Kelly O’Malley, one of the co-founders of Drop Dead Twice, has launched a Go Fund Me campaign in order to rebuild and reopen the popular Dublin bar, following last month’s fire. I hope that the campaign is a success.
Five units of Dublin Fire Brigade responded to the fire at Drop Dead Twice on Francis Street on Monday 11th July. The emergency services were alerted by an automatic fire alarm and smoke was also seen coming from the premises at around 4.30am. According to local media and other reports a well-developed fire had taken hold on the ground floor and a full evacuation of an adjoining property was necessary.
Here is a comment that I made in January 2018: ‘This was the Backstage or the Tivoli Backstage but more recently it was renamed Stage 19. Upstairs is [or was] Drop Dead Twice where you bring your own bottles of alcohol to be used by the bar staff to create wonderful cocktails [Euro 20 fee]. I do not visit pubs on a regular basis so I do not know is my description is currently accurate.’
In the past I have referred to the location as Stillorgan Hill rather than The Hill Stillorgan and this attracted some negative comments.
I first photographed this pub back in April 2012 which is more than ten years ago and the area has seen a lot of change since then and a number of large buildings, across the road from the pub, have been demolished making the immediate area somewhat unattractive.
The Stillorgan Orchard is one of the South Dublin’s oldest established pubs and is very popular because of its excellent food and location. Although it is the largest thatched roof pub in Ireland you will be surprised on entering to experience a modern European style cafe look. Spacious seating, lots of natural light and atmosphere. They have great parking facilities, two heated patios and they can cater for private parties and functions.
In June 2019 it was announced that this hundred year old pub (Situated on Mountpleasant Square in Ranelagh) would cease trading immediately. However, it has recently reopened as a Gastro Bar offering Spicy Chicken Wings or Irish Cod and Chips.
At the centre of Ranelagh is “Ranelagh Triangle”, semi-officially “the Angle”, which is the junction of Ranelagh Village and Charleston Road at Field’s Terrace. Nearby restaurant “Tribeca” references these geographical features (i.e., Tri-angle Be-low Ca-nal). To the North of the Triangle is the “Hill Area” of Ranelagh, which was the scene of Lee Dunne’s novel, “Goodbye to the Hill”. Ranelagh contains many fine Victorian streets such as those surrounding Mount Pleasant Square.
According to Google Maps this pub, established in 1866, has ceased trading.
Back in 2016 I came across the following message online: We at The Haven Bar would like to thank all our customers & friends for your understanding while we carry out the necessary works and renovations to the premises .Good news is that renovations are progressing well and we hope to be reopened soon. We would like to thank you all for your support and well wishes. Looking forward to seeing you soon.”
The owner of McCoys John Costello was interviewed by a local newspaper and they indicated that they had the Limerick bar stripped, transported and rebuilt as an authentic Irish bar in Alicante.
Because this street is always clogged with traffic it is difficult to photograph it but this time there was little or no traffic but the rain was very heavy.
Only weeks before my visit Cork’s famous Rock Bar, Fred Zeppelins, reopened its doors on Parliament Street after 102 weeks. Fred Zeppelins, originally Jack Dins, is on a site that has had a pub for over 100 years. There is a bar downstairs with a powerful sound-system. Upstairs is one of Cork’s smallest live music venues Heavy Metal and Hard Rock bands.
Next door there is/was Foottappers, a traditional shoe repairs shop, but it never was in good condition to say the least and I could not when I first saw it, back in May 2011, determine if it is an active business or not … I suspected that it might have been back then. According to Google Foot Tappers is Temporarily closed.
Parliament Bridge was built in 1806 and it is described a single-arch limestone bridge, 1806; with cut limestone balustrade, fine voussoirs and modillion cornice; reconstructed and repaired, 1992. Span is a recorded 65’6”, with an overall width of 44′, having an 8′ path to either side.
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