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DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.
OUR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025!
For centuries, the public house has been an important part of the social and cultural history of Dublin. Beginning with the taverns and ale houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book brings the reader on a visual journey that passes through familiar institutions as well as much-lamented public houses that are no longer to be found.
Along the way, we encounter characters as diverse and famous around the capital as Theobald Wolfe Tone, Nell McCafferty and Con Houlihan. Visitors to Dublin are here, as the photographer Lee Miller seeks out the city of James Joyce. The ‘Plain People of Ireland’ are present too, in chapters exploring everything from temperance to karaoke.
The hidden histories of world-renowned public houses such as The Long Hall, Grogan’s and The Palace feature, as do the stories of Dublin’s early houses, gay bars and shebeens. Drawing from rich archival collections, The Dublin Pub includes previously unpublished photographs as well as oral recollections that bring the history of the Dublin pub to life. From the Irish revolution to social revolutions of more recent times, this is the story of the Dublin public house.
Hardcover, illustrated throughout. Published by New Island Books, October 2025.
ISBN - 9781835940242
DONAL FALLON is a historian and broadcaster with particular interest in the social history of the Irish capital. A founder of the popular Come Here To Me! blog in 2009, since 2019 he has presented the Three Castles Burning podcast, exploring the many histories of the Irish capital. He is a social historian to the 14 Henrietta Street museum and his other publications include Three Castles Burning. He is formerly Historian-in-Residence to Dublin City Council.
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ISBN: 9781835940242
Format: Hardback, Illustrated
Publisher: New Island Books, Dublin, October 2025.
No. of Pages: 272
See https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/former-pubs-in-dublin-history-donal-fallon-6867635-Nov2025/ for an article on some of Dublin's lost pubs.
See our blog post for my own thoughts on the book, and why we chose it as our Irish published book of the year.
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Dublin pubs
Nice book,. Planning a tour of the remaining Victorian pubs this winter…. Before they disappear like some mentioned in the book. Nice photos in book also.
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excellent
A stunning piece of work by Fallon and the publishers - a detailed look at the history and culture of Dublin's Public Houses, even though I know many of them well this book told me so much more , and like all good books makes the reader want to know more. The IDEAL gift for anyone who's into Irish history. Thanks to thebookshop.ie for the quick delivery