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When were pub closing times introduced?

  • 09-03-2019 9:00am
    #1
    Victor
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    I presume WWI or earlier, but any ideas?


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  • #2
    caff
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    Victor wrote: »
    I presume WWI or earlier, but any ideas?

    http://garda-post.com/bringing-irelands-19th-century-pubs-under-police-control/


  • #3
    GM228
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    In caffs link the 1685 Act is incorrectly called the Lord's Day Act, it was in fact the Sunday Observance Act 1685 and was a general Act which prohibited certain activities on a Sunday to encourage people to visit church and as stated in the link it did indeed prohibit trading on a Sunday and it was only repealed in 1997 by the Criminal Law Act 1997.

    The earliest Act otherwise specifically dealing with pubs and trading hours was the Refreshment Houses (Ireland) Act 1860.


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    Peregrinus
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    The 1860 Act may have been the first statutory regulation of pub trading hours, but it's possible (and I think likely) that prior to that there was regulation of opening hours (and days?) implemented through licence conditions.


  • #5
    GM228
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    Peregrinus wrote: »
    The 1860 Act may have been the first statutory regulation of pub trading hours, but it's possible (and I think likely) that prior to that there was regulation of opening hours (and days?) implemented through licence conditions.

    Good point and one which I overlooked, I believe the Licensing (Ireland) Act 1833 was the first statutory authority which allowed for trading hours be restricted by licence conditions, and it is indeed possible that earlier than that licence conditions limited hours without a specific statutory authority.


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