Closed/former/forgotten Limerick Pubs

Reputable Rog

I'll start in the north east with the Ark Tavern which became O'Loughlins which became Gooser's Corner.

phog

Quins on Ellen St
Corner Flag on Henry St

Reputable Rog

phog wrote: »

Quins on Ellen St
Corner Flag on Henry St

Bill Clintons whilst your up Henry Street direction, I think there was a place by the GPO one time and of course Wise Guys on Cecil Street and The Henry Cecil,

OfTheMarsWongs

Triple Crown, Athlunkard Street

Cookiemunster

Unfortunately I can't remember names but there were two pubs at the junction of Careys Rd. and Hyde Rd., one either side of Hyde Rd.
There was Paddy O'Sullivans on Edward St.
The Steering Wheel and the Olympic Arms!
The Desmond Arms and Daffys on Catherine St.
Baker Place.

zulutango

Country Club in Caherdavin. The Davin Arms too.

Desmond Arms (High Stool), Shannon Arms (Feathery Bourkes)

Jesus .. what's with all the 'Arms'?

Jofspring

The Davin Arms. R.I.P

manna452121

Bowlers,The Treaty Bar,Frazers,Hassets.

Jofspring

zulutango wrote: »

Country Club in Caherdavin. The Davin Arms too.

Desmond Arms (High Stool), Shannon Arms (Feathery Bourkes)

Jesus .. what's with all the 'Arms'?

As far as I know the Country Club is still open. Students have started using it. Up for sale alright.

Jofspring

Nevada Smiths. Riddlers. McDaids. Mojos. The Bailey. Daffys.

Cookiemunster

Jofspring wrote: »

Nevada Smiths. Riddlers. McDaids. Mojos. The Bailey. Daffys.

Mojos/The Bailey are the Red Hen. Riddlers is recently reopened too.

Parchment

The High Stool - i still get sad when i walk past it.

James Bond Junior

I had right soft spot for the wicked chicken by taits clock back when I first moved to limerick.

Reputable Rog

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Unfortunately I can't remember names but there were two pubs at the junction of Careys Rd. and Hyde Rd., one either side of Hyde Rd.
There was Paddy O'Sullivans on Edward St.
The Steering Wheel and the Olympic Arms!
The Desmond Arms and Daffys on Catherine St.
Baker Place.

Frosts and Noonan's. The Dew Drop Inn on Roxborough Road , Treacy's and the Tate on Parnell Street and there was another one on Edward Street opposite the junction with Wolfe Tone Street.

mart 23

Dick Devanes Athlunkard/Nicholas street

clancywigam

Reputable Rog wrote: »

I'll start in the north east with the Ark Tavern which became O'Loughlins which became Gooser's Corner.

Correction - originally the Park Tavern but the sign was damaged in a fire sometime in the 1970's leading to the P getting damaged. It was never replaced and the new name stuck.

phog

clancywigam wrote: »

Correction - originally the Park Tavern but the sign was damaged in a fire sometime in the 1970's leading to the P getting damaged. It was never replaced and the new name stuck.

I think that's an old wife's tale - just like this one

Built by Dom Dinneen in the early 1970s the Ark Tavern was one of the most popular venues in Limerick. Not only for Corbally residents but virtually everybody in Limerick enjoyed a Saturday night in the Ark. There was speculation that the premises was originally to be called the Park Tavern but when the letters were being attached to the building the weather was so bad that the letter "P" was left out to be added later. The name stuck and it was called the Ark Tavern until it was unfortunately demolished in the 1990s.

panda100

Parchment wrote:

The High Stool - i still get sad when i walk past it.

Me too. That and Quinns are sorely missed.

Termights and The Globe are my two. I was walking passed the globe just yesterday and thinking its such a waste of a building in such a prime spot.

geotrig

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Mojos/The Bailey are the Red Hen. Riddlers is recently reopened too.

also was mac's at one point.

Reputable Rog

I was just thinking there, a few bars I used to like for pints now shamefully lost, Frawleys, The Molyneaux, The Sallyport, Wild Geese and The Holy Ground.

Pubs I never had the pleasure of a pint in such as Breda Clancy's, Hayes's, The Winning Post, McLysaghts, The Tower Inn, The Bell tavern , The Pub, a pub by Hourigans Motor Cycle shop.

panda100

I also have vague recollections of a lovely pub down beside King Johns Castle. Where the visitors centre would be now, beside the river. Was a great spot for the location. Did I imagine it or was it really there?

zulutango

panda100 wrote: »

I also have vague recollections of a lovely pub down beside King Johns Castle. Where the visitors centre would be now, beside the river. Was a great spot for the location. Did I imagine it or was it really there?

The Castle Lane Tavern. It was built in 1991 and lasted about 10 years.

OfTheMarsWongs

Remember that pub on Broad Street that bought some things from Barringtons Hospital when it shut (as a public hospital). A hospital themed pub. Think it only lasted a couple of years .

OfTheMarsWongs

zulutango wrote: »

The Castle Lane Tavern. It was built in 1991 and lasted about 10 years.

It was still open in 2004. Didn't last long after though.

Reputable Rog

OfTheMarsWongs wrote: »

Remember that pub on Broad Street that bought some things front Barringtons Hospital when it shut (as a public hospital). A hospital themed pub. Think it only lasted a couple of years .

That had a number of titles including TOBY- which legend would have it was an acronym for Too Old to be a Yuppy. It was called The Pub for a finish.

