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EAST SIDE SMITHFIELD SQUARE, BOUNDED BY DUCK LANE AND JAMESON LANE, SMITHFIELD, Dublin

AddressEAST SIDE SMITHFIELD SQUARE, BOUNDED BY DUCK LANE AND JAMESON LANE, SMITHFIELD
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Licence ref1002655

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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 1002655 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for FORMERLY CHIEF O'NEILL'S at EAST SIDE SMITHFIELD SQUARE, BOUNDED BY DUCK LANE AND JAMESON LANE, SMITHFIELD in DUBLIN CITY with GENERATOR PROPERTIES DUBLIN LIMITED as licensee.[1]

The Irish Times reported that Chief O'Neill's Hotel and Ceol were due to open in April 1999 as centrepieces of the Devey Group's Smithfield Village development in Dublin's north inner city.[2]

The same report said the attached Chief O'Neill's Cafe and Bar was planned as a traditional Irish music venue beside the Ceol traditional music centre.[2]

In 2008, The Irish Times reported that Chief O'Neill's was trading as a Park Inn after Rezidor SAS took over its operation in early 2006.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Hotel and Irish music centre to open in Smithfield" · 1999-04-07
  3. Irish Times · "€3m price cut on Smithfield hotel" · 2008-04-02

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