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28 ABBEY STREET, HOWTH, Dublin

Address28 ABBEY STREET, HOWTH
CountyDublin
EircodeD13 E9V4
Licence refN0163
🚬 Smoking area

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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 N0163 as a Publican's Licence (7-Day Ordinary) for THE ABBEY TAVERN at 28 ABBEY STREET, HOWTH in CO. DUBLIN with MAPPAME LIMITED as licensee [1]

The Irish Times reported in 2017 that Frank Scott took over the Abbey Tavern in 1944, Minnie Scott-Lennon took over twelve years later, and James Scott-Lennon took over in 1973 [2]

The same report said the pub hosted music sessions from the early 1960s, starting with jazz before folk became the focus, and that it became the first venue for The Dubliners [2]

The Irish Times reported in 2022 that the Abbey Tavern was offered to the market at a guide price of EUR1.75 million after four generations of Tobin-family operation [3]

Sources  (3)
  1. Revenue Commissioners · Register of Renewed Liquor Licences · 2026-05-08
  2. Irish Times · "Future proof: Richard Tobin of the Abbey Tavern in Howth" · 2017-08-18
  3. Irish Times · "Famed Howth pub beloved by movie stars and royalty seeks EUR1.75m" · 2022-08-31

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