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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.

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Scar001

The Sportsman Inn on Roches Street.
The Old Tom (Cornstore) with a long basement
The Shakespeare on Ellen Street I think.
Joe Malones already mentioned and became Denis Clearys.
The Granary and disco can't remember name but was inside main building.
Moby Dicks on Dock Road beside Dolans.
The Grand Mariner on Catherine Street.

hinault

I was going to nominate Feathery Burkes but another poster got there before me.

So I nominate Hanratty's instead (Glentworth St).

Is the Sports Bar still open (in O'Connell St)?

chicorytip

The West End on O'Curry St.

chicorytip

Reputable Rog wrote:

Was the tub of blood not The Steering Wheel?

The Steering Wheel (Roxborough Shopping Centre) and the adjoining amusement arcade were both owned by the Collins family. It was the location of the shooting dead of Roy Collins by the Dundon mob.

Pikasso

JD's on Catherine Street

Reputable Rog

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Yeah the Tav is still going. Haven't been inside for years though.

I think about 16 years since I was in there. Was there a pub called Flamingos on the corner of William Street and Little Catherine Street?

Cookiemunster

Reputable Rog wrote: »

Is the Munster Fair Tavern still going and is it still a Murphy's house.
Cahills, Mulgrave street.

Yeah the Tav is still going. Haven't been inside for years though.

Reputable Rog

Is the Munster Fair Tavern still going and is it still a Murphy's house.
Cahills, Mulgrave street.

Pure Mule

Buddies , Joe Malone's

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!

Reputable Rog

Frazers, Bard Hogans, The Glory Hole, Sharkys.

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

timesnewroman

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

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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 !!

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.

eyebrows63

mart 23 wrote: »

Dick Devanes Athlunkard/Nicholas street

Open again , now nelly corner

jonski

The Round House
The Malibu Bar
Jack Rea's

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.

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

Insect Overlord

zulutango wrote: »

Surprisingly nobody has mentioned The Blind Pig!

Too soon! :P

chicorytip

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

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 😝

zulutango

Surprisingly nobody has mentioned The Blind Pig!

zulutango

vkid wrote: »

There was another pub on Ellen street near quins

McGregors

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.

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.