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THE FITZSIMONS HOTEL

20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY AND, 15,16,17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET, Dublin

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Address
20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY AND, 15,16,17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET
County
Dublin
Licence reference
S3086

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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.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S3086 as a Publican's Licence (Ordinary) Hotel - BF - 1902 Act (Public Bar) for THE FITZSIMONS HOTEL at 20/21/22 WELLINGTON QUAY AND, 15,16,17 AND 18 EAST ESSEX STREET in DUBLIN CITY with THE TEMPLE BAR TAVERN as licensee.[1]

Irish Times reported in 2002 that Mr Peter Fitzsimons, owner of Fitzsimons' Hotel in Temple Bar, had sold Ryan's of Parkgate Street on August 11th 2000.[2] Irish Independent reported in 2017 that accounts for Temple Bar Tavern Ltd, the firm operating Fitzsimons Hotel in Temple Bar, showed EUR377,961 spent on music, entertainment, and royalties in 2015.[3] The same report said the hotel recorded EUR5 million revenue in 2015 and that its security spend was EUR315,406, attributing the high security cost to a nightclub at the venue.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Ryan's of Parkgate Street in receivership" · 2002-11-01
  3. Irish Independent · "Hotel's music bill tops EUR1,000 a day" · 2017-08-16

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