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Boards.ie memory links The Berkley with stories and gossip. 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.
4 source leads · 2007-2015
Read source trail🏭 Heritage-listed building
Built: c.1810 · NIAH rating: Regional
Elaborate stone detailing to the fine shopfront enlivens the façade and adds textural interest to the streetscape, while moulded window surrounds are used to good effect to enhance and articulate the upper floors. It appears as early as 1840 in Thom's Directory as the property of James Sinnott, provisions dealer, while its late nineteenth-century character, with single-pane sash windows and render decoration, is derived from a later remodelling. It was the premises of James Dodd Family Grocer and Wine Merchant in the late nineteenth century. Prominently sited, this elegantly proportioned...
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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 N0076 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE BERKLEY at 1 MOUNTJOY STREET AND 20/21 WELLINGTON STREET in DUBLIN CITY with H.E.D BOYLE AND SON LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records the associated building as a Regional-rated structure dated 1810-1830 and notes its stone-detailed shopfront, moulded window surrounds, and late nineteenth-century commercial character.[2]
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Established
Built between c.1810 and c.1830.
Architecture
Elaborate stone detailing to the fine shopfront enlivens the façade and adds textural interest to the streetscape, while moulded window surrounds are used to good effect to enhance and articulate the upper floors.
Community memory
Archive time depth
8 years of archive-metadata distance across 4 dated Boards.ie archive leads.
Stories and local colour
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Archive profile
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Stories and gossip
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Stories and gossip
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Archive source trail
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Boards.ie forum memory
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