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HAIRY LEMON

41/42 LOWER STEPHEN STREET, & 64 DRURY STREET, Dublin

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Address
41/42 LOWER STEPHEN STREET, & 64 DRURY STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D02 NV08
Phone
+353 1 671 8949
Opening hours
Mo-Th 10:00-23:30; Fr-Sa 10:00-01:30; Su 10:00-23:00
Licence reference
S0131

Building and heritage

Nos. 41-42 was originally a pair of houses, constructed in the first half of the nineteenth century. The ground floors converted for commercial use around the mid-century. No. 42 was noted as a grocers in the Street Directories of 1862. The stucco embellishments were likely added during the late nineteenth century, and were a common method in the Victorian period of enriching the austere façades of existing Georgian-style buildings. Later converted and internally remodelled for use as a public house, the frontage has had modern insertions but some earlier (possibly late nineteenth-century)...

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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 historyArchitecture

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register records licence ref S0131 as Hairy Lemon at 41/42 Lower Stephen Street, & 64 Drury Street, Dublin.[1] NIAH record 50910037 gives the associated building a Regional rating and dates it between c.1810 and c.1850.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50910037 · 2026-05-22

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Established

Built between c.1810 and c.1850.

Architecture

Nos. 41-42 was originally a pair of houses, constructed in the first half of the nineteenth century. The ground floors converted for commercial use around the mid-century. No. 42 was noted as a grocers in the Street Directories of 1862.

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