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CLASAC CULTURAL CENTRE, ALFIE BYRNE ROAD, CLONTARF, Dublin

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CLASAC CULTURAL CENTRE, ALFIE BYRNE ROAD, CLONTARF
County
Dublin
Licence reference
1000601

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1000601 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre at CLASAC CULTURAL CENTRE, ALFIE BYRNE ROAD, CLONTARF in DUBLIN CITY with COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI EIREANN as licensee.[1]

The Irish Times reported in 2008 that Clasac, on Alfie Byrne Road in Dublin's East Wall, included a 250-seat auditorium, recording studio, archive/library, intimate performance space and two bars.[2] The same report said Comhaltas's Clontarf branch had spent 15 years working on the new centre before Comhaltas HQ dissolved the branch in a dispute centred on stewardship of the project.[2] A 2009 Irish Times report said the controversy involved allegations about a VAT refund and a claimed EUR2 million overspend on a EUR9 million budget.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "A Clasac case of musical differences" · 2008-05-03
  3. Irish Times · "Time to sort out Clasac misunderstanding" · 2009-10-03

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