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O'SHEAS MERCHANT

11,12,13 AND 14 LOWER BRIDGE STREET AND, 30A AND 31/34 MERCHANTS QUAY AND PART OF 6A AND 6B MERCHANTS HOUSE
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Guinness Draught · 568 ml pint

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11,12,13 AND 14 LOWER BRIDGE STREET AND, 30A AND 31/34 MERCHANTS QUAY AND PART OF 6A AND 6B MERCHANTS HOUSE
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11,12,13 AND 14 LOWER BRIDGE STREET AND, 30A AND 31/34 MERCHANTS QUAY AND PART OF 6A AND 6B MERCHANTS HOUSE

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S1433 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for O'SHEAS MERCHANT at 11,12,13 AND 14 LOWER BRIDGE STREET AND, 30A AND 31/34 MERCHANTS QUAY AND PART OF 6A AND 6B MERCHANTS HOUSE in DUBLIN CITY with NEDSAY LIMITED as licensee.[1]

Irish Times reported in 1996 that businessman Ned O'Shea owned O'Shea's Hotel on Talbot Street and the Merchant Pub on Bridge Street.[2] Irish Times arts listings in 1997 listed O'Shea's Merchant on Merchant Quay as the venue for a St Stephen's Day festival of dancing, storytelling, mumming, and rhyming commemorating set-dancer Connie Ryan.[3] Irish Times listings in 2003 listed O'Shea's Merchant Restaurant for traditional music and set dancing with Seamus Begley, Brendan Begley, Jim Murray, Gavin Ralston, and others.[4] Irish Independent reported in 2017 that Dublin City Council intended to turn emergency accommodation at O'Shea's Merchant pub on Merchants Quay into a family hub.[5]

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  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Businessman is top Kerry person" · 1996-01-31
  3. Irish Times · "Footlights" · 1997-12-11
  4. Irish Times · "What's On" · 2003-06-05
  5. Irish Independent · "Family hub for homeless over a popular GAA pub is inappropriate" · 2017-06-11
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