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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0595,The Horseshoe Irish Pub,14 Chapel Street,Levenshulme,Horseshoe,Irish,Pub,14,Chapel,Street,Manchester,Greater,England,food,drink,hospitality,local,traditional,retail,consumer,heritage,business
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E9AP1N - The Horseshoe Irish Pub , 14 Chapel Street, Levenshulme, photographed in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of food and drink, brewing, pubs, specialist products, hospitality, local businesses, consumer culture and regional culinary heritage. The image clearly records the visible subject, signage, branding, architecture, object or activity associated with The Horseshoe Irish Pub , 14 Chapel Street, Levenshulme. It provides useful documentary context for news, features, travel, social history and contemporary editorial coverage. Details visible in the scene help identify the place or subject and show how it appears in everyday use, making the photograph useful for stories about local identity, economic and social change, public services, transport, leisure, heritage, tourism, community life and the built environment. The photograph can also support retrospective or comparative coverage where the survival, redevelopment, reuse or changing role of the location or object is relevant.
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1348,Murphys Farmhouse,sign,directional,Britain,UK,countryside,pub,inn,roadside,rural,wayfinding,hospitality,business,exterior,tourism,travel,white,black,lettering,direction,signpost,farmhouse,destination,local,place name,Ireland,Irish,pilgrim,pilgrims,travellers,camino
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDMJ - . Murphys Farmhouse directional sign photographed in Ireland. Photographed on 17 July 2025. The black and white signpost style image is suitable for editorial use on rural hospitality, inns, pubs, local businesses, wayfinding, country roads and British place-name or destination signage. The background to information sign is that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Within the history of climate adaptation, irrigation and crop management became increasingly mechanised during the twentieth century, allowing farmers to control water and improve yields but also increasing attention to resource use and environmental impact. In relation to high street, historical context shows that local businesses offer unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. Current 2026 context around information sign is that digital maps and smartphone navigation are ubiquitous, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility, legal restrictions and visitors without reliable connectivity. Against the 2026 backdrop for climate adaptation, seasonal nature photography also has growing relevance to phenology , as researchers and the public pay more attention to changes in flowering, rainfall and the timing of autumn or spring. Closely associated editorial terms include public information, direction sign, street sign, notice, lettering, public realm, visitor guidance, bilingual signage, accessibility sign, graphic communication, street furniture, agriculture, crop field, farming, rural landscape, and food production.
Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1117,An Tigh Gaelach,Killarney,County Kerry,Ireland,Irish-language,pub,business,frontage,Irish,Gaelic,culture,hospitality,traditional,facade,street,town,tourism,architecture,signage,local,shop,heritage,Kerry,language
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3NDHJ - . An Tigh Gaelach Irish-language pub or business frontage in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland. Photographed on 16 July 2025. The traditional shop or pub front carries an Irish-language name and presents a distinctive local streetscape detail. The historical setting for independent brewery is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social past
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. Seen through commercial premises, the earlier context is that local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. For Scottish identity, the historical context is that gaelic declined sharply through historical social and economic pressures but remained strong in parts of the Highlands and Islands
Twentieth- and twenty-first-century revival measures increased its use in education, broadcasting, public signage and official services. In the 2026 discussion of independent brewery, in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. The 2026 relevance of commercial premises comes from the fact that current interest in community assets and place-making gives photographs of individual businesses added significance when premises close, rebrand or are converted to new uses. Additional high-relevance terminology includes licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, and licensed trade.
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,signage,sign,Dublin,pub,bar Dublin,inside,interior,red neon sign,Irish,music,nightlife,vintage,Ireland,bar interior Dublin,cultural,Dublin pubs,is,was,pubs,bars,2000,Twenty-First,Harry Street,city centre,bar,nightlife Ireland,artificial lighting interior,evening bar atmosphere,warm red lighting,urban culture Dublin,iconic,Dublin pub,and,arts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAWR2 - A vivid red neon sign displaying the phrase Twenty First Century's Yesterday mounted on an exposed brick wall inside Bruxelles, a long-established bar on Harry Street in Dublin city centre. The sign glows under warm artificial lighting, creating a distinctive evening atmosphere typical of Dublin's nightlife and pub culture.
The image is taken indoors, with no natural daylight visible, suggesting night-time or late-evening trading hours. The saturated red neon contrasts strongly with the dark brick background, giving the scene a retro, slightly underground aesthetic associated with music, arts and alternative culture in the city.
Bruxelles is widely recognised as a cultural meeting place in Dublin, frequented by musicians, artists and writers over many decades. Interior details such as this neon sign contribute to the venue's character and are often used editorially to illustrate stories about Dublin nightlife, urban culture, hospitality, music scenes and creative spaces in Ireland's capital.
Bruxelles Bar, Harry Street, Dublin 2, Ireland , D02 YT22
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0051,The Voyager,pub,Dublin,customers,drinking,outside,summer,Ireland,red,frontage,gold,hospitality,beer,outdoor,nightlife,tourism,socialising,licensed,premises,Irish,culture,alcohol,business,seating,employment,city,life,warm
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JFP - The Voyager pub Dublin with customers drinking outside on a warm summer day in Dublin, Ireland. The bright red traditional-style frontage carries large gold THE VOYAGER lettering while customers sit on barrels and outdoor seats and others stand around the entrance. The busy scene provides a strong illustration of Dublin's pub and hospitality culture, particularly the popularity of outdoor socialising during good weather. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of The Voyager, Dublin pubs, Irish drinking culture, hospitality, beer, outdoor drinking, nightlife, summer tourism, city breaks, pub trade, socialising and licensed premises. The vivid red facade and gold lettering create an immediately recognisable pub image while the groups of customers add an authentic everyday atmosphere. It can illustrate stories about pub business, tourism, alcohol consumption, licensing, outdoor seating, hospitality employment and the continuing social role of pubs in Irish city life.
The Voyager, Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0072,Palace Bar Dublin,summer,evening,drinkers,traditional,pub,Dublin,Ireland,customers,street,flowers,Guinness,umbrellas,culture,tourism,nightlife,outdoor,drinking,hospitality,heritage,social,life,Irish,alcohol,visitors,busy,historic,city
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JGW - Palace Bar Dublin with summer evening drinkers outside the traditional pub in Dublin, Ireland. Customers crowd the narrow street beneath hanging flower baskets, Guinness umbrellas and the distinctive Palace Bar signage, creating the lively atmosphere associated with central Dublin's pub culture. The Palace Bar is a long-established traditional Irish pub and is closely associated with the city's literary, journalistic and social history. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Dublin pubs, Irish drinking culture, summer tourism, traditional pubs, Guinness, nightlife, outdoor drinking, hospitality, Temple Bar area tourism, city breaks, pub heritage and social life. The mixture of local and visiting customers gives the street a busy cosmopolitan character, while the historic facade and decorative flowers provide a recognisable Dublin setting. It can illustrate stories about hospitality, tourism pressures, pub trade, alcohol, nightlife and the enduring role of traditional pubs as both social venues and visitor attractions in Ireland's capital.
