3 Fishamble St, Dublin
Birthplace of the poet
James Clarence Mangan in 1803.
His father
James Mangan
ran a pub there.
The site is still a pub today,
but the old building was demolished around the 1970s.
Location of 3 Fishamble St (blue square) on
1797 map of Dublin.
The poet's father,
James Mangan, grocer, listed at 3 Fishamble St, Dublin, in
[Dublin directory, 1806].
See full size.
Patrick Smith, grocer (Catherine Smith's brother) is listed at 3 Fishamble St in
[Dublin directory, 1814].
Mangan is no longer listed.
[Dublin directory, 1806]
lists
Mangan at 3 Fishamble St,
Smith at 6 Fishamble St.
[Dublin directory, 1814]
lists
Smith at 3 Fishamble St,
Smith at 6 Fishamble St.
Above:
Ordnance Survey of Ireland map.
Date created: 1838.
Date modified: 1847.
From
here
and
here.
Fishamble St is running north to south here.
3 Fishamble St is marked, on E side of street, near junction with Castle St.
Lord Edward St not yet built.
The Smith business passed to McNally,
relatives of Smith
[Walsh, 1988].
Above is 3 Fishamble St in
[Thom's, 1884].
This is the E side of the street, going down towards the river.
Lord Edward Street (1886)
When Lord Edward St opened up in 1886,
the first few houses on E side of Fishamble St were re-numbered as first houses on Lord Edward St.
Red cross shows approximate location after Lord Edward St built.
This is now 3 Lord Edward St.
From
1887 to 1913 map.
This is the site of the Bull and Castle pub today.
Lord Edward St in
[Thom's, 1894].
Healy's pub,
3 and 4 Lord Edward St, is the old Mangan/Smith/McNally establishment
[Walsh, 1988].
Note the valuation figures for rates confirm this exactly
(same figures as nos. 1-4 Fishamble St earlier).
"Birthplace of Mangan" (would be Healy's pub).
From [O'Donoghue, 1897].
Healy's pub has been re-numbered as
5 and 7 Lord Edward St in
[Thom's, 1901].
This is not them moving, since all other properties on street are re-numbered too.
Healy's pub is
5-7 Lord Edward St in
[Thom's, 1958].
After Healy (1960s to 1970s)
-
5-7 Lord Edward St is Tom Farrelly's pub in
[Thom's, 1960].
-
5 Lord Edward St is G.Donohue's pub in
[Thom's, 1962-63].
-
5-7 Lord Edward St is Joseph Cryan, "The Castle Inn" pub, in
[Thom's] 1965 to 1969.
- "The Castle Inn" would be after nearby
Dublin Castle.
-
5-7 Lord Edward St is Harding Boys' Home in
[Thom's, 1971].
-
In [Thom's] 1972 to 1974,
5 and 7 are not listed.
Harding Boys' Home is 6-8 Lord Edward St.
No renumbering has taken place, looking at other properties.
- At some point the old Mangan house was demolished
and a new building constructed.
This was probably in this period (1971 to 1975).
After demolition (1970s to date)
- "The Castle Inn" re-appears at
5-7 Lord Edward St in
[Thom's, 1975-76].
This is
the site of the Mangan premises, but the old house is probably now gone.
This is probably the new building, using the old pub name.
Harding Boys' Home is 6-8 Lord Edward St.
- "The Castle Inn" is at
5-7 Lord Edward St in
[Thom's, 1987]
- [Walsh, 1988]
says The Castle Inn then had a "James Clarence Mangan Lounge".
- As at 1992 it was called the Dublin Castle Inn,
and had a "Clarence Mangan Restaurant".
The pub is now
The Bull and Castle,
5-7 Lord Edward Street.
The above is 2014 shot
from
street view.
This is the site of the Mangan house,
but the old house is vanished.
There was a plaque to Mangan here but it is now apparently gone.
