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FINNEGANS AND SORRENTO LOUNGE

1,2 AND 3 SORRENTO ROAD AND 5 RAILWAY ROAD, DALKEY, Dublin

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1,2 AND 3 SORRENTO ROAD AND 5 RAILWAY ROAD, DALKEY
County
Dublin
Licence reference
S0303

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Independent reporting and heritage records on this pub, drawn from a curated list of Irish news outlets, Revenue Commissioners, NIAH, and the Dictionary of Irish Architects. Every claim links to its primary source.

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref S0303 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for FINNEGANS AND SORRENTO LOUNGE at 1,2 AND 3 SORRENTO ROAD AND 5 RAILWAY ROAD, DALKEY in CO. DUBLIN with DAN FINNEGAN LIMITED as licensee.[1]

Irish Independent reported that Dan Finnegan opened Finnegan's in Dalkey in 1970 and that Michelle Obama and her daughters were hosted there in 2013.[2]

Sources  (2)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Independent · "Dan Finnegan, U2’s favourite publican and ‘uncrowned king of Dalkey’, leaves €4m in his will" · 2024-09-29

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