I already discussed this but I decided publish a few more photographs before they ceased trading at 165 Capel Street.


Bad news for many in Dublin as this excellent and very popular pub is due to close. WPENGINE my web hosting provider recently organised a meet-up in Nealons and the place was packed and I am willing that no one could have guessed that it was about to close its doors within a few weeks.

Official Description: “This building, erected in 1867 by Charles Geoghegan for the wine and spirit merchant John O'Connor, forms an important element in the built heritage of Dublin. The upper floors are enlivened by colourful ceramic details while the well-executed carving and moulding to the shopfront add further aesthetic interest. The building, located as it is on the corner of two busy streets and having the aforementioned colourful detailing, is a focal point on the streetscape.”

“Capel Street was laid out in the seventeenth century by Humphrey Jervis to link the new Essex Bridge (now Grattan Bridge) to the Great North Road. Originally a fashionable residential street of houses it became largely commercialised around 1800 and this building stands as a testament to this later development.”