Established
Built between c.1810 and c.1830.
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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.
Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0009 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for DOYLES at 9 COLLEGE STREET and connected Fleet Street areas in DUBLIN CITY with AMATREK LIMITED as licensee.[1] NIAH records Doyle's, 9 College Street as a regional-rated corner building, built c.1820 as a former house and now in use as a public house.[2] The Irish Times reported in 2020 that the Ruby Sessions had run every Tuesday for 21 years in Doyle's pub on College Street before pausing in March 2020 during Covid-19 restrictions.[3] In September 2019, The Irish Times reported that a Dublin Bus mounted the footpath outside Doyle's after a collision while turning from D'Olier Street into College Green.[4]
Reviewed pub lore
Established
Built between c.1810 and c.1830.
Architecture
The building's bowed facade (shared with 50020276) was mirrored by a corresponding bowed façade on the corner of Great Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) and Townsend Street, replaced by Pearse Street Garda Station (50020309)in 1913 - although the replacement building kept the bow end in its design.
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