P. HEDIGAN - THE BRIAN BORU Heritage

🏭 Heritage-listed building

Built: c.1850 · NIAH rating: Regional

A well-preserved mid-nineteenth-century public house, replacing an earlier pub on the same site. It is neatly proportioned on a symmetrical plan, with stucco detailing characteristic of its period, and a good original pubfront enhanced by glazed and gilded signage. It also retains an original timber bar counter and shelving. Hedigan's was established in 1840 as a grocers and public house and has been in the ownership of the Hedigan family since 1904. The pub is known for a particular whiskey that was blended by Patrick Hedigan and traditionally held to be the only pub in Ireland that did not run out of whiskey during the Second World War. The central window has a notable painting of Brian Boru going into battle by Fergus O'Ryan, reflecting the belief that Brian Boru's army camped nearby, prior to the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. The pub is of social interest and enlivens the streetscape of Prospect Road, close to the crossing of the Royal Canal.

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