The Palace Bar, Fleet Street, Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0050,Teeling Whiskey,red,neon,sign,Dublin,Ireland,Irish,whiskey,brand,phoenix,logo,illuminated,distillery,distilling,drinks,spirits,alcohol,pub,bar,tourism,heritage,nightlife,branding,marketing,premium,exports,commercial,interior,traditional,modern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JP5 - Teeling Whiskey red neon sign in Dublin, Ireland, promoting the Irish whiskey brand with its distinctive phoenix logo. The illuminated sign glows against a dark background, combining the TEELING WHISKEY name with the stylised bird emblem strongly associated with the Dublin distillery. Teeling is part of the revival of whiskey production in the Irish capital and has become a prominent modern Irish drinks brand, linking contemporary distilling with Dublin's long whiskey heritage. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of Irish whiskey, Dublin distilleries, drinks branding, neon signs, alcohol marketing, pubs, bars, tourism, Irish food and drink, distilling heritage, nightlife and branded interiors. The strong red lettering and graphic phoenix make the photograph especially useful as a bold illustrative image for stories about premium spirits, the resurgence of Irish whiskey, drinks exports, tourism experiences and the visual identity used by modern distillers. The simple composition also works well for features on neon signage, bar decoration, brand recognition and the commercial presentation of traditional Irish products to contemporary consumers.
Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,McHugh,bar,bars,pub,pubs,established,est,outside,exterior,history,heritage,Irish,outdoor,seating,city,drinkers,drinking,traditional,hospitality,umbrella,Magners,casual drinking,historic,streetscape,urban,leisure,people relaxing,warm weather,scene,licensed premises,tourism,tourists
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ39Y - This image shows the outdoor seating area of McHugh's Bar in Queen's Square, Belfast city centre. Established in 1711, McHugh's is widely regarded as the oldest pub in Belfast and remains a popular meeting place for locals, office workers, and visitors. The pub's distinctive green-painted frontage is decorated with hanging flower baskets, reinforcing its traditional Irish pub character.
The photograph was taken in bright summer conditions, with strong sunlight and leafy shadows falling across the pavement. Patrons are seated at outdoor tables beneath branded Magners umbrellas, while others stand and chat nearby, creating a relaxed and sociable atmosphere typical of warm-weather drinking in the city centre.
The surrounding streetscape combines historic buildings with modern urban life, reflecting Belfast's layered architectural and cultural history. McHugh's long-established presence at Queen's Square places it close to major landmarks such as the Albert Memorial Clock and the waterfront area, making it a familiar and well-photographed feature of the city.
The image captures everyday pub culture in Belfast, blending historic continuity with contemporary social life, and highlighting the enduring role of traditional bars as informal public spaces within Northern Ireland's capital.
McHugh's Bar, Queen's Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT1 3FG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,signs,sign,humorous,pub,bar,pubs,bars,chalkboard,pavement,signage,marketing,humour,sarcastic,city,street sign,irony,promising,hospitality,sandwich board sign,chalk lettering,handwritten sign,street humour UK,warning,Irish,Ireland,novelty sign,social commentary,visible text sign,fun,funny
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3B7 - This image shows a chalkboard A-frame sign placed on a pedestrian pavement outside a bar, using humour and irony to attract attention. The sign initially advertises Free cocktails and topless bartenders in bold handwritten lettering, before undercutting the claim with the phrase false advertising at the bottom. The joke relies on deliberate misdirection, a familiar style of British pub and bar humour designed to stop passers-by and provoke a smile.
The sign is painted in contrasting white chalk on a dark background and framed by a turquoise-painted wooden A-board, giving it a casual, informal appearance typical of independent bars and pubs. The surrounding pavement and shopfronts suggest a busy urban street, likely in a town or city centre with foot traffic and nightlife activity.
Such novelty signage is commonly used as a low-cost marketing tactic within the hospitality sector, blending comedy, irony, and street-level advertising to engage potential customers. The image captures a light-hearted moment of everyday urban culture, reflecting how humour is often used in public spaces to cut through advertising fatigue and create a sense of personality for bars and pubs.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,NI,Northern Ireland,Irish,Ireland,UK,BT48,history,heritage,NE,North East,BT48 6HF,Guinness,ornate,alcohol,drinking,drinks,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Electric Bar,Michael Tracy,building,front,frontage,entrance,door,doorway,The Cruel Sea,by,Nicholas Montserrat,old,boozer,St Patricks Day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXBD - Right at the foot of Waterloo Street stands Michael Tracy's Bar, formerly known as The Electric Bar.
Dating back to 1874, it took its more Promethean title from the first electricity-operating generating station which was set across the street in the Diamond.
Later it became the property of Michael Tracy and his more prosaic letters replaced the dramatic Electric legend.
This pub has always been the favourite of Merchant Navy men and it is mentioned in the famous best-selling novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Montserrat, which was made into a very successful film starring Jack Hawkins, because during the Second World War, it was a popular haunt for seamen of all nationalities.
There are a number of interesting large framed photos of old Derry around the walls of the bar, and an unusual attraction in this friendly city is that the publican is a woman and an attractive one at that!
From https://www.beerbore.com/oldpubs/pon/17-tracys-bar/
48 Waterloo Pl, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48 6HF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,L2,Merseyside,Irish,Bar,pub,American,tourism,tourist,tourists,music,entertainment,spirits,beers,drinking,at,in,US,bands,St Patricks day,craft,beer,ale,USA,American Irish,American-Irish,Irish American,bar,bars,pubs,venue,brand,branding,St Patricks Day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JHXP - . This location-specific image from 25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA in 2023 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Scruffy Murphy's Irish American Bar, 25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA. A broader reading of the photograph includes archival record, community identity, public realm, community remembrance, regional identity, community parade, St Patrick's Day tradition, contemporary social history, public commemoration, Irish social history, historical comparison, Irish cultural identity, place identity, and local history. For current editorial use, cultural celebration and tourism provide additional context, especially through the role of annual parades in maintaining community identity. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within 25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The wider setting retains connections with Irish-British history, period detail, changing streetscape, Irish diaspora, civic procession, changing land use, local character, and Irish heritage. The combination of Irish, Liverpool, Merseyside, Scruffy, and Murphy's anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is cultural celebration and how Irish cultural events connect migration history with contemporary civic life in a form that can be compared with future views of 25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA. The record includes details of everyday use for later comparison.
