WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BRIDGE INN

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THIS PUB CEASED TRADING AND IS NOT ACTIVE AT THE MOMENT

There's no clear information on closure or reopening related to Covid-19 restrictions. However earlier in May 2014 Morrissey's have been appointed as sale agents over a pub with an asking price of some €450,000. Operating as the Bridge And Bar Eatery they posted a Christmas Greeting and indicated that they had yet to reopen.

This public house occupies a prominent position at the junction of Chapelizod Road, Saint Laurence Road and Lucan Road on the south bank of the River Liffey adjacent to Chapelizod Bridge. An early twentieth-century red brick commercial building, it adds to the typological and architectural variety of this residential area.

The carved stone lettering and detailing, timber window fittings and turret are noteworthy features which add to its character and charm. Granite kerbstones to the north-west are a reminder of the historic setting of this popular landmark in Chapelizod village, which is the former main road from Dublin to the west. The Bridge Inn was rebuilt in 1913 by Thomas Joseph Byrne, an architect with South Dublin Rural District Council, who designed several labourers’ houses in the area.