The Pubs

See below for all posts on the pubs we’ve chronicled to date.

O Reilly's: Tara St. Station.

O Reilly's is a controversial one here at DBP. I dare say that there are little or no other pubs in the city that polarise the opinions of myself and Pintman № 2 quite like O Reilly's does. Now in the red corner you have me – someone…

T.P. Smith's: Jervis St.

In the case of pubs, placement can be everything. A pub can be well placed for a number of reasons, its centrality in a city, its proximity to a residence or its proximity to a focal point like a stadium or shopping centre. T.P. Smith's which…

Ruin Bar: Tara St

Does anybody out there happen to remember MacTurcail’s? It was a large pub on the corner of Townsend and Tara St and in the interest of full disclosure we should declare our prior bias and state for the record that we loved the MacTurcail’s.…

Grogan’s: South William St.

In Dublin, certain pubs are renowned for certain things – you may find that one pub is the go-to place for those seeking a fireplace, another may be the first called upon to watch an important game whereas others are renowned for catching…

Kehoe's: South Anne St.

Sitting splendidly on South Anne St. – the vibrant colours of Kehoe's facade are a welcome and familiar sight to many Dubliners. The pub, which judging by a cursory google, has sat for its fair share of paintings is one which is well regarded…

Fallon's: The Coombe

Sitting at the mouth of the Liberties lies a street which is as intrinsically Dublin as a bowl of coddle on hill sixteen. The Coombe is said to have been a valley which was carved by a tributary which fed the river which gave birth to Dublin:…