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GRAINGER

51/52 TALBOT STREET, Dublin

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Pub details

Address
51/52 TALBOT STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D01 P6K1
Licence reference
N0053

Building and heritage

This prominently sited late Georgian public house is a landmark feature of the surrounding streetscape which displays numerous novel decorative features. Although remodelled internally, the building makes an important contribution to the architectural quality and variety of the northern part of the Georgian City as well as to the surrounding streetscape. Located opposite Connolly Station it forms an integral component of a street that was developed in the first quarter of the nineteenth-century to link Sackville Street (O'Connell Street today) via Earl and Moland Streets, to the then...

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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 history

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0053 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for GRAINGER at 51/52 TALBOT STREET in DUBLIN CITY with J. J. GRAINGER (DUBLIN) LIMITED as licensee.[1]

NIAH records the associated building as a Regional-rated late Georgian public house dated 1820-1840 and describes it as a landmark feature opposite Connolly Station.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50010125 · 2026-05-12

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Established

Built between c.1820 and c.1840.

Architecture

This prominently sited late Georgian public house is a landmark feature of the surrounding streetscape which displays numerous novel decorative features. Although remodelled internally, the building makes an important contribution to the architectural quality and variety of the northern part of the Georgian City as well as to the surrounding…

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