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By Cristy Sturgess
2004.09
The Dockers pub located at 4-6 Sir John Rogerson's Quay in Dublin, frequented by both U2 and their fans, has closed. It opened 150 years ago, taking its name from the bustling trade along the nearby docks. CB Richard Ellis Gunne put up the pub for sale for €3 million. Planning permission for the site incorporates a public house of 450 sq m (4,844 sq ft), six two-bedroom apartments, retail space of 224 sq m (2,411 sq ft) and 174 sq m (1,873 sq ft) of office accommodation. The area in which Dockers is located, the southern docklands, is going through major commercial and residential development.
Of the pub, owner Christy Murphy recently told The Irish Times: "The Dockers is a strange pub. We get very little local trade as such, apart from maybe the local offices for lunch. Most of our business comes from tourists to the nearby Windmill Lane studios. Bono and the boys come here a lot. We always seem to get a great deal of well-known faces in here. For example, Robert Redford was here, as was Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Naomi Campbell and Liam Neeson. TV and film people always seem to stop by."
The building is currently closed to the public. A notice on the building states that a planning permission has been applied for the future pub, apartments, retail and office space. U2 fans will have to wait patiently to see if the site will reopen as Dockers.
By Cristy Sturgess
2004.09
The Dockers pub located at 4-6 Sir John Rogerson's Quay in Dublin, frequented by both U2 and their fans, has closed. It opened 150 years ago, taking its name from the bustling trade along the nearby docks. CB Richard Ellis Gunne put up the pub for sale for €3 million. Planning permission for the site incorporates a public house of 450 sq m (4,844 sq ft), six two-bedroom apartments, retail space of 224 sq m (2,411 sq ft) and 174 sq m (1,873 sq ft) of office accommodation. The area in which Dockers is located, the southern docklands, is going through major commercial and residential development.
Of the pub, owner Christy Murphy recently told The Irish Times: "The Dockers is a strange pub. We get very little local trade as such, apart from maybe the local offices for lunch. Most of our business comes from tourists to the nearby Windmill Lane studios. Bono and the boys come here a lot. We always seem to get a great deal of well-known faces in here. For example, Robert Redford was here, as was Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Naomi Campbell and Liam Neeson. TV and film people always seem to stop by."
The building is currently closed to the public. A notice on the building states that a planning permission has been applied for the future pub, apartments, retail and office space. U2 fans will have to wait patiently to see if the site will reopen as Dockers.
