O'Donoghue's

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Checked November 2026. Pubs change hands, hours change, policies change — always confirm anything that matters, especially the dog policy and kitchen days, directly with the pub before you book. Run this pub? Confirm or correct these details.

A bit of history

The pub's own site says it dates back to 1789, and its history page says it began as a grocery and shebeen, an unlicensed drinking house, before becoming a pub. In 1977 Dessie Hynes, from Longford, took over from Paddy and Maureen O'Donoghue and kept up the music tradition.

Source: The pub's own website, odonoghues.ie (history page)

Stories & legends

• On record: The Dubliners played here in the 1960s, when the pub was a hub of the Irish folk revival, and the pub calls itself their first venue. Source: The pub's own history and press pages; the folk-music link is widely reported, but we haven't checked a dated record of the first gig

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Menu style

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Booking model

Not confirmed — ask when you book the room

Source: The pub's own website describes the bar, the music and the guesthouse and doesn't mention food, so we haven't confirmed whether the kitchen serves meals. — checked November 2026

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