25 Harrington St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 9QA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pub,bar,36 Charles St,England,UK,M1 7DB,tavern,36,Ale,real,historic,history,landmark,Irish,Scottish,grade II,building,Lass-O-Gowrie,poem,corner,story,old,door,doorway,iconic,boozer,classic,pubs,bars,description,tiles,tile,gold,lettering,sign,name,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69C9K - Sitting sweetly on the bank of the River Medlock, just up the road from Oxford Road, the Lass O' Gowrie is an ancient and venerable Irish (but originally Scottish) pub and Manchester landmark, appearing on maps as early as 1844, back when it stood next to the Garratt Cotton Mill. Back then it was surrounded by hardcore slums which are now modern housing for a modern Manchester.
Complete with original tilework and fittings, the Lass sees a cheerful and diverse crowd on Fridays and Saturdays. It's very popular for post-work drinks or as a staging post on your way to Canal Street or the Northern Quarter.
One of the Lass O' Gowrie's unique features is its balcony-based smoking area, built out over the river below (and well-secured with high walls, so don't worry about stumbling). There's something very special about this particular slice of the city, with the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel off to the north, the opposite balcony of Joshua Brooks just to your east, and the pleasant sounds of the River Medlock filling the evening.
What's on the tap? Well, first and foremost the answer is Guinness, and that's what we recommend to be in keeping with the theme. But you should also check out the various craft beers on the list, like Tollgate Brewery's Belmorado pale ale. Guest beers circulate through the tap month by month, so there's always something new to try. The Lass O' Gowrie can also offer a selection of jolly bar snacks for all you pork scratching aficionados out there.
Listing NGR: SJ8431397523 - As it's surrounded by exciting developments like Circle Square, the Lass O' Gowrie caters to a diverse crowd of students, professionals, and tourists, so whoever you are, you're bound to find a warm welcome in the pub's surprisingly large interior.
36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pub,bar,36 Charles St,England,UK,M1 7DB,tavern,36,Ale,real,historic,history,landmark,Irish,Scottish,grade II,building,Lass-O-Gowrie,name,mosaic,tile,tiles,tiled,new tiling,new,refit,pub sign,pubs,bars,letters,words,design,sign,signage,interior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69C9T - Sitting sweetly on the bank of the River Medlock, just up the road from Oxford Road, the Lass O' Gowrie is an ancient and venerable Irish (but originally Scottish) pub and Manchester landmark, appearing on maps as early as 1844, back when it stood next to the Garratt Cotton Mill. Back then it was surrounded by hardcore slums which are now modern housing for a modern Manchester.
Complete with original tilework and fittings, the Lass sees a cheerful and diverse crowd on Fridays and Saturdays. It's very popular for post-work drinks or as a staging post on your way to Canal Street or the Northern Quarter.
One of the Lass O' Gowrie's unique features is its balcony-based smoking area, built out over the river below (and well-secured with high walls, so don't worry about stumbling). There's something very special about this particular slice of the city, with the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel off to the north, the opposite balcony of Joshua Brooks just to your east, and the pleasant sounds of the River Medlock filling the evening.
What's on the tap? Well, first and foremost the answer is Guinness, and that's what we recommend to be in keeping with the theme. But you should also check out the various craft beers on the list, like Tollgate Brewery's Belmorado pale ale. Guest beers circulate through the tap month by month, so there's always something new to try. The Lass O' Gowrie can also offer a selection of jolly bar snacks for all you pork scratching aficionados out there.
Listing NGR: SJ8431397523 - As it's surrounded by exciting developments like Circle Square, the Lass O' Gowrie caters to a diverse crowd of students, professionals, and tourists, so whoever you are, you're bound to find a warm welcome in the pub's surprisingly large interior.
36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pub,bar,36 Charles St,England,UK,M1 7DB,tavern,36,Ale,real,historic,history,landmark,Irish,Scottish,grade II,building,Lass-O-Gowrie,Ales and Stout,tiles,tiled,exterior,outside,ales,stout,dusk,at,evening,classic,stouts,ale,windows,night,hotpix.org.uk,Campaign for Real Ale,CAMRA
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CA3 - Sitting sweetly on the bank of the River Medlock, just up the road from Oxford Road, the Lass O' Gowrie is an ancient and venerable Irish (but originally Scottish) pub and Manchester landmark, appearing on maps as early as 1844, back when it stood next to the Garratt Cotton Mill. Back then it was surrounded by hardcore slums which are now modern housing for a modern Manchester.
Complete with original tilework and fittings, the Lass sees a cheerful and diverse crowd on Fridays and Saturdays. It's very popular for post-work drinks or as a staging post on your way to Canal Street or the Northern Quarter.
One of the Lass O' Gowrie's unique features is its balcony-based smoking area, built out over the river below (and well-secured with high walls, so don't worry about stumbling). There's something very special about this particular slice of the city, with the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel off to the north, the opposite balcony of Joshua Brooks just to your east, and the pleasant sounds of the River Medlock filling the evening.
What's on the tap? Well, first and foremost the answer is Guinness, and that's what we recommend to be in keeping with the theme. But you should also check out the various craft beers on the list, like Tollgate Brewery's Belmorado pale ale. Guest beers circulate through the tap month by month, so there's always something new to try. The Lass O' Gowrie can also offer a selection of jolly bar snacks for all you pork scratching aficionados out there.
Listing NGR: SJ8431397523 - As it's surrounded by exciting developments like Circle Square, the Lass O' Gowrie caters to a diverse crowd of students, professionals, and tourists, so whoever you are, you're bound to find a warm welcome in the pub's surprisingly large interior.
36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,M1,ales,ale,stout,tile,tiles,building,on side of Lass oGowie,pub,bar,on,side,of,listed,CAMRA,award winning,Black and White,dusk,evening,night,sign,signage,traditional,Victorian,Ales and Stout,exterior,outside,Lass-O-Gowrie,grade II,tiled,history,landmark,Irish,Scottish,historic,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GC3P - Sitting sweetly on the bank of the River Medlock, just up the road from Oxford Road, the Lass O' Gowrie is an ancient and venerable Irish (but originally Scottish) pub and Manchester landmark, appearing on maps as early as 1844, back when it stood next to the Garratt Cotton Mill. Back then it was surrounded by hardcore slums which are now modern housing for a modern Manchester.
