Trading as Davy Byrnes since 1889 at 21 Duke Street.
The Doran family arrived in 1942 and remain the proprietors today.
Immortalised by James Joyce in Ulysses, Chapter 8 ('Lestrygonians'). Leopold Bloom stops here for a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of burgundy on 16 June 1904 — the date now celebrated as Bloomsday. Joyce calls it 'the moral pub.'
The interior is rare in Dublin — Art Deco, drawing on the pre-war Left Bank Paris vogue. The 1942 Doran refurbishment shaped the room visitors see today. Note the priceless frescoes by Cecil French Salkeld (Brendan Behan's father-in-law) and the Joycean Dublin murals by Liam Proud.
Every 16 June, Bloomsday celebrants arrive in period dress and order Bloom's lunch — gorgonzola and burgundy — from morning into the afternoon.
The gorgonzola sandwich is still on the menu. The kitchen acknowledges the Joycean lineage without over-doing it.
Photo via GoogleArt nouveau ceiling light and curved marble bar top create unique feel for pub mentioned in Ulysses.
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Opening hours
| Mon | 12:00 – 10:30 PM |
|---|---|
| Tue | 12:00 – 10:30 PM |
| Wed | 12:00 – 10:30 PM |
| Thu | 12:00 – 11:00 PM |
| Fri | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Sat | 12:00 PM – 12:00 AM |
| Sun | 12:00 – 11:00 PM |
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
| Address | And Adjoining Premises Situate At 21 Duke Street And, 7a Duke Lane |
|---|---|
| County | Pubs in Dublin |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Website | https://davybyrnes.com/ |
| Eircode | D02 K380 |
| Revenue ref | 1007394 |
Davy Byrnes has its own Wikipedia article
Davy Byrnes is one of just 71 Irish pubs notable enough to have a dedicated Wikipedia article. That puts it in the top 0.1% of the country's licensed pubs.
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No. 21 Duke Street is one of several early former houses remaining on a street laid out by Joshua Dawson in the early eighteenth century. Architecturally, the building is characterized by typical restrained detailing and Georgian proportions, with some modifications to the fenestration, and a fine early twentieth-century shopfront. The building accommodates a well-known Dublin public house established 1889, and which has strong associations with Dublin literary history. It is immortalized in…
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