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31 FLEET STREET, Dublin

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Pub details

Address
31 FLEET STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D02 DF77
Phone
+353-1-6714038
Licence reference
S0018

Building and heritage

This is a fine example of an Edwardian public house, with a well-executed shopfront retaining elaborately carved capitals, lintels and columns. The building maintains the parapet height and fenestration arrangement of its neighbours to the east, making a positive contribution to the continuity of the streetscape. It is listed in 1862 as a dairy, the premises of Christopher McCabe, indicating that it has a long commercial history. It is named after James Bowe, Wine and Spirit Merchant, who held the property in 1910. A small public house with significant character, retaining a notable...

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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 historyNotable eventsArchitecture

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0018 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for BOWES at 31 Fleet Street in Dublin city, with AMATREK LIMITED as licensee.[1]

NIAH records Bowe's at 31 Fleet Street as a regional-rated former house built c.1805 and now used as a public house.[2]

NIAH identifies it as an Edwardian public house with a c.1900 shopfront, carved columns, a snug beside the timber counter, and a notable interior.[2]

The Irish Times reported in 2014 that a planning application sought a three-fold expansion of Bowe's into neighbouring buildings at 29 and 30 Fleet Street.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Bowe's, 31 Fleet Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN · 2015-02-25
  3. Irish Times · "Major expansion planned for one of Dublin's last Victorian pubs" · 2014-10-08

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1800 and c.1810.

Architecture

This is a fine example of an Edwardian public house, with a well-executed shopfront retaining elaborately carved capitals, lintels and columns. It is listed in 1862 as a dairy, the premises of Christopher McCabe, indicating that it has a long commercial history. It is named after James Bowe, Wine and Spirit Merchant, who held the property in 1910.

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