Complete with original tilework and fittings, the Lass sees a cheerful and diverse crowd on Fridays and Saturdays. It's very popular for post-work drinks or as a staging post on your way to Canal Street or the Northern Quarter.
One of the Lass O' Gowrie's unique features is its balcony-based smoking area, built out over the river below (and well-secured with high walls, so don't worry about stumbling). There's something very special about this particular slice of the city, with the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel off to the north, the opposite balcony of Joshua Brooks just to your east, and the pleasant sounds of the River Medlock filling the evening.
What's on the tap? Well, first and foremost the answer is Guinness, and that's what we recommend to be in keeping with the theme. But you should also check out the various craft beers on the list, like Tollgate Brewery's Belmorado pale ale. Guest beers circulate through the tap month by month, so there's always something new to try. The Lass O' Gowrie can also offer a selection of jolly bar snacks for all you pork scratching aficionados out there.
Listing NGR: SJ8431397523 - As it's surrounded by exciting developments like Circle Square, the Lass O' Gowrie caters to a diverse crowd of students, professionals, and tourists, so whoever you are, you're bound to find a warm welcome in the pub's surprisingly large interior.
36 Charles St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 7DB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JFB - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Up the Dubs, Five in a row, poster on Gynns, Wellington bar, 100 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 V6X5. The setting additionally reflects public-house heritage, changing streetscape, social history, period detail, place identity, regional identity, public realm, visual archive, local character, night-time economy, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, everyday life, and hospitality economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with pub closures, staffing pressure and the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after new ownership. The subject also sits alongside local social venue, traditional ale house, community drinking venue, community identity, archival record, local history, licensed hospitality, and documentary photography. Details involving poster, Dublin, Wellington, Upper, and Dorset make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to business rates and how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs when considered against later change at the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of consumer spending and how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,pub,inn,tavern,47-48 Temple Bar,Dublin 2,D02 N725,legendary,venue,tourist,tourism,beer,garden,premises,icon,drinking,history,boozer,Est1840,trade mark,authentic,Irish,cultural,heritage,Dubliner,Dubliners,Whiskey,range,red,flag,flags,Irish Whiskey,live music daily,Guinness,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JTN - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JTT - . This scene at Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Irish Whiskey liquor red neon sign, in Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The subject also carries associations with retail property, licensed trade, period detail, public-house heritage, local enterprise, consumer retail, hospitality economy, public realm, visitor hospitality, regional identity, brand display, food-and-drink business, local history, and contemporary social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into pub closures and staffing pressure, not least because of how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. Today's relevance is strengthened by footfall, commercial rents and the continuing question of the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Dublin, Eire, Ireland, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include independent retail, archival record, traditional ale house, historic hostelry, everyday life, small-business culture, bricks-and-mortar business, and commercial frontage. The combination of Ireland, Dublin, Whiskey, Irish, and liquor anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Dublin, Eire, Ireland matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy in a form that can be compared with future views of Dublin, Eire, Ireland. Another useful connection is business rates and the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres within the real-world context of Dublin, Eire, Ireland.
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JTY - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84JW7 - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K28 - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K29 - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K2D - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K2G - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K2K - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K2T - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K2W - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K6W - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KA2 - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNN6 - Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 “ 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Gogarty was born 17 August 1878 in Rutland Square, Dublin, the eldest child of Henry Gogarty, a well-to-do Dublin physician, and Margaret Gogarty (née Oliver), the daughter of a Galway mill owner. Three siblings (Henry, Mary, and Richard) were born later. Gogarty's father, himself the son of a medical doctor, had been educated at Trinity College and owned two fashionable homes in Dublin, which set the Gogartys apart from other Irish Catholic families at that time and allowed them access to the same social circles as the Protestant Ascendancy
As one of Dublin's medicos, Gogarty was known to be fond of public pranks and midnight carousing in the Kips, Dublin's red-light district. He had a talent for humorous and bawdy verse, which quickly made the rounds through the city, and sometimes composed mnemonic lyrics to aid his medical studies. He also enjoyed a highly successful cycling career before being banned from the tracks in 1901 for bad language, and between 1898 and 1901 he rescued at least four people from drowning. He became interested in Irish nationalism after meeting Arthur Griffith in 1899, and contributed propaganda pieces to The United Irishman over subsequent years
As a Sinn Féiner during the Irish War of Independence, Gogarty participated in a variety of anti-Black and Tan schemes, allowing his home to be used as a safe house and transporting disguised IRA volunteers in his car. Following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Gogarty sided with the pro-Treaty government (headed by his close friend Arthur Griffith) and was made a Free State Senator. When Griffith fell ill during the summer of 1922, Gogarty frequently attended his bedside. His death on 12 August 1922 had a profound effect on Gogarty
18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNTG - . An on-location photograph from 18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38 in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Oliver St. John Gogartys bar, James Joyce statue,in the Heart of Temple Bar, Dublin, Eire, Ireland - 18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38. The subject also carries associations with period detail, night-time economy, local social venue, fruit-topped cereal, documentary photography, public realm, licensed trade, community identity, food-and-drink business, everyday nutrition, fresh fruit breakfast, archival record, historic hostelry, and place identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with consumer spending, hospitality costs and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy. The modern context includes continuing discussion of food prices, dietary fibre and the effect of food prices on healthier choices. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38 may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects hospitality economy, balanced breakfast, historical comparison, local character, community drinking venue, regional identity, nutrient-rich breakfast, and social history. Elements such as statue, Ireland, Heart, Joyce, and 18-21 add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes consumer spending and the survival of local pubs as social meeting places within the specific setting of 18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38.
