Dublin pubs that kept their Victorian interiors

Mahogany counters, etched and stained glass, snugs built so a drink could be taken out of sight: the fit-outs Dublin publicans paid for in the nineteenth century are still in daily use in a handful of rooms across the city. On this list the partitions, tiling and bar fittings are original, not reproductions. The year of the refurbishment tells you more than the year on the licence.

Places in this collection

  • Slattery's — This Capel Street pub had a major Victorian refurbishment in 1870, and much of that work is still on show. Look for the wood furnishings an…
  • Doheny & Nesbitt — The building on Baggot Street dates to the 1840s, and most of its 19th-century fittings are still in place. Seating is split across several…
  • Kehoe's — It was first licensed in 1803, and the interior is laid out the way the later Victorian refurbishment left it. The pub is a warren of tiny…
  • The Palace Bar — This Fleet Street pub traces back to 1823, and Patrick Kavanagh called it "the most wonderful temple of art". For most of two centuries it…
  • The Long Hall — It has been licensed since 1766, but the interior is the 1881 refurbishment and has not been changed since. That means an ornate mahogany b…
  • The Stag's Head — Records put a pub on this corner of Dame Court and Dame Lane as far back as 1770, but the room you drink in comes from the extensive rebuil…

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