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THE DUKE PUBLIC HOUSE, 9 DUKE STREET AND BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR OF, 8 DUKE STREET AND REAR, 54 DAWSON STREET, Dublin

AddressTHE DUKE PUBLIC HOUSE, 9 DUKE STREET AND BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR OF, 8 DUKE STREET AND REAR, 54 DAWSON STREET
CountyDublin
EircodeD02 NR76
Phone+35316799553
Websitewww.thedukedublin.com
Licence refS0012
♿ Wheelchair accessible

🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1880 · NIAH rating: Regional

Although there has been a public house on this site since 1822, the appearance of the current building is entirely due to the extensive rebuilding carried out about 1888 by John and Patrick Kennedy, shortly after their purchase of the building. Holding one of Dublin's oldest licences, The Duke has social landmark importance. The building contributes to the architectural quality and texture of a short, but characterful Dublin street that joins the principal thoroughfares of Grafton Street and Dawson Street.

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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.

Listing historyCultural mentions

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0012 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE DUKE at THE DUKE PUBLIC HOUSE, 9 DUKE STREET AND BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR OF, 8 DUKE STREET AND REAR, 54 DAWSON STREET in DUBLIN CITY with BALLYWILLAN HOLDINGS LIMITED as licensee.[1]

NIAH records Gilligan's/The Duke at 9 Duke Street as a regional-rated former house dated 1715-1735 and in use as a public house, with public-house use there since at least the late nineteenth century.[2]

An Irish Times profile of Dublin Literary Pub Crawl founder Colm Quinlan says tours depart from The Duke on Duke Street at 7.30pm and start around Duke Street with discussion of Joyce and Leopold Bloom.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50100032 · 2016
  3. Irish Times · "My Day" · 2011-10-22

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1880 and c.1900.

Architecture

Although there has been a public house on this site since 1822, the appearance of the current building is entirely due to the extensive rebuilding carried out about 1888 by John and Patrick Kennedy, shortly after their purchase of the building. Holding one of Dublin's oldest licences, The Duke has social landmark importance.

Community memory

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Archive profile

A remembered room, carefully anonymised

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Regulars and room character

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Boards.ie archive trace

A pre-2026 Boards.ie discussion leaves a preliminary community-memory trace for The Duke, around life events, regulars and room character, cultural references and stories. PubHub treats this as a single archive signal: useful for memory-page curation, not as verified fact.

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Boards.ie source leads (1)
  1. What's the real reason Irish pubs don't have more craft beers available? · score 6

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