18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,pub,flags,music,traditional,Temple Bar,heart,of,sessions,Dublins Cultural Quarter,food,restaurant,Anglesea Street,poet,author,otolaryngologist,athlete,politician,Sinn Féiner,craic,Dublins,bars,pubs,ornate,watering holes,boozer,boozers,attraction,attractions,tourism,problem,problems,ASB,antisocial behaviour,trouble
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNW0 - Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 “ 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Gogarty was born 17 August 1878 in Rutland Square, Dublin, the eldest child of Henry Gogarty, a well-to-do Dublin physician, and Margaret Gogarty (née Oliver), the daughter of a Galway mill owner. Three siblings (Henry, Mary, and Richard) were born later. Gogarty's father, himself the son of a medical doctor, had been educated at Trinity College and owned two fashionable homes in Dublin, which set the Gogartys apart from other Irish Catholic families at that time and allowed them access to the same social circles as the Protestant Ascendancy
As one of Dublin's medicos, Gogarty was known to be fond of public pranks and midnight carousing in the Kips, Dublin's red-light district. He had a talent for humorous and bawdy verse, which quickly made the rounds through the city, and sometimes composed mnemonic lyrics to aid his medical studies. He also enjoyed a highly successful cycling career before being banned from the tracks in 1901 for bad language, and between 1898 and 1901 he rescued at least four people from drowning. He became interested in Irish nationalism after meeting Arthur Griffith in 1899, and contributed propaganda pieces to The United Irishman over subsequent years
As a Sinn Féiner during the Irish War of Independence, Gogarty participated in a variety of anti-Black and Tan schemes, allowing his home to be used as a safe house and transporting disguised IRA volunteers in his car. Following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Gogarty sided with the pro-Treaty government (headed by his close friend Arthur Griffith) and was made a Free State Senator. When Griffith fell ill during the summer of 1922, Gogarty frequently attended his bedside. His death on 12 August 1922 had a profound effect on Gogarty
18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,bar,pub,drinking,Inn,tavern,The,24,25,24 - 25,flowers,tourist,attraction,pints,Guinness,alcohol,social,beer,ale,craic,Dub,district,public house,entertainment,live,street,St Patricks Day,Dublins,bars,pubs,ornate,watering holes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNW6 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2019, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on The Auld Dubliner bar, 24 - 25 Temple Bar District, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The frame also records themes of fruit-topped cereal, period detail, archival record, licensed hospitality, changing streetscape, visitor hospitality, hospitality economy, public realm, breakfast nutrition, traditional ale house, healthy breakfast, licensed trade, local history, and community drinking venue. Today's relevance is strengthened by food inflation, staffing pressure and the continuing question of how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. From a 2025-onward perspective, healthy eating and nutrition are closely linked to this subject, alongside the continuing debate over what constitutes a healthy everyday breakfast. Small period details of local activity and public use at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The location also brings in local social venue, traditional pub, public-house heritage, community identity, everyday nutrition, nutrient-rich breakfast, morning meal, and pub interior heritage. Elements such as Temple, Dublin, District, Dubliner, and Ireland add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of food inflation and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy within the real-world context of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is cost of living and how fruit and whole grains fit dietary guidance around fibre and micronutrients within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,pub,flags,music,traditional,Temple Bar,heart,of,sessions,Dublins Cultural Quarter,food,restaurant,Anglesea Street,poet,author,otolaryngologist,athlete,politician,Sinn Féiner,craic,Dublins,bars,pubs,ornate,watering holes,boozer,boozers,attraction,attractions,tourism,problem,problems,ASB,antisocial behaviour,trouble
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BNXE - Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 “ 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Gogarty was born 17 August 1878 in Rutland Square, Dublin, the eldest child of Henry Gogarty, a well-to-do Dublin physician, and Margaret Gogarty (née Oliver), the daughter of a Galway mill owner. Three siblings (Henry, Mary, and Richard) were born later. Gogarty's father, himself the son of a medical doctor, had been educated at Trinity College and owned two fashionable homes in Dublin, which set the Gogartys apart from other Irish Catholic families at that time and allowed them access to the same social circles as the Protestant Ascendancy
As one of Dublin's medicos, Gogarty was known to be fond of public pranks and midnight carousing in the Kips, Dublin's red-light district. He had a talent for humorous and bawdy verse, which quickly made the rounds through the city, and sometimes composed mnemonic lyrics to aid his medical studies. He also enjoyed a highly successful cycling career before being banned from the tracks in 1901 for bad language, and between 1898 and 1901 he rescued at least four people from drowning. He became interested in Irish nationalism after meeting Arthur Griffith in 1899, and contributed propaganda pieces to The United Irishman over subsequent years
As a Sinn Féiner during the Irish War of Independence, Gogarty participated in a variety of anti-Black and Tan schemes, allowing his home to be used as a safe house and transporting disguised IRA volunteers in his car. Following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Gogarty sided with the pro-Treaty government (headed by his close friend Arthur Griffith) and was made a Free State Senator. When Griffith fell ill during the summer of 1922, Gogarty frequently attended his bedside. His death on 12 August 1922 had a profound effect on Gogarty
18-21 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX38
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,café,cafes,bar,pub,Rock n roll,themed,chain,RockNroll,music,hardrockcafe,hardrockcafe.com,AllisOne,All Is One,HRC,multinational,of,theme,restaurants,memorabilia,shop,shops,store,restaurant,Seminole Tribe of Florida,branch,brand,branding,branded,Dublins,attraction,tourist,tourism,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BP0B - Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a British-based multinational chain of theme restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in Orlando, Florida, until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to Davie, Florida. As of July 2018, Hard Rock International has venues in 74 countries, including 172 cafes, 37 hotels, and 4 casinos.
On June 10, 2021, Hard Rock announced Lionel Messi as its Hard Rock brand ambassador as the company celebrated its 50th anniversary
The first Hard Rock Cafe opened on June 14, 1971, at 150 Old Park Lane, Hyde Park, Mayfair, London, under the ownership of two Americans, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton. Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor, but it later started to display memorabilia. In 1978, a second location was opened in Toronto, Canada
12 Fleet St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 NW56, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,Irish,café,cafes,bar,pub,Rock n roll,themed,chain,RockNroll,music,hardrockcafe,hardrockcafe.com,AllisOne,All Is One,HRC,multinational,of,theme,restaurants,memorabilia,shop,shops,store,restaurant,Seminole Tribe of Florida,branch,brand,branding,branded,Dublins,attraction,tourist,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8BP0F - Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a British-based multinational chain of theme restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in Orlando, Florida, until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to Davie, Florida. As of July 2018, Hard Rock International has venues in 74 countries, including 172 cafes, 37 hotels, and 4 casinos.
