THE COCK TAVERN
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Recorded pub details
- Listed address
- 18 CHURCH STREET, HOWTH
- Eircode
- K67 X923
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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 N0160 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE COCK TAVERN at 18 CHURCH STREET, HOWTH in CO. DUBLIN with PENINSULA BREWERY LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records 17-18 Church Street, Howth as a regional-rated former house dated 1780-1820 and in use as a public house when recorded in 2000.[2]
In 2016, The Irish Times described the Harbour Bar in Howth as having reinvented the old Cock Tavern and reported that the new owners kept the Cock Tavern painting over the door outside.[3]
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