Dublin's Literary Pubs

Toners sits on Lower Baggot Street with a high, dark green wooden storefront and a row of large, circular mirrors framed in gold inside. It opened as a grocery and spirit shop in the eighteen hundreds. When the poet Patrick Kavanagh lived…

Neary’s bar on Chatham Street stands out for its ornate, carved mahogany bar counter and the frosted glass partitions that divide the space into snug compartments. Since it opened in eighteen eighty-seven, the pub became a regular haunt…

The narrow, glass-fronted facade on Harry Street stands beneath a heavy, dark green wooden frame that hides the depth of the interior. Once a chapel, this space transitioned into a public house where Brendan Behan and Patrick Kavanagh held…

Davy Byrnes features a classic mahogany bar and an embossed tin ceiling that dates back to the eighteen eighties. While many pubs in Dublin focus on traditional decor, this spot relies on its connection to James Joyce. He chose this…

The Stag’s Head is defined by the heavy, ornate mahogany archway framing the front entrance and the sprawling carved stag’s head mounted above the bar. In eighteen ninety-five, William Bull built this interior to lure affluent businessmen…

The Palace Bar carries a Victorian facade of carved mahogany and etched glass that separates it from the neighboring storefronts on Fleet Street. It began as a distillery outlet in eighteen twenty-three and transitioned into a gathering…

Mulligan’s on Poolbeg Street holds a distinct, low-slung facade with worn wooden paneling that separates it from the glass-fronted offices nearby. This pub started in seventeen eighty-two as a serving spot for the laborers working the…