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 S0091 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE LONG HALL at 51 South Great George's Street in Dublin city, with LONGHALL LOUNGE BARS LIMITED as licensee.[1]
NIAH records The Long Hall at 51 South Great George's Street as a regional-rated former house with architectural, artistic, and social interest.[2]
NIAH dates the building to 1760-1900 and records its original use as a house and survey use as a public house.[2]
The NIAH description identifies an attached two-bay four-storey former house built c.1780 and remodelled c.1880 for use as a public house.[2]
NIAH records a tiled shopfront, fluted pilasters, hand-painted fascia, and timber raised-and-fielded panelled door.[2]
NIAH says the building was remodelled with ornate Victorian stucco embellishments and a timber interior of early twentieth-century date.[2]
NIAH describes the timber shopfront as a strong architectural focal point in the streetscape and identifies good-quality Edwardian public-house interior and fittings.[2]
The Irish Times reported in 1999 that a Dunnes Stores redevelopment on South Great George's Street would cover up to one-third of the west-side frontage.[3]
The same Irish Times report said only the Long Hall bar would be spared within that affected frontage.[3]