Home › Dublin

MADIGAN'S

HORSE SHOW HOUSE, 34/36 AND PART OF, 32 MERRION ROAD, Dublin

DirectionsContribute

Pub details

Address
HORSE SHOW HOUSE, 34/36 AND PART OF, 32 MERRION ROAD
County
Dublin
Licence reference
S0164

From the record · Verified background

What the archives say

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 historyNotable events

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0164 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for MADIGAN'S at HORSE SHOW HOUSE, 34/36 AND PART OF, 32 MERRION ROAD in DUBLIN CITY with JAMES MADIGAN AND SONS as licensee.[1]

The Irish Times reported in 1999 that Horse Show House had been acquired by the Madigan Group in 1966 and occupied a one-third-acre site opposite the RDS on Merrion Road.[2]

An Bord Pleanala's 2016 order granted permission for retention of intermittent use of the existing 746 sq m car park at the side and back of Horse Show House as a beer garden connected with the public house.[3]

The Irish Times reported in 2001 that city planners turned down another Madigan Group plan to demolish the pub and replace it with a five-storey office block with basement car park.[4]

Sources  (4)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. The Irish Times · New look for landmark pub · 1999-06-02
  3. An Bord Pleanala · Order PL 29N.246842, Horse Show House · 2016
  4. The Irish Times · Plan to demolish landmark pub rejected again · 2001-05-17

Community memories

Stories from people who know this pub

Loading community memories…

Know this pub? Add a memory