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33 SOUTH RICHMOND STREET AND, 2, 3 AND PART OF 4 CHARLEMONT MALL, Dublin

Address33 SOUTH RICHMOND STREET AND, 2, 3 AND PART OF 4 CHARLEMONT MALL
CountyDublin
EircodeD02 CF40
Websitetheportobellobar.com
Licence refS0210
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🏭 Heritage-listed building

NIAH building record

Built: c.1865 · NIAH rating: Regional

A considerable amount of architectural detailing in the timber bargeboards, carved finials and bundled chimneystacks make this building an eye-catching addition to the streetscape. The cruciform roof, gables and dormer windows give it a strong Victorian character. Set on a prominent corner site, its scale, massing and siting on a rise close to the bridge, make it an imposing presence in the surrounding area. The building, formerly known as Davy’s Pub, was occupied by members of the Irish Citizen’s Army during the 1916 Easter Rising, when the strategic location adjacent to the bridge was...

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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.

Architecture

NIAH records The Portobello as a regional-rated building dated c.1865-1885, noting its Victorian character, timber bargeboards, carved finials, bundled chimneystacks, gables, and dormer windows [1].

Sources  (1)
  1. NIAH · The Portobello, South Richmond Street, Dublin 2, registry entry 50110159 · 2015

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1865 and c.1885.

Architecture

A considerable amount of architectural detailing in the timber bargeboards, carved finials and bundled chimneystacks make this building an eye-catching addition to the streetscape. The cruciform roof, gables and dormer windows give it a strong Victorian character.

Community memory

Memory archive

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What survives in the archive

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Archive profile

A remembered room, carefully anonymised

The Portobello has a single archive trace where the old archive points toward social texture: regulars, habits, roles, atmosphere and remembered room feel. The public page keeps this as anonymous room memory until source review supports more specific storytelling.

Archive strength

Single archive trace

Memory shape

Life events, cultural references, stories and regulars and room character

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Life events

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Cultural references

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Stories

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Regulars and room character

A single archive signal points toward the pub as a remembered room of regulars, roles, habits and social texture. PubHub keeps this anonymised until a fuller source review supports named stories.

Boards.ie archive trace

A pre-2026 Boards.ie discussion leaves a preliminary community-memory trace for The Portobello, around life events, cultural references, stories and regulars and room character. 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. Best traditional pub with great guinness Dublin · score 7

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