Is the Welcome Inn still open these days?

The Scientician

I'd love to go there for a pint later but haven't been there in donkeys.

irlirishkev

It sure is! Was in there the other week.
Might not be open on Sundays though, except for match days. Really it depends on whether the owner feels like opening up or not! Sound guy though.

The Scientician

Never opened on a Sunday that I know. I'm gonna be in Parnell St. later anyway so I'll probably have a look see.

irlirishkev

The Scientician wrote: »

Never opened on a Sunday that I know. I'm gonna be in Parnell St. later anyway so I'll probably have a look see.

On a not completely unrelated topic, The Welcome Inn features quite prominently in the current series of Love/Hate on RTE.

The Scientician

That's what got me thirsty! I was like, I RECOGNISE THAT PLACE!

stovelid

Great boozer.

irlirishkev

stovelid wrote: »

Great boozer.

Seconded!

stovelid

Haven't been down to it for years. I too was under the mistaken impression that it wasn't around anymore. Will definitely head in over the Christmas.

Mr Simpson

The Welcome Inn can be randomly closed on most nights as well. Chances are John has gone to Fibbers or another local bar for a chat and will be back in a while. Great pint though. (I'm thirsty now )

cson

Walked past it today I think - is it just before you come to the junction of Parnell St and O'Connell St?

irlirishkev

cson wrote: »

Walked past it today I think - is it just before you come to the junction of Parnell St and O'Connell St?

Yeah that's the place.

The Welcome Inn

Dancor

I cant belive this place has so much fan fare. As long as I can remember I always thought it was some kind of kip and the past few years I thought it was abandoned. Never judge by apperances I suppose.

Degsy

Its a total kip..a bit like fibbers really but then thats what gives it its charm.

If the place isnt open it means John has made enough for a few pints and is drinking them in Fibbers!

AnonoBoy

Degsy wrote: »

Its a total kip..a bit like fibbers really but then thats what gives it its charm.

It's like going back in time walking in there. You expect to see people smoking away and talking about Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald

If the place isnt open it means John has made enough for a few pints and is drinking them in Fibbers!

Sometimes he even gets as far afield as Grogan's! :eek:

stovelid

Dancor wrote: »

I always thought it was some kind of kip

Thank fuck.

There's enough chrome and glass jobs around Dublin as it is.

The Scientician

I didn't make it down on Saturday as Eddie Rockets serves beer but am gonna try getting down there next weekend.

starviewadams

Was in there a few years ago with a fella who worked in the Eircom building across the way,when I was walking back from the jacks a massive German Shephard dog just strolled past and nobody said a word,great auld place!

Warper

It was open tonight when i passes, must check it out. Always thought it was a real dodgy pub as it looks like a sh1thole from the outside. Did someone get shot there few years back?

Degsy

Warper wrote: »

It was open tonight when i passes, must check it out. Always thought it was a real dodgy pub as it looks like a sh1thole from the outside. Did someone get shot there few years back?

Its not dodgy at all..its just gone to rack and ruin.

It used to be the hangout for all the students from cathal bruagh st so it was full five nights a week.
The students then started going to the place across the road and yer man basically never operated the same way again..now its more like a members club for dissafected middle aged drunks and a surprising amount of women.

_blank_

Degsy wrote: »

a members club for dissafected middle aged drunks

Did you get your membership card?:p

stovelid

Degsy wrote: »

now its more like a members club for dissafected middle aged drunks

Note my glowing recommendations earlier in thread. :pac:

deaddonkey

starviewadams wrote: »

Was in there a few years ago with a fella who worked in the Eircom building across the way,when I was walking back from the jacks a massive German Shephard dog just strolled past and nobody said a word,great auld place!

That would be my dog mags, she used to be fairly regular down there. I never know if it's going to be open anymore so I rarely turn up.

great pub.

cosmic

It's my favourite Dublin pub. I love everything about it! If you're cycling in, you can even bring your bike in and lock it to the radiator by the toilets.

The Scientician

deaddonkey wrote: »

That would be my dog mags, she used to be fairly regular down there. I never know if it's going to be open anymore so I rarely turn up.

great pub.

I'm pretty sure I've met your dog before. Sound!

The Scientician

Warper wrote: »

It was open tonight when i passes, must check it out. Always thought it was a real dodgy pub as it looks like a sh1thole from the outside. Did someone get shot there few years back?

