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HARRY BYRNE Notable

107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER, Dublin

Address107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER
CountyDublin
EircodeD03 KN97
Websiteharrybyrnes.ie
Licence refN0137

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NIAH building record

Built: c.1890 · NIAH rating: Regional

This elegantly-proportioned building makes a strong impression on the streetscape. Elaborate terracotta and moulded and polychrome brick detailing enliven the façade and are testament to the skill and artisanship employed in its construction. It retains its early form and character, making a considerable contribution to the streetscape. First licensed in 1798, it was originally a coaching inn, incorporating stabling and a coach yard, and parts of this original structure may have been absorbed into the current building. The establishment of an independent Irish post office in 1784 led to...

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Revenue's renewed-liquor-licence register lists licence ref N0137 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for HARRY BYRNE at 107 HOWTH ROAD, KILLESTER in DUBLIN CITY with IM LIMITED as licensee.[1] NIAH records Harry Byrnes, 107 Howth Road, Clontarf as a regional-rated public house built c.1900, and its appraisal says the establishment was first licensed in 1798 as a coaching inn with stabling and a coach yard.[2] The Irish Independent reported that a man pleaded guilty to two witness-intimidation counts at Harry Byrnes pub on Howth Road, Clontarf on September 6, 2017.[3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. NIAH · Registry entry, ref. 50030285 · 2014-11-20
  3. Irish Independent · "Thug is jailed over threat to kill sister and her husband" · 2020-05-20

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Local notes

Established

Built between c.1890 and c.1910.

Architecture

This elegantly-proportioned building makes a strong impression on the streetscape. Elaborate terracotta and moulded and polychrome brick detailing enliven the façade and are testament to the skill and artisanship employed in its construction. It retains its early form and character, making a considerable contribution to the streetscape.

Community memory

Memory archive

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Archive trail 3 source leads 3 candidate signals

What survives in the archive

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Remembered room

Characters without exposing private people

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People

Regulars and characters stay anonymised here; the page records atmosphere before identity.

Room feel

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Next pass

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Archive time depth

2003-2007

4 years of archive-metadata distance across 3 dated Boards.ie archive leads.

200320042007

Archive profile

A remembered room, carefully anonymised

Harry Byrne has a multi-source archive trail where the old archive points toward social texture: regulars, habits, roles, atmosphere and remembered room feel. The public page keeps this as anonymous room memory until source review supports more specific storytelling.

Archive strength

Multi-source archive trail

Memory shape

Regulars and room character, cultural references and life events

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Regulars and room character

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Cultural references

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Life events

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Boards.ie archive trace

Pre-2026 Boards.ie discussion leaves a community-memory trail for Harry Byrne, especially around regulars and room character, cultural references and life events. PubHub treats this as an archive signal: useful for memory-page curation, not as verified fact.

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