On June 10, 2021, Hard Rock announced Lionel Messi as its Hard Rock brand ambassador as the company celebrated its 50th anniversary
The first Hard Rock Cafe opened on June 14, 1971, at 150 Old Park Lane, Hyde Park, Mayfair, London, under the ownership of two Americans, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton. Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor, but it later started to display memorabilia. In 1978, a second location was opened in Toronto, Canada
12 Fleet St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 NW56, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,inside,ornate,of,the,42,city,centre,D01 R260,mirrors,carved,history,den,boozer,altar,columns,Irish,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Victorian,barman,barmen,server,servers,lamps,lamp,port,ports,St Patricks Day,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG401T - . This authentic period view of 42 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 R260, Eire, Ireland in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Victorian Interior of the Gin Palace, 42 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 R260, Eire, Ireland. The image also relates to regional identity, heritage landmark, hospitality economy, traditional ale house, historic hostelry, archival record, everyday life, historic streetscape, architectural detailing, local character, conservation architecture, architectural character, historic townscape, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with embodied carbon, planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of changing drinking habits, staffing pressure and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy. As a dated visual record of 42 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 R260, Eire, Ireland, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, changing streetscape, conservation interest, public realm, urban fabric, built heritage, before-and-after reference, and traditional pub. Elements such as Abbey, Middle, Palace, Interior, and Victorian add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 42 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 R260, Eire, Ireland may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. It also preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
42 Middle Abbey St, North City, Dublin, D01 R260, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 8HR,L3,bar,pub,original,Irish,broken,derelict,with,historic,Tetleys Bitter,neon,sign,Tetleys,old,dilapidated,pubs,bars,tired,decayed,decaying,Victorian,history,the,beer,beers,wines,wine,spirits,Tetley,Tetley Walker,high street,high streets,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475F6 - . Made at 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR in 2019, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Paddys Bar, 31 London Rd, Liverpool L3 8HR - Original Irish Bar with historic Tetleys Bitter neon sign. The surrounding context encompasses Irish community culture, licensed trade, Irish-British history, visitor hospitality, Irish heritage, licensed hospitality, night-time economy, community drinking venue, everyday life, documentary photography, public commemoration, period detail, regional identity, and real-ale culture. The wider contemporary story combines cultural celebration, migration and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing drinking habits, energy costs and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Future viewers can use this scene from 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with community identity, social history, Irish social history, local history, before-and-after reference, hospitality economy, diaspora celebration, and community remembrance. Elements such as Irish, Bitter, Original, Liverpool, and Paddys add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes period character before later change alters the scene. It also preserves a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 8HR,L3,bar,pub,original,Irish,broken,derelict,with,historic,Tetleys Bitter,neon,sign,Tetleys,old,dilapidated,pubs,bars,tired,decayed,decaying,Victorian,history,the,beer,beers,wines,wine,spirits,Tetley,Tetley Walker,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475FA - . An identifiable period record of 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR in 2019, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Paddys Bar, 31 London Rd, Liverpool L3 8HR - Original Irish Bar with historic Tetleys Bitter neon sign. A broader reading of the photograph includes beer-led hospitality, St Patrick's Day tradition, social history, local social venue, Irish-British history, night-time economy, Irish diaspora, community identity, real-ale culture, visual archive, community remembrance, civic procession, community parade, and cask-beer tradition. Today's relevance is strengthened by cultural celebration, public remembrance and the continuing question of how diaspora communities sustain national traditions in British towns. From a 2025-onward perspective, changing drinking habits and energy costs are closely linked to this subject, alongside the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with changing land use, everyday life, Irish heritage, archival record, hospitality economy, community drinking venue, visitor hospitality, and place identity. Elements such as Liverpool, Bitter, Irish, historic, and Tetleys add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves part of the area's social history for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M475FA.
31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,Amelia,wines,brandies,whiskies,beers,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYMC - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Bayardo,memorial,UFF,Unionist,mural,off,rd,Road,West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK,Ireland,fighter,fighting,murder,pub,pubs,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,Unionist,unionism,Protestant,community,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,UVF,DUP,British,GB,Empire,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Belfast protestant community,Peoples army
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDWRXP - . An on-location photograph from Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Bayardo Bar mural, off Shankill Road West Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK. The subject also carries associations with graffiti heritage, urban artwork, community identity, urban graphics, public realm, public art, changing streetscape, public monument, memorial stone, local character, archival record, documentary photography, historic commemoration, and before-and-after reference. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and genealogy, not least because of the value of memorials for genealogy and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, public art and the continuing question of the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include stencil art, local remembrance, contemporary social history, creative placemaking, historical comparison, contemporary mural, mortality symbolism, and street-level design. Elements such as Shankill, Belfast, mural, Bayardo, and Northern add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and the value of memorials for genealogy and local history without losing the local specificity of Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK. The scene captures evidence of changing use for future local research.
Shankill Road, West Belfast, NI, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8211476514 - 'View this whole set of cities here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Temple Bar (in Irish: Barra an Teampaill) is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is promoted as 'Dublin's cultural quarter' and has a lively night life that is popular with tourists. Temple Bar is in the postcode Dublin 2 (D2), and has an estimated population of 3,000.
The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It probably got its name from the Temple family, who lived in the area in the 17th century
Sir William Temple, provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1609, had his house and gardens here. However it got its name, the earliest historical reference to the name Temple Bar is on a 1673 map.
Fishamble Street in Temple Bar was the location of the first performance of Handel's Messiah on 13 April 1742. An annual performance of the Messiah is held on the same date at the same location. The republican revolutionary group, the Society of the United Irishmen, was formed at a meeting in a tavern in Eustace Street in 1791.
During the 19th century, the area slowly declined in popularity, and in the 20th century, it suffered from urban decay, with many derelict buildings. Its unfashionability probably saved it from Dublin's property developers, who destroyed much of the city's historic architecture during the 1960s.
In the 1980s, the state-owned transport company C\u00f3ras Iompair \u00c9ireann proposed to buy-up and demolish property in the area and build a bus terminus in its place. While this was in the planning stages, the purchased buildings were let out at low rents, which attracted small shops, artists and galleries to the area.
Protests by An Taisce, residents and traders led to the cancellation of the bus station project, and the Taoiseach Charles Haughey was responsible for securing funding, and, in 1991, the government set up a not-for-profit company called Temple Bar Properties to oversee the regeneration of the area as Dublin's cultural quarter.
In 1999, 'Stag Parties' and 'Hen Nights' were supposedly banned (or discouraged) from Temple Bar, mainly due to drunken loutish behaviour, although this seems to have lapsed. However, noise and anti-social behaviour usually fuelled. by excessive alcohol consumption remain a problem at night
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: and,Guinness,Is,Sign,Extra Stout,extra,stout,beer,brewed,ale,black,frame,pub,pubs,bar,bars,republic,of,Ireland,Northern Ireland,ad,advertisement,advertising,drinking,abuse,alcohol,Irish,old,ABV,slogan,saying,Dublin,brand,St James Gate,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,pubs,bars,of,London,classic,tourist,attraction,travel,vacation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish dry stout,Arthur Guinness,Beer Brand,Pubs Of London,must see
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9E - Guinness is an Irish dry stout produced by Diageo that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness (1725“1803) at St. James's Gate, Dublin. Guinness is one of the most successful beer brands worldwide. It is brewed in almost 50 countries and is available in over 120. Annual sales total 850 million litres (1.5 billion Imperial or 1.8 billion US pints).