Nobody's ever been shot there that I know of. I think you're thinking of the Plough maybe on Abbey St?

It did get blown up in the '70s by loyalist terrorists though.

Degsy

The Scientician wrote: »

Nobody's ever been shot there that I know of. I think you're thinking of the Plough maybe on Abbey St?

It did get blown up in the '70s by loyalist terrorists though.

The Red Parrot or whatever its called on Parnell st somebody got shot there ages ago.

The Honeypot on the corner of gardiner st before they built the apartments..now THAT was dodgy!

tricky D

Degsy wrote: »

The Red Parrot or whatever its called on Parnell st somebody got shot there ages ago.

The Honeypot on the corner of gardiner st before they built the apartments..now THAT was dodgy!

The Red Parrot is on Dorset St, just before the Royal Canal. Possibly the Shakespeare you are refering to. Edit: the Blue Lion was where someone called John Reddin was shot in 96.

Also wasn't the Honeypot at the junction of Parnell St and Cumberland St North? There was one there up until the 90's with windows about 1 foot high and about 6 feet of the ground. Dodgy as hell like the Blue Lion though I never had an iota of hassle in any of them. (Mind you it wasn't like I went in looking for protection money)

irlirishkev

tricky D wrote: »

The Red Parrot is on Dorset St, just before the Royal Canal. Possibly the Shakespeare you are refering to. Edit: the Blue Lion was where someone called John Reddin was shot in 96.

Also wasn't the Honeypot at the junction of Parnell St and Cumberland St North? There was one there up until the 90's with windows about 1 foot high and about 6 feet of the ground. Dodgy as hell like the Blue Lion though I never had an iota of hassle in any of them. (Mind you it wasn't like I went in looking for protection money)

Ah The Blue Lion. I was never in it, but by the time I moved to the area it had been closed down. I think it was opposite(ish) the bottom of Hill Street.

Here's some pics of The Welcome Inn after the damage in 1974.

D

damn i just may have to have a quick swing by so. Either that or have an impromptu dublin city beers.

R P McMurphy

Definitely the blue lion people are thinking of about the shooting. That would be mid 90s or thereabouts. Forgot all about the days of pubs having a dog or two as a frequent guest.

As an aside is the thornbush still open there as well or is it long gone?

Degsy

D wrote: »

Either that or have an impromptu dublin city beers.

Splendid idea! I can talk to John so its definatley open that nite!

Mr Simpson

irlirishkev wrote: »

tricky D wrote: »

The Red Parrot is on Dorset St, just before the Royal Canal. Possibly the Shakespeare you are refering to. Edit: the Blue Lion was where someone called John Reddin was shot in 96.

Also wasn't the Honeypot at the junction of Parnell St and Cumberland St North? There was one there up until the 90's with windows about 1 foot high and about 6 feet of the ground. Dodgy as hell like the Blue Lion though I never had an iota of hassle in any of them. (Mind you it wasn't like I went in looking for protection money)

Ah The Blue Lion. I was never in it, but by the time I moved to the area it had been closed down. I think it was opposite(ish) the bottom of Hill Street.

Here's some pics of The Welcome Inn after the damage in 1974.

John has plenty more of those pics behind the bar. He was working when it was blown up.

tricky D

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Definitely the blue lion people are thinking of about the shooting. That would be mid 90s or thereabouts. Forgot all about the days of pubs having a dog or two as a frequent guest.

As an aside is the thornbush still open there as well or is it long gone?

1996

The Thornbush has changed name/owner a few times in the last decade. I wouldn't be surprised if it is open or at least the licence is still attached to it, even if it is closed.

FensterDJ

The welcome got redecorated after the bombings, and hasn't had a thing done to it since, but apparently there is a room upstairs, where the white circle is on the pics, that was only minimally damaged inside, and it remains to this day as it was in the 60s or from whenever it was previously decorated.

The welcome's heyday for me anyway was around 95-2000, the place was buzzing with characters every night of the week, great great pub,

The thornbush has changed a few times, it was a polish pub for a long time, then a dublin GAA supporters pub and at the moment, I think it is a kinda chinese karaoke bar now.

