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9 COLLEGE STREET AND 1ST FLOOR OF 8 COLLEGE STREET & EXTENSION, ATTACHED AT NO.28 FLEET STREET & BASEMENT OF 29/30 FLEET STREET AND, FURTHER EXTENSION AT GROUND FLOOR 28/30 FLEET STREET, Dublin

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9 COLLEGE STREET AND 1ST FLOOR OF 8 COLLEGE STREET & EXTENSION, ATTACHED AT NO.28 FLEET STREET & BASEMENT OF 29/30 FLEET STREET AND, FURTHER EXTENSION AT GROUND FLOOR 28/30 FLEET STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D02 PX75
Phone
+353-1-6710616
Opening hours
Mo 12:00-24:00, Tu-We 12:00-02:00, Th-Sa 12:00-02:30, Su 15:00-24:00
Licence reference
S0009

Amenities

  • Limited wheelchair access

Building and heritage

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. The buildings were designed and built shortly after the Wide Street Commission laid out the western extent of Pearse Street, replacing a terrace of older houses. Its distinctive curved facade with cut stone quoins, and its maintenance of parapet height and fenestration arrangement with the...

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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.

Listing historyMusic historyNotable events

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]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50020276 · 2015-03-08
  3. Irish Times · "After Covid-19: What kind of life will be waiting on the other side?" · 2020-04-18
  4. Irish Times · "Bus crashes into landmark pub on Dublin's College Green" · 2019-09-20

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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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