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THE LONG HALL

51 SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET, Dublin

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Pub details

Address
51 SOUTH GREAT GEORGE'S STREET
County
Dublin
Eircode
D02 DV74
Opening hours
Mo-Th 12:30-23:30; Fr 12:30-00:30; Sa 12:30-00:30; Su 12:30-23:00
Licence reference
S0091

Building and heritage

This building was remodelled with ornate Victorian stucco embellishments and a timber interior of early twentieth-century date. The timber shopfront, with fluted pilasters and hand-painted fascia, adds artistic detailing, making this a strong architectural focal point in the streetscape. Good quality Edwardian public house interior and fittings. One of the oldest surviving buildings on this section of the street, it is possible that it dates to the period around 1784 when the street was widened by the Wide Street Commissioners.

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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 historyNotable eventsArchitecture

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]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · The Long Hall, 51 South Great George's Street, Dublin 2, DUBLIN · 2015-10-25
  3. Irish Times · "Dunnes gets GBP20m green light on George's Street" · 1999-04-01

Reviewed pub lore

Local notes

Established

Trading on South Great George's Street since 1766. The interior visitors see today dates from publican Patrick Dolan's 1881 refurbishment.

Military history

Much of the abortive Fenian Rising of 1867 was planned in this bar. It was here that John Devoy hatched the escape plan that sprung Fenian Chief James Stephens from Richmond Jail in November 1865.

Architecture

A complete and substantially-untouched survival of high-Victorian pub design. Gold-leaf enhancements, hand-carved wood, beveled and ornate glass — all the elements of late-19th-century Dublin pubcraft, kept in working order. Very little has changed in over 130 years.

Reputation

Considered one of the iconic survivals of 'Affluent Victoriana' in Dublin pub design. Tourists come for the room; Dubliners come because nothing's changed.

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