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EXISTING LICENSED PREMISE AT 16 MALAHIDE ROAD AND AN EXTENDED ATTACHED, TO AND ADJACENT SAID PREMISES THE EXTENSION THAT THE AREA OUTLINED, WITH A GREEN VERGE BE DE-LICENSED, Dublin

AddressEXISTING LICENSED PREMISE AT 16 MALAHIDE ROAD AND AN EXTENDED ATTACHED, TO AND ADJACENT SAID PREMISES THE EXTENSION THAT THE AREA OUTLINED, WITH A GREEN VERGE BE DE-LICENSED
CountyDublin
EircodeD08 V972
Licence refN0136

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NIAH building record

Built: c.1900 · NIAH rating: Regional

Prominently located at the junction of Aughrim Street and Manor Street, this Victorian red brick public house enhances the streetscape with an individualistic and distinctive form. The public house was designed by George L. O’Connor in 1901, a Dublin architect whose varied commissions included Catholic churches, buildings for the Sisters of Mercy and the Christian Brothers, hospitals, libraries, commercial premises, cinemas, public and private housing. He also designed the International Bar on Wicklow Street, where he reprised the square-profile red brick piers. Originally built for...

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0136 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for KAVANAGH'S at 16 Malahide Road in Dublin City, with PATRICK KAVANAGH (MARINO HOUSE) LIMITED as licensee.[1]

Dublin City Council's Area 5 weekly planning list records application WEB1519/24 at 16 Malahide Road, Clontarf West, Dublin 3, for a wall-mounted branded awning and outdoor dining/drinking/seating area beside the existing public house, and records a refusal decision dated 2024-06-24.[2]

The Irish Times reported that a Dublin District Court case about an alleged assault at Kavanagh's pub on the Malahide Road was dismissed on 2017-06-29 after Judge John Cheatle held that no assault had occurred.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Dublin City Council · Area 5 North Central weekly planning list · 2024-06-28
  3. Irish Times · "Former Dublin All-star cleared of pub assault on GAA player" · 2017-06-29

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Built between c.1900 and c.1905.

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Prominently located at the junction of Aughrim Street and Manor Street, this Victorian red brick public house enhances the streetscape with an individualistic and distinctive form. The public house was designed by George L.

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