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CURVED STREET, TEMPLE BAR, Dublin

AddressCURVED STREET, TEMPLE BAR
CountyDublin
PlaceTemple Bar
Licence ref1013315

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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.

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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]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Opening lines" · 2007-11-10
  3. Irish Times · "Button Factory goes into examinership" · 2011-02-05
  4. Irish Times · "Temple Bar music venue denies 'super pub' plans" · 2018-03-31

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