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O'DONOGHUES
14 MERRION ROW AND 15 MERRION ROW
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- 14 MERRION ROW AND 15 MERRION ROW
- Eircode
- D02 C671
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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0029 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for O'DONOGHUES at 14 Merrion Row and 15 Merrion Row in Dublin city, with O'DONOGHUES (MERRION ROW) LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH identifies O'Donoghue's at 14 Merrion Row as a regional-rated building with architectural interest.[2]
NIAH records its original use as a house and its survey use as a public house.[2]
NIAH describes the building as an attached three-bay four-storey house with integral carriage arch, built c.1820, with a c.1890 shopfront.[2]
The NIAH record says No. 14 is amalgamated with No. 15 and that a shared alleyway leads to a courtyard and outdoor bar.[2]
NIAH describes the building as a Georgian house converted into a public house and long established as a celebrated music venue.[2]
The Irish Times reported in 2025 that O'Donoghues (Merrion Row) Ltd was owned by the Barden family, including publican Oliver Barden.[3]
The same report said the Barden family acquired the 15 Merrion Row establishment in 1988 and had run it since then.[3]
The Irish Times reported that the bar began as an unlicensed drinking establishment in the 18th century before later operating legally.[3]
The same article said O'Donoghue's became a traditional Irish music hub under Paddy and Maureen O'Donoghue during the 1960s.[3]
The Irish Times also said The Dubliners first began playing at the bar and later became a regular fixture there.[3]
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Architecture
A Georgian house that was converted into a public house and has been long established as a celebrated music venue. The proportions of the building are characteristic of the period and the building retains salient features, such as parts of a Victorian pubfront and of the interior cornice to the bar. Along with its neighbour, No.
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