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26 LOWER ABBEY STREET, Dublin

Address26 LOWER ABBEY STREET
CountyDublin
Licence refN1205

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N1205 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for ABBEY THEATRE\PEACOCK THEATRE at 26 LOWER ABBEY STREET in DUBLIN CITY with ABBEY THEATRE AMHARCLANN NA MAINISTREACH as licensee.[1]

The Irish Times reported that Anne Horniman bought property on Lower Abbey Street, enabling W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory to establish the Abbey Theatre, which opened on 1904-12-27 and later became the National Theatre of Ireland.[2] The same report said the old Abbey Theatre burnt down in 1951 and a new theatre opened in 1966.[2] In 2007, The Irish Times wrote that the current Abbey building took 15 years from 1951 to 1966, and that a 1994 preliminary study had highlighted lack of disabled access to the Peacock, acoustic problems, worn mechanical and electrical plant, outdated stage equipment, and poor fire safety.[3] A 2021 Oireachtas committee transcript said Dublin City Council's recent CPOs included the Abbey Street Lower-Abbey Theatre redevelopment.[4]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "The heiress with the dragon pendant" · 2012-03-17
  3. Irish Times · "The waiting goes on for the Abbey" · 2007-10-27
  4. Houses of the Oireachtas · Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage debate record · 2021-12-14

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