CUMISKEYS

463/465 BLACKHORSE AVENUE, Dublin

Pub details

Address: 463/465 BLACKHORSE AVENUE
County: Dublin
Eircode: D07 X923
Opening hours: Mo-Sa 12:00-23:30; Su 12:30-23:00
Licence reference: N0238

Amenities

Wheelchair accessible

Building and heritage

This building displays a regularity of design and proportion in the arrangement of fenestration, and is characteristic of architecture of this era. It shares a parapet height and fenestration alignment with its neighbouring building to the south, contributing to the horizontal aspect of the streetscape. The shopfront to the ground floor provides contextual as well as aesthetic interest, placing it within a commercial context. Dominick Street began to be developed from the mid eighteenth century, when the widow of Sir Christopher Dominick decided to let the land in lots for building....

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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 N0238 as Cumiskeys at 463/465 Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin.^[1] NIAH record 50070387 gives the associated building a Regional rating and dates it between c.1845 and c.1855.^[2]

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1845 and c.1855.

Architecture

It shares a parapet height and fenestration alignment with its neighbouring building to the south, contributing to the horizontal aspect of the streetscape. The shopfront to the ground floor provides contextual as well as aesthetic interest, placing it within a commercial context.

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