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Boards.ie memory links Pantibar with regulars and characters, stories and gossip and old memories. PubHub V1 treats this as published forum memory: not a settled fact, but a linked record of what people said, remembered, joked about, or claimed online.
6 source leads · 2006-2015
Read source trail🏭 Heritage-listed building
Built: c.1870 · NIAH rating: Regional
Located on a prominent corner site, this substantial commercial building makes a distinct impression on the streetscape displaying a wide variety of finishes including well-executed red brick and contrasting simple rendering. Of particular note is a substantial and elaborate corner-sited doorcase which displays a great deal of decorative detail and greatly enhances the building's positive contribution to the streetscape. Capel Street itself was laid out by Humphrey Jervis to link the new Essex Bridge (now Grattan Bridge) (1678) to the Great North Road. Originally a fashionable residential...
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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.
Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0191 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for PANTIBAR at 6-7 CAPEL STREET AND, 68-71 GREAT STRAND STREET in DUBLIN CITY with THE PANTY BAR LIMITED as licensee.[1] An Irish Times profile of Rory O’Neill’s drag persona Panti described Pantibar on Capel Street as owned by O’Neill with restaurateur Jay Bourke.[2] In 2022, the Irish Independent reported that neighbours dropped an objection to Pantibar’s pub licence after reaching an agreement with the pub about outdoor serving.[3]
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Established
Built between c.1870 and c.1880.
Architecture
Located on a prominent corner site, this substantial commercial building makes a distinct impression on the streetscape displaying a wide variety of finishes including well-executed red brick and contrasting simple rendering.
Community memory
Archive time depth
9 years of archive-metadata distance across 5 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
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Pantibar has 6 linked Boards.ie memory leads around regulars and characters, stories and gossip and old memories. PubHub V1 publishes this as forum memory: what people said online, connected back to the source post where possible.
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Regulars and characters, stories and gossip and old memories
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Archive source trail
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