A feature of the product is the burnt flavour that is derived from roasted unmalted barley, although this is a relatively modern development, not becoming part of the grist until the mid-20th century. For many years a portion of aged brew was blended with freshly brewed beer to give a sharp lactic flavour. Although the Guinness palate still features a characteristic tang, the company has refused to confirm whether this type of blending still occurs. The draught beer's thick, creamy head comes from mixing the beer with nitrogen and carbon dioxide when poured. It is popular with the Irish both in Ireland and abroad, and, in spite of a decline in consumption since 2001, is still the best-selling alcoholic drink in Ireland where Guinness & Co. makes almost €2 billion annually.
The company moved its headquarters to London at the beginning of the Anglo-Irish Trade War in 1932. In 1997, it merged with Grand Metropolitan to form the multinational alcoholic drinks producer Diageo.
Ireland
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Keywords: Findlater Old Irish Whiskey,Metal Sign,Whisky,Northern Ireland,UK,history,historic,AI,Alex,Dublin,Trademark,Rathmines,Blackrock,Kingstown,Kings,Town,Duke of York,duke,of,york,pub,bar,spirit,alcohol,rust,rusting,abuse,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Quarter,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9N - . Photographed at Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2011, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is A1 Findlater Old irish Whiskey Metal Sign, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK. Further facets of the scene include roadside information, public information signage, instructional sign, regional identity, archival record, transport stop marker, local character, local information board, place identity, local history, before-and-after reference, wayfinding marker, changing land use, and historical comparison. From a 2025-onward perspective, clear communication and maintenance are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. As a dated visual record of Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, the frame retains commercial use and occupation, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside documentary photography, community noticeboard, everyday life, visual archive, contemporary social history, orientation signage, community identity, and changing streetscape. Elements such as Ireland, Whiskey, irish, Northern, and Findlater add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for clear communication and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments within the specific setting of Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. The view records details of everyday use for later comparison. Image HE7M9N also remains a dated record of Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18AW - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,looking,down,Robnson,streetview,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18B2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE18F4 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MAT - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,mirror,bonders,of,old,high,class,whiskies,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MB4 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,bar,bars,pub,pubs,eyesore,eye,sore,decrepitude,shabby,ruin,run,down,decay,collapse,purple,red,orange,up,boarded up,boardedup,building,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7ME1 - . Recorded at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Belfast Garfield St Owl City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. The wider scene also brings together local character, street creativity, public art, historical comparison, documentary photography, temporary artwork, public realm, street-level design, community art, stencil art, public-realm art, visual street culture, before-and-after reference, and creative placemaking. Current relevance extends to creative districts and graffiti policy, particularly through the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity. As a dated visual record of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, social history, regional identity, mural culture, changing streetscape, everyday life, changing land use, and archival record. Details involving Garfield, Ireland, Centre, Belfast, and Northern make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is creative districts and the role of murals and stencils in giving creative districts a distinctive identity when considered against later change at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. The frame retains part of the area's social history for later comparison. Image HE7ME1 also remains a dated record of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Belfast Garfield Street,Garfield Street,streets,City Centre,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,bar,bars,pub,pubs,eye,sore,decrepitude,shabby,ruin,decayed,run,down,rundown,decay,collapse,building,boarded,up,boarded up,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,graffiti,grafitti,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,grafiti,paint,painting,tag,tagging,tagged,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,Belfast Garfield St,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MER - . This dated editorial view of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK in 2011 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Belfast Garfield St pano City Centre, Northern Ireland, UK. Other connected aspects include historical comparison, public-realm art, social history, archival record, contemporary mural, street-level design, changing streetscape, everyday life, period detail, changing land use, before-and-after reference, urban artwork, street creativity, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of temporary works, regeneration and how regeneration can both promote and displace informal urban art. Future viewers can use this scene from Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with visual street culture, temporary artwork, local history, public art, community identity, regional identity, community art, and urban graphics. Details involving Belfast, Northern, Ireland, Garfield, and Centre make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for temporary works and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture within the real-world context of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK. Another useful connection is local identity and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the specific setting of Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK.
Garfield street,Belfast,County Antrim,Northern Ireland,UK
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MEY - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2011, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The subject captured here is Drinkers in the Famous Crown Bar,Gt Victoria St,Belfast. The frame also records themes of factory bottling line, before-and-after reference, cider-making heritage, drinks packaging, fermented drink production, local character, local history, period detail, place identity, drinks manufacturing, everyday life, community identity, historic beverage advertising, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into packaging and tourism, not least because of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The wider setting retains connections with cider brand history, contemporary social history, beverage production, industrial beverage equipment, visual archive, public realm, bottle-filling machinery, and archival record. References to Drinkers, Victoria, Belfast, Crown, and Famous give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes packaging and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene captures a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,ppl,people,punters,lager,ale,realale,CAMRA,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7MF0 - . An on-location photograph from Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK in 2011, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Drinkers in the Famous Crown Bar,Gt Victoria St,Belfast. Further facets of the scene include bottling technology, orchard-to-bottle industry, bottle-filling machinery, regional identity, industrial beverage equipment, period detail, changing land use, historic beverage advertising, documentary photography, local history, drinks manufacturing, archival record, cider-making heritage, and changing streetscape. For current editorial use, tourism and responsible drinking provide additional context, especially through how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The location also brings in historical comparison, Herefordshire cider tradition, regional drinks industry, factory bottling line, cider brand history, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, and beverage production. Elements such as Belfast, Drinkers, Crown, Famous, and Victoria add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes tourism and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing as part of the longer story of Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider when considered against later change at Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK.
