To see pubs like McNeill’s opposite Asian supermarkets, alongside charity shops, adult boutiques and hardware shops is to gaze at the pumping heart of Capel Street. It is the perfect place to go with the Sunday paper and enjoy a quiet pint of plain. Located mid-way up the street, J McNeill’s is a beautiful, traditional Dublin pub a local’s favourite and a great place for live trad music. A large open-hearth fire and gold-gilted ceiling are stand out features of a gorgeous interior. Directly opposite is Jack Nealon’s, which has operated as a pub since 1905, and recently re-opened under new management. The brightly coloured bar and accompanying neon sign are iconic for the city’s LGBTQ+ community and it’s a cornerstone of Capel Street. The famous Pantibar, located at the lower end of the street, hosts the biggest street party of the year for Pride each summer. There’s also a lesser amount of Japanese, Chinese and Korean students. Huge numbers of Brazilians, Italians, Spanish and French students attend classes here, many of whom live nearby. At the very top of the street is SEDA College, the English language school. The vast array of nationalities, communities and cultures established here adds to the consuming energy and vibrancy of the street. Slowly but surely, Capel Street has established itself as one of the most multicultural areas of the city. So whether you’re strolling the streets of Dublin’s fair city, or the sidewalks from New York to Dubai, just look for the signature and you know you’re right at home. It’s also the era of Hollywood royalty, and when Liz Taylor & Richard Burton drop into McGettigan’s, the most famous couple in the world enjoy the same warm welcome and authentic experience that has become standard for all patrons of McGettigan’s throughout the years. Against all of this young James (Jim) McGettigan, fresh from seeing the world working the bars in the world famous QE1 ocean liner, James sets up the original James McGettigan’s Bar in the Queen Street, Dublin. Décor is mid century, cocktails are bang in fashion and fashion is all about sharp suits, short skirts and clean lines. Bob Dylan is singing The Times They Are A Changin’ on the radio… and the world is changing. The ultimate guarantee of honesty is to put your signature on it Something James McGettigan has been doing ever since 1964.Īnd that signature received the ultimate recognition, when McGettigans were part of a select few permitted to the bottle their own Guinness, with the bottles bearing the famous Arthur Guinness signature as well as the legend “Bottle by J&B McGettigan.” As the man says, he wrote his name over the door and that name has stood for genuine Irish hospitality ever since. Larger than life characters, synonymous with famous Dublin Pubs, there’s no telling how many immortal lines were inspired in the surrounds of these Dublin bars.Īnd it was around this time that James McGettigan opened the doors at 78 Queen Street. Roll forward to the 50’s and 60’s and it was the era of Behan, Kavanagh and Flann O’Brien. In the early part of the century you couldn’t go into a public house without bumping into one of them (apart from the famously pub shy Yeats). The city of Yeats, Joyce, Synge and O’Casey. McGettigan’s really is a little bit of history on tap.ĭublin in the 20th Century. An original “craft bar” before the modern term was invented, McGettigan’s is a true original & was part of a select group of pubs permitted to bottle its own stout and whiskey by no less than Arthur Guinness and John Jameson. The history of our bar dates way back to 1776 and people have been enjoying the authentic ambience of a “Real” Dublin bar ever since.
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