pub, Phibsborough, Dublin
Architect: Architect: John Sterling Butler
Built for Thomas Dunphy, and a great example of a Victorian commercial premises, incorporating grocery and public house,
1875 – Oarsman Public House, Ringsend, Dublin
Elaborate stucco facade marks out this public house from the rest of the street – the pediment contains a representation of a round tower,
1882 – Former Bachelor Inn, No.31 Bachelors Walk, Dublin
A fine old pub façade which still shows the location of the original corner entrance. This is now blocked up and converted to two windows but the original decorative corbells on the signage still exist.
