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THE COBBLESTONE Notable

77 NORTH KING STREET, Dublin

Address77 NORTH KING STREET
CountyDublin
EircodeD07 TP22
Phone+35318721799
Websitewww.cobblestonepub.ie
Opening hoursMo-Th 16:00-23:30; Fr-Sa 14:00-00:30; Su 13:00-23:00
Licence refN0198
♿ Wheelchair accessible

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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.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0198 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE COBBLESTONE at 77 North King Street in Dublin city, with COBBLESTONE BAR LIMITED as licensee.[1]

TheJournal.ie reported in 2019 that Tom Mulligan had been running The Cobblestone in Smithfield for thirty years.[2]

The same report said Mulligan took over the pub in 1988 after leaving a job in insurance.[2]

TheJournal.ie said the pub had opened at seven in the morning for many years and functioned as a market pub with local darts and pool teams.[2]

The report said Mulligan, whose father was a fiddler and piper from Co Leitrim, decided to turn The Cobblestone into a music pub as Smithfield redeveloped.[2]

TheJournal.ie reported that the pub began with music on Friday and Saturday nights and later hosted sessions and gigs seven nights a week.[2]

The same article said the pub also held weekly classes for musicians, dancers, and singers.[2]

The Irish Times reported in 2022 that Marron Estates Ltd withdrew an An Bord Pleanala appeal after Dublin City Council refused a hotel proposal for 77-80 North King Street.[3]

The Irish Times said the proposal included The Cobblestone and would have demolished an outdoor area and the pub's Backroom venue.[3]

The same report said the council had refused permission partly over the size and impact on historic structures.[3]

The Irish Times said almost 700 objections were lodged with Dublin City Council and that a Save the Cobblestone petition gathered almost 35,000 signatures.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. TheJournal.ie · "'If we build here, we'll have to build around you': How The Cobblestone became a traditional icon in a changing Dublin" · 2019-01-02
  3. Irish Times · "Developer drops planning appeal over hotel at Cobblestone pub" · 2022-04-29

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Local notes

Established

Trading at the top of Smithfield Square. The current Mulligan family stewardship dates from 1987.

Family

Run by the Mulligan family since 1987. Tom Mulligan keeps the bar; his father T.P. Mulligan is part of a five-generation line of traditional musicians.

Screen

Featured in countless trad documentaries.

Screen

Subject of RTÉ's 2022 series *Athbhaile — The Cobblestone*.

Music

Five generations of the Mulligan family have played Irish traditional music; Tom and T.P. Mulligan have made the room a key node in the international trad circuit. Live trad sessions seven days a week, in the back room. The musicians decide who plays.

Reputation

Widely treated as Dublin's most uncompromising trad venue.

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