Public Houses

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,

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,

1860 – The Phoenix Inn, Leeds, Yorkshire

Architect: William R. Corson

Published in The Building News, February 10, 1860. “THE Phoenix Inn, Leeds (a view of which forms our illustration this week),

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,

1875 – St. George and the Dragon Inn, Great Budworth, Cheshire

Architect: John Douglas

From The Architect, December 4, 1875: This is an alteration from a house as shown in small sketch.