Button Factory
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Curved St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 RD26Friday 12 pm to 3 amRecorded 2026-09-11
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- Listed name
- Button FactoryRecorded 2026-09-11
- Listed address
- Curved St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 RD26Recorded 2026-09-11
- Website
- http://www.buttonfactory.ie/Recorded 2026-09-11
- Opening hours
- Friday 12 pm to 3 am
- Saturday 12 pm to 3 am
- Sunday 12 to 11 pm
- Monday 12 to 11 pm
- Tuesday 12 to 11 pm
- Wednesday 12 to 11 pm
- Thursday 12 to 11 pm
- Facilities
- Accessibility: Has wheelchair-accessible entrance; Has wheelchair-accessible toilet; No wheelchair-accessible car park
- Amenities: Has toilet
- Crowd: LGBTQ+ friendly; Transgender safe space
- Payments: Accepts credit cards; Accepts debit cards; Accepts NFC mobile payments; Credit cards
- Parking: Paid parking lot
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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1013315 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for BUTTON FACTORY at CURVED STREET, TEMPLE BAR in DUBLIN CITY with NOTTUB LIMITED as licensee.[1]
The Irish Times reported in 2007 that the old Temple Bar Music Centre had been renamed The Button Factory by Eoin Foyle, with the new name referring to the building's previous life in the 1930s.[2]
The Irish Times reported in 2011 that the Button Factory went into examinership and that Temple Lane Management Limited was the company behind the venue at that time.[3]
The Irish Times reported in 2018 that Dublin City Council's planning department ruled the Button Factory, formerly the Temple Bar Music Centre, could not operate using a pub licence without planning permission.[4]
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- Listed name · observed 2026-09-11
- Button Factory
- Listed address · observed 2026-09-11
- Curved St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 RD26
- Website · observed 2026-09-11
- http://www.buttonfactory.ie/
- Opening hours · observed 2026-09-11
- Friday: 12 pm to 3 am
- Saturday: 12 pm to 3 am
- Sunday: 12 to 11 pm
- Monday: 12 to 11 pm
- Tuesday: 12 to 11 pm
- Wednesday: 12 to 11 pm
- Thursday: 12 to 11 pm
- Facilities · observed 2026-09-11
- Accessibility: Has wheelchair-accessible entrance; Has wheelchair-accessible toilet; No wheelchair-accessible car park
- Amenities: Has toilet
- Crowd: LGBTQ+ friendly; Transgender safe space
- Payments: Accepts credit cards; Accepts debit cards; Accepts NFC mobile payments; Credit cards
- Parking: Paid parking lot