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20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY, AND 15/16/17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET, Dublin

Address20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY, AND 15/16/17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET
CountyDublin
Licence refS4488

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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.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S4488 as a Publican's Licence (ordinary) - Theatre for FITZSIMONS HOTEL at 20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY, AND 15/16/17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET in DUBLIN CITY with THE TEMPLE BAR TAVERN as licensee.[1]

Irish Times coverage in 2008 described Fitzsimons Hotel on Wellington Quay as backing onto Essex Street and identified its basement nightclub as part of Temple Bar's night-time noise context.[2] Irish Times coverage in 2014 said Fitzsimons Hotel used a loudspeaker to broadcast music into the street.[3] Irish Independent reported in 2017 that accounts for Temple Bar Tavern Ltd, operator of Fitzsimons Hotel, showed EUR377,961 spent on music, entertainment, and royalties in 2015.[4]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Nightmare in a city that never sleeps" · 2008
  3. Irish Times · "A personal view: Temple Bar an urban-renewal travesty" · 2014-04-17
  4. Irish Independent · "Hotel's music bill tops EUR1,000 a day" · 2017-08-16

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