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Smock Alley Theatre, 1662

6-7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar
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6-7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, D08 EH67
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Listed name
Smock Alley Theatre, 1662Recorded 2026-09-11
Listed address
6-7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, D08 EH67Recorded 2026-09-11
Phone
(01) 677 0014Recorded 2026-09-11
Website
https://smockalley.com/Recorded 2026-09-11
Facilities
  • Accessibility: Has assistive hearing loop; Has wheelchair-accessible entrance; Has wheelchair-accessible seating; Has wheelchair-accessible toilet; No wheelchair-accessible car park
  • From the business: Identifies as women-owned
  • Service options: On-site services available
  • Highlights: Has live performances
  • Amenities: Has toilet; Has Wi-Fi; Free Wi-Fi; No restaurant
  • Crowd: LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Payments: Accepts credit cards; Accepts debit cards; Accepts NFC mobile payments; Credit cards
  • Children: Good for kids
Recorded 2026-09-11

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref 1022756 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for DUBLIN MUNICIPAL THEATRE AT SMOCK ALLEY at 6 - 7 EXCHANGE STREET LOWER, TEMPLE BAR in DUBLIN CITY with DUBLIN MUNICIPAL THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE as licensee.[1]

NIAH records Smock Alley Theatre at 6-7 Exchange Street Lower and Essex Street West as a regionally rated former Church of Saints Michael and John, built in 1813 and now used as a theatre.[2]

NIAH says the former church was built on the site of the former Theatre Royal of Smock Alley, and that the building reopened as Smock Alley Theatre in 2012 after deconsecration in 1989 and later visitor-centre use.[2]

The Irish Times reported in 2009 that archaeologists had discovered artefacts and part of the original Smock Alley theatre in Temple Bar, including walls from the 1662 building and later buildings.[3]

TheJournal.ie reported in 2018 that Smock Alley first opened in 1662 as a Theatre Royal under King Charles II, operated as a theatre until 1787, and reopened in 2012 after an archaeological dig.[4]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50020504 · 2015-04-02
  3. Irish Times · "Artefacts found at historic theatre site" · 2009-08-15
  4. TheJournal.ie · "Jesuit schools, bookshops and even a rubbish dump: 4 Dublin theatres in unlikely locations" · 2018-08-29
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Listed name · observed 2026-09-11
Smock Alley Theatre, 1662
Listed address · observed 2026-09-11
6-7 Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, D08 EH67
Phone · observed 2026-09-11
(01) 677 0014
Website · observed 2026-09-11
https://smockalley.com/
Facilities · observed 2026-09-11
  • Accessibility: Has assistive hearing loop; Has wheelchair-accessible entrance; Has wheelchair-accessible seating; Has wheelchair-accessible toilet; No wheelchair-accessible car park
  • From the business: Identifies as women-owned
  • Service options: On-site services available
  • Highlights: Has live performances
  • Amenities: Has toilet; Has Wi-Fi; Free Wi-Fi; No restaurant
  • Crowd: LGBTQ+ friendly
  • Payments: Accepts credit cards; Accepts debit cards; Accepts NFC mobile payments; Credit cards
  • Children: Good for kids
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