Famous Dublin pubs that are no more

Fire about a year ago. Should reopen early this year, had a popup in the Guinness Storehouse over Christmas

Its really a no mans land between The Lord Edward and Thomas House. Need to link those 2 areas somehow.

I noticed when passing through TalStreet for the first time in an age that Mother Kelly's, down beside Store St, is closed - anyone know when this happened, I thought it had a good local support base

I can't say I am that sorry to see pubs closing - and it's not just in Dublin. Drink was (possibly still is) a long time scourge on Ireland and Irish society and hindered this country's proper progress and development for decades. It was embarrassing when I worked with the UN in 1994/1995 to see Irish guys live up to the drunk Irish stereotype much to the amusement / scorn / curiosity of other nationals. The government taxing it to the hilt was a great move for national salvation and the health of the general population.

Because the majority of Irish people drink absolute cats piss. Litres of it. Most pubs with lines of taps of Heineken, Carlsberg, Smithwicks, Bud etc. People are drinking Rockshore FFS. We're almost as bad as the Brits.

We're even at the stage now where people are paying 7 quid for alcohol free cats piss.

We should take a leaf from places like Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the better parts of America who have a very healthy relationship with booze (and food) as a lot of it is wine and cocktails as opposed to litres of fizzy rodent jizz until you're a sloppy cúnt.

No issue sitting around for a few hours with a nice bottle of wine or a few cocktails in Campo Di Fiori, Rue de Abbesses or the East Village NYC. They're not hammering back 2 or 3 litres an hour.

But instead of being smart and progressive about it we just tax tax.

Yes, I’m in Canada (Quebec) and thus a very liberal drinking culture.

We never had prohibition like the other states, and Canadian provinces. Yet, nowadays, alcohol consumption has dwindled significantly. Companies are betting on alcohol free or mixed drinks in cans to lure consumers, especially young people.

There is also cannabis, which is legal and takes up a growing part of the market. Still, the offer in micro brewery and micro distillery products is miles from where it was in the late seventies when I was a young adult. There were no micros then here, and the National brands had maybe 12 different beers, and no American beers were sold, and indeed shunned.

Nice thread this was once.

Drink what you like or don’t drink if you don’t like. FFS

yup..

no need to lecture us for having a few pints.

First one usually goes down in 3 minutes

Captain Americas to close for refit and will reopen as the Grafton Tavern

https://www.thejournal.ie/captain-americas-grafton-street-closing-7054098-May2026/