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ARTHUR'S

28 THOMAS STREET, Dublin

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Pub details

Address
28 THOMAS STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D08 VF83
Licence reference
S1516

Building and heritage

This public house makes a strong contribution to the prominent corner of Thomas Street and Thomas Court. Its cutaway entrance responds to its corner site. The front elevation shares scale and proportions with neighbouring buildings while the lower rear portion is in keeping with the smaller scale domestic buildings of Thomas Court. Historic fabric is retained in its brickwork, sash windows and traditional shopfront. It was in use as a public house as early as 1860, listed in Thom's Directory of that year as the premises of Edw. Holdright, grocer, tea, wine, spirit, and seed merchant, with...

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What the archives say

Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.

Listing historyArchitecture

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register records licence ref S1516 as Arthur's at 28 Thomas Street, Dublin.[1] NIAH record 50080259 gives the associated building a Regional rating and dates it between c.1840 and c.1860.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50080259 · 2026-05-22

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Established

Built between c.1840 and c.1860.

Architecture

Its cutaway entrance responds to its corner site. The front elevation shares scale and proportions with neighbouring buildings while the lower rear portion is in keeping with the smaller scale domestic buildings of Thomas Court. Historic fabric is retained in its brickwork, sash windows and traditional shopfront.

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