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89 SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET AND UNIT 4 WICKLOW HOUSE, AND UNIT 3 WICKLOW HOUSE, Dublin

Address89 SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET AND UNIT 4 WICKLOW HOUSE, AND UNIT 3 WICKLOW HOUSE
CountyDublin
EircodeD02 R220
Phone+353 1 6776943
Websitethegeorge.ie
Opening hoursMo-Fr 14:00-02:30, Sa,Su 12:30-02:30
Licence refS0092
♿ Limited wheelchair access🚬 Smoking area

🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1810 · NIAH rating: Regional

This early nineteenth-century commercial building retains its Georgian character and proportions, particularly to the upper floors. Its arcaded pubfront provides a visual focus to the façade. Despite the overwhelming scale of the adjoining office block to the south, the building’s reserved façade makes a significant contribution to the streetscape.South Great George’s Street was developed throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by the Dublin City Market Company, whose South City Market building dominates the east side of the street.

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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.

Listing historyCultural mentions

Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0092 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE GEORGE at 89 SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET AND UNIT 4 WICKLOW HOUSE, AND UNIT 3 WICKLOW HOUSE in DUBLIN CITY with TABULATUM MANAGEMENT LIMITED as licensee.[1]

NIAH records The George at 89 South Great George's Street as a regional-rated commercial premises dated 1810-1830 and in use as a public house when recorded in 2015.[2]

The Irish Times reported in 2010 that the venue opened as the Loft disco bar on the first floor in 1984 and expanded downstairs as The George in May 1985, almost a decade before homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland.[3]

The same Irish Times article described The George as Dublin's best-known gay bar and a city landmark on South Great George's Street.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50910239 · 2015
  3. Irish Times · "The queen of gay bars turns 25" · 2010-04-16

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1810 and c.1830.

Architecture

This early nineteenth-century commercial building retains its Georgian character and proportions, particularly to the upper floors. Its arcaded pubfront provides a visual focus to the façade. Despite the overwhelming scale of the adjoining office block to the south, the building’s reserved façade makes a significant contribution to the…

Reputation

The venue opened upstairs as the Loft disco bar in 1984 and expanded downstairs as The George in May 1985; by 2010 the Irish Times described it as Dublin's best-known gay bar.

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