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6 - 7 EXCHANGE STREET LOWER, TEMPLE BAR, Dublin

Address6 - 7 EXCHANGE STREET LOWER, TEMPLE BAR
CountyDublin
PlaceTemple Bar
Licence ref1022756

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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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