Great Victoria St, Belfast, NI, UK
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Keywords: Great,Street,bars,beer,pub,public,house,interior,exterior,historic,history,gin,palace,Victoriana,Liquor,Saloon,Liquor Saloon,National Trust,great,lounge,famous,Crown Bar,unique,BT2,Felix OHanlon,Tavern,tile,facade,open,sign,vaults,tiles,column,front,Irish Pub,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Irish,British,Ireland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,NI,Northern,Northern Ireland,Belfast,City,Centre,Art,Artists,the,troubles,The Troubles,Good Friday Agreement,Peace,honour,painting,wall,walls,tribute,republicanism,Fight,Justice,West,Beal,feirste,martyrs,social,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,six,counties,6,backdrop,county,Antrim,boozer,Real Ale,Real,Ale,CAMRA,beer,beers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Irish History,Ireland History,Northern Ireland History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB2 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Belfast,Antrim,the,Five,Points,August,Aug,2017,band,pub,club,clubs,pubs,bars,Irish,folk,Whiskey,&,and,Alehouse,BW,Black & White,Black and White,44,Dublin Road,NI,UK,BT2 7HN,BT2,busy,gig,party,Drunken Dullabies,Northern Ireland,St Patricks Day,fiddle,accordion
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM7TEC - Black and white editorial photograph of traditional Irish folk music being performed live by Drunken Dullabies at The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse, 44 Dublin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, in August 2017. The busy interior shows musicians playing on a small pub stage before a close-standing audience, with fiddle, accordion, acoustic guitar and banjo forming the core of the traditional folk arrangement. A large wall sign for The Five Points Whiskey & Alehouse dominates the background while branded Drunken Dullabies banners flank the performers. Audience members crowd around the stage, some holding up mobile phones to photograph or film the performance, creating the intimate atmosphere of a city-centre pub music night. The image records Belfast's strong live-music and pub culture, where traditional Irish and folk material is performed for local drinkers, visitors and tourists in an informal bar setting. The Five Points opened on Dublin Road in 2016 as a venue inspired by Irish heritage and the Five Points district of New York, with a strong emphasis on whiskey, ale and live traditional music. The scene also captures the continuing popularity of acoustic folk performance in Northern Ireland, where fiddles, accordions, banjos and guitars remain strongly associated with pub sessions, ceilidh-style entertainment and Irish cultural identity. Photographed during a lively evening in August 2017, the monochrome treatment emphasises the performers, instruments, signage, crowded room and documentary character of the event. The photograph is suitable for editorial themes including Belfast nightlife, traditional Irish music, folk bands, live entertainment, pub culture, tourism, whiskey bars, acoustic instruments, audience participation, cultural heritage and the social role of music venues in Northern Ireland.
44 Dublin Rd, Belfast, NI, Northern Ireland, UK, BT2 7HN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM625P - Belfast city centre, Northern Ireland, this editorial photograph shows the historic flat-iron Bittles Bar at 70 Upper Church Lane, close to Victoria Square. The narrow red-brick building forms a dramatic wedge-shaped corner, with curved brickwork, arched windows, decorative banding, hanging baskets, pavement tables, beer barrels and Bittles Bar signage at street level. The image was taken in bright daylight with blue sky and broken cloud, giving clear detail of the Victorian architecture and pub frontage. Bittles Bar is widely noted as one of Belfast's most distinctive pubs because of its flat-iron shape, created by the tight urban plot and meeting of surrounding streets. Discover Northern Ireland describes it as a traditional Victorian bar, founded in 1868 and originally called The Shakespeare, reflecting a theatrical clientele. The building and pub are useful subjects for editorial coverage of Belfast hospitality, historic pubs, city-centre drinking culture, Irish whiskey, Guinness tourism, heritage streetscapes and old commercial buildings in the modern visitor economy. The bar is known for a characterful triangular lounge and an interior decorated with portraits of Irish literary, sporting and political figures, adding cultural interest beyond the exterior. Its location near Victoria Square places it on a natural walking route for visitors exploring central Belfast, Cathedral Quarter, shopping streets, pubs and historic city architecture. For picture buyers, the readable frontage, red brick, flower baskets, barrels, wedge form and bright weather make the image suitable for travel features, pub guides, architectural stories, heritage tourism, beer and whiskey articles, Belfast city-break coverage and general editorial use about Northern Ireland's urban character. The photograph also works as a visual example of how a small historic pub can become a landmark through distinctive shape, local reputation and strong street presence.
70 Upper Church Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT1 4QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JW9K - . Recorded at 77 Seel St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BB in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. At the centre of the view is Pogue Mahone bar, 77 Seel St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BB. The surrounding context encompasses Irish social history, regional identity, documentary photography, changing streetscape, diaspora celebration, Irish heritage, community remembrance, Irish cultural identity, social history, before-and-after reference, traditional ale house, historic hostelry, real-ale culture, and beer-led hospitality. Today's relevance is strengthened by migration, diaspora identity and the continuing question of the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. From a 2025-onward perspective, beer duty and pub closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. As a dated visual record of 77 Seel St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BB, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects archival record, community drinking venue, visual archive, historical comparison, cask-beer tradition, Irish-British history, public commemoration, and licensed trade. The recorded references to Liverpool, Merseyside, Pogue, and Mahone preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 77 Seel St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BB may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
77 Seel St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEGB3 - Opened by Felix O'Hanlon as The Railway Tavern, the pub was then bought by Michael Fanigan. Fanigan's son Patrick renamed and renovated the pub in 1885.
The Crown owes its elaborate tiling, stained glass and woodwork to the Italian craftsmen whom Fanigan persuaded to work on the pub after hours. These craftsmen were brought to Ireland to work on the many new churches being built in Belfast at the time. It was this high standard of work that gave the Crown the reputation of being one of the finest Victorian Gin Palaces of its time.
In 1978, the National Trust, following persuasion by people including Sir John Betjeman, purchased the property and three years later completed a £400,000 renovation to restore the bar to its original Victorian state. Further restoration by the National Trust was done in 2007 at a cost of £500,000. This work is the subject of a BBC Northern Ireland documentary, The Crown Jewel, screened in 2008.
A recognisable landmark of Belfast, the pub has featured as a location in numerous film and television productions, such as David Caffrey's Divorcing Jack (1998) and Carol Reed's classic 1947 film Odd Man Out.
The Crown has been given a Grade A Listed Building status by the Environment and Heritage Service.
46 Great Victoria Street,Belfast,County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK BT2 7BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9M - . This scene at Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK in 2011 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows A1 Findlater Old irish Whiskey Metal Sign, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK. The subject also carries associations with local information board, route marker, transport stop marker, before-and-after reference, visitor guidance, local character, documentary photography, instructional sign, place identity, changing land use, wayfinding marker, community identity, everyday life, and public realm. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, navigation and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity. Future viewers can use this scene from Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes contemporary social history, community noticeboard, visual archive, orientation signage, changing streetscape, regional identity, roadside information, and public information signage. The combination of Whiskey, Belfast, irish, Northern, and Ireland anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects accessibility and the need for accessible information that works without digital technology without losing the local specificity of Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Its period value extends to clear communication and how signs record changing road names, destinations and administrative responsibility in a form that can be compared with future views of Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
Duke of York, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