Poxyshamrock

There was also Ma/Mrs Tuckers Brewery on the corner of William Street and Tanyard Lane.
PJ's on Little Catherine Street.
Flannery's and then Finn's on William Street.

Reputable Rog

Flannery's, William Street.

Insect Overlord

James Bond Junior wrote: »

I had right soft spot for the wicked chicken by taits clock back when I first moved to limerick.

Wicked Chicken for great DJs and candle-lit pints, then around the back stairs to get through to live music in Baker Place, and eventually downstairs for the "nightclub" in the Underground (with all kinds of exotic smells drifting in from the smoking area, and endless supplies of local concert posters from the bathroom corridor ) What a spot.

Layinghen

The Friday evening after work Mecca that was Kennedy OBriens.

Insect Overlord

Layinghen wrote: »

The Friday evening after work Mecca that was Kennedy OBriens.

Is that still an Asian restaurant?

Also, anyone remember how awful Nestor's got in its last few years?

Layinghen

An File wrote: »

Is that still an Asian restaurant?

Also, anyone remember how awful Nestor's got in its last few years?

No idea about the Asian restaurant as I'm gone from Limerick a long time.

vkid

Mcknights was a great spot,
the old tom had its moments.
Buddies on foxes bow. Mad spot.
Ma hogans, which became bourkes.
Breda Clancys
There was another pub on Ellen street near quins
The globe. Sad to see it just sitting there.

zulutango

vkid wrote: »

There was another pub on Ellen street near quins

McGregors

zulutango

Surprisingly nobody has mentioned The Blind Pig!

sioda

Pj's on little Catherine Street still smile when I see it as a religious shop.

Desmond Arms Ah the karaoke nights

Feathery Burkes up in the Shannon Arms if you had id you couldn't get in 😝

chicorytip

The Galvone Arms in Southill (I'm not aware if it's still trading or not).
Also known as - "The Tub of Blood".

Insect Overlord

zulutango wrote: »

Surprisingly nobody has mentioned The Blind Pig!

Too soon! :P

eyebrows63

The oyster bar ,o Connell st ,
O Sullivan's /o Farrells , Thomas street
Pink elephant , Bedford row
Pike inn , mulgrave st,
Cahill bar , mulgrave st,
Sixty one bar , Clare st , later became the wild geese , now closed
Morgans bar , Henry st.
Corner bar , junction of Wolfe tone st / Parnell st .
Will think of more later
Hogans bar , foxs bow
Jim hickeys , Catherine st
Central bar , Thomas st
Jack reas , Catherine st
Hogan stand Patrick st

panda100

An File wrote:

Too soon!

Bourkes on Catherine Street is another one that is probably too soon! It was a great spot though and would be booming now with Uber across the road.

jonski

The Round House
The Malibu Bar
Jack Rea's

eyebrows63

mart 23 wrote: »

Dick Devanes Athlunkard/Nicholas street

Open again , now nelly corner

Insect Overlord

jonski wrote: »

The Round House

I like what they've done there, with it now going by the name Mother Mac's. Seems to be balancing the feel of a good traditional local pub with the music/craft/arty/hipster scenes.

4Ad

vkid wrote: »

Mcknights was a great spot,
the old tom had its moments.
Buddies on foxes bow. Mad spot.
Ma hogans, which became bourkes.
Breda Clancys
There was another pub on Ellen street near quins
The globe. Sad to see it just sitting there.

Buddies for some Stone Roses/ Doors/Rolling Stones and a smoke...
Thoses were the days !!

timesnewroman

Any one remember Gallaghers next to Squire McGuires on Lower Cecil St? Must be closed 15 years at least.

dominatinMC

An File wrote: »

Wicked Chicken for great DJs and candle-lit pints, then around the back stairs to get through to live music in Baker Place, and eventually downstairs for the "nightclub" in the Underground (with all kinds of exotic smells drifting in from the smoking area, and endless supplies of local concert posters from the bathroom corridor ) What a spot.

Was before my time (think it closed down the year I started in UL), but always heard great things about it! Why did it close? Was it simply a case of lack of business?

zulutango

timesnewroman wrote:

Any one remember Gallaghers next to Squire McGuires on Lower Cecil St? Must be closed 15 years at least.

Yes. It was called Bill Clinton's at one stage, back in 1998.

Reputable Rog

chicorytip wrote: »

The Galvone Arms in Southill (I'm not aware if it's still trading or not).
Also known as - "The Tub of Blood".

Was the tub of blood not The Steering Wheel?

Reputable Rog

The Holman inn, there was also a pub called the castle where the interpretive centre now stands, not the Castle Lane.
Hassets,The Sarsfield Bar, The Bridge Bar now incorpoated into The Locke, Willie Sextons, The Corner Flag, The Polish pub across the street,
The Park Bar in the Parkway, The Pike Inn.

Insect Overlord

Schooner's, down at Steamboat Quay. Get there before the door-staff started at 8:00 and there was no need to worry about I.D. :pac:

Reputable Rog

Frazers, Bard Hogans, The Glory Hole, Sharkys.

Insect Overlord

dominatinMC wrote: »

Was before my time (think it closed down the year I started in UL), but always heard great things about it! Why did it close? Was it simply a case of lack of business?

I think the recession did most of the damage. Pre-drinking getting more and more popular probably didn't help either.
The whole place shut down for a while, then the Chicken re-opened, then one day they posted "Gone fishing" on their Facebook page and it never opened again!