The blue lion was taken over by Korean management, and became a absolutely excellent bar called the ice bar for a few years in the mid 00s, that bar has now been incorporated into the surrounding chinese/korean restaurant. The Korean management and staff moved across the round to the Shakespeare, and now run it as the Hop House bar and Kim Chi restaurant

Fuinseog

irlirishkev wrote: »

It sure is! Was in there the other week.
Might not be open on Sundays though, except for match days. Really it depends on whether the owner feels like opening up or not! Sound guy though.

it does not care for the match crowds and does not open sundays. I see they filmed a bit of love hate in the place.
its a strange place in the sense that is not commercial. it seems to be a hobby for the guy, who does give you the time of day.

The Scientician

Degsy wrote: »

Splendid idea! I can talk to John so its definatley open that nite!

Great idea. I'm on for it if ye are.

stovelid

R P McMurphy wrote: »

As an aside is the thornbush still open there as well or is it long gone?

Haven't thought of that spot for years. Think it would have been about 1993 or 1994 I was there last? Used to be quite late opening.

Was there a pub on that part of Parnell Street called Berminghams (or Briminghams) years and years ago? I know there is one on Dorset Street too. I remember being taken there by my da a long time ago (as in 81, 82) on the way to Croke Park.

R P McMurphy

stovelid wrote: »

Haven't thought of that spot for years. Think it would have been about 1993 or 1994 I was there last? Used to be quite late opening.

Was there a pub on that part of Parnell Street called Berminghams (or Briminghams) years and years ago? I know there is one on Dorset Street too. I remember being taken there by my da a long time ago (as in 81, 82) on the way to Croke Park.

Thornbush was a great pub. Don't remember a birminghams on Parnell st but you are right there definitely was on Dorset st (opposite little kavanaghs) but that was a quiet place with a very 70s look and not in a trendy retro way but a dirty not a penny spent on it since that time period way

stovelid

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Thornbush was a great pub. Don't remember a birminghams on Parnell st but you are right there definitely was on Dorset st (opposite little kavanaghs) but that was a quiet place with a very 70s look and not in a trendy retro way but a dirty not a penny spent on it since that time period way

Maybe it was the one on Dorset street I was taken to but I'm always thought it was on Parnell Street around where Thornbush was/is. Must ask my aul fella.

Degsy

Anybody remember the Airways House?

Just at the back of the Welcome Inn..was in there once on the night the manager got brained over the head with an iron bar..lovely!

easygoing39

Ah the Airways,now thats a blast from the past.Used to drink there in the early '90's!!Full of students back then,abit like the Welcome Inn.

The Scientician

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Thornbush was a great pub. Don't remember a birminghams on Parnell st but you are right there definitely was on Dorset st (opposite little kavanaghs) but that was a quiet place with a very 70s look and not in a trendy retro way but a dirty not a penny spent on it since that time period way

It's still there as is the proprietor, a very nice, funny elderly gentleman. I think it's quite charming. Décor looks like it's from the '60s or '70s.

Econoline Van

Berminghams is a great pub. The decor is magnificent.

The Maverick

Is Bermingham's on Dorset St up for sale? Could have sworn I saw an estate agents sign above the door one morning.

Degsy

Sadly the Welcome Inn is no more.
Was talking to John on Saturday and he tells me its closed for good.

He apparantly got stung with a bill for 500k for a nursing home his mother was in and he has to sell the premises.

The end of an earring i think you'll agree.

Miguel_Sanchez

Degsy wrote: »

Sadly the Welcome Inn is no more.
Was talking to John on Saturday and he tells me its closed for good.

He apparantly got stung with a bill for 500k for a nursing home his mother was in and he has to sell the premises.

The end of an earring i think you'll agree.

That's a real shame. I loved the place.

D

Degsy wrote: »

Sadly the Welcome Inn is no more.
Was talking to John on Saturday and he tells me its closed for good.

He apparantly got stung with a bill for 500k for a nursing home his mother was in and he has to sell the premises.

The end of an earring i think you'll agree.

Now I really want to go. I still think that an impromptu Dublin city beers would be a good idea.

AnonoBoy

Has it closed already or are there a few days left?

Degsy

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Has it closed already or are there a few days left?

Closed already from what i can gather.

The Scientician

Ah jaysus. Oh well. Another nail in the coffin of Dublin.

Mr Simpson

Degsy wrote: »

Sadly the Welcome Inn is no more.
Was talking to John on Saturday and he tells me its closed for good.

He apparantly got stung with a bill for 500k for a nursing home his mother was in and he has to sell the premises.

The end of an earring i think you'll agree.

Yep, its a real shame. He's been planning to close for a good while though, for other reasons which I wont go into, this unfortunately has just sped up the process