THE MOY PUB ON DORSET STREET

THE MOY PUB DORSET STREET - NEXT TO DOMINICK STREET CHURCH

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION BELOW APPLIES ONLY TO PHOTOGRAPHS

STREETS AND LANES OF DUBLIN ADELAIDE ROAD IN DUBLIN ANGLESEA STREET IN TEMPLE BAR ARBOUR HILL ROAD DUBLIN 7 ARDEE STREET - CHAMBER STREET ARD RI ROAD AUGHRIM PLACE OFF OXMANTOWM ROAD AUNGIER STREET BACK LANE NEAR CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL BEDFORD ROW IN TEMPLE BAR BENBURB STREET BIRD AVENUE IN CLONSKEAGH BLACK HALL PLACE WHERE THE LAW SOCIETY IS BASED BLACKHALL STREET BLOOMFIELD AVENUE OFF THE SOUTH CIRCULAR BOW STREET DUBLIN 7 BRIDGEFOOT STREET BURGESS LANE BRUNSWICK STREET NORTH CAMDEN STREET CAMDEN ROW CARMAN'S HALL CATHEDRAL VIEW COURT CHANCERY PLACE - CHANCERY STREET - WEST CHARLES STREET CHARLEVILLE ROAD RATHMINES CLANBRASSIL STREET UPPER A QUICK VISIT TO CLARENDON STREET 26 JULY 2020 CLYDE LANE CLYDE ROAD IN BALLSBRIDGE COOK STREET - AUGUST 2020 CROSSTICK ALLEY - CATHERINE STREET IN THE LIBERTIES OF DUBLIN DAME LANE DEAN STREET - NEWMARKET AREA OF DUBLIN DOMINICK STREET DORSET STREET DORSET STREET LOWER DORSET STREET UPPER DRUMCONDRA ROAD UPPER THE DOORS OF DUBLIN - FITZWILLIAM PLACE FISHAMBLE STREET - TEMPLE BAR AREA OF DUBLIN FLEET STREET IN THE TEMPLE BAR AREA FOSTER PLACE FRANCIS STREET FRANCIS STREET - JUNE 2020 FRANKFORT AVENUE - RATHGAR DUBLIN 6 FREDERICK STREET NORTH - 22 MAY 2020 GLASTHULE ROAD DUN LAOGHAIRE GARVILLE AVENUE - BRIGHTON SQUARE TO RATHGAR ROAD NORTH GEORGE'S STREET - DOORS OF DUBLIN LOWER GRANGEGORMAN 13 JUNE 2020 GRAND CANAL STREET ON A REALLY WET DAY GREEN STREET OFF NORTH KING STREET LOOKING DOWN HARCOURT STREET FROM ADELAIDE ROAD HAROLD'S CROSS ROAD HENRIETTA STREET HENRIETTA PLACE HENRIETTA PLACE - APRIL 2020 JEROME CONNOR PLACE PENCIL SHAPED BOLLARDS AND THE FRANCIS STREET SCHOOL ZONE ON JOHN DILLON STREET - ST NICHOLAS PLACE - CLARENCE MANGAN SQUARE KILDARE STREET KINGS INNS STREET KING STREET NORTH LAMB ALLEY - WHERE THERE IS A SECTION OF THE OLD CITY WALL LIBERTY LANE OFF CAMDEN ROW LINDSAY ROAD LITTLE BRITAIN STREET DUBLIN 1 LURGAN STREET OF NORTH KING STREET MANOR STREET - AUGUST 2020 MARY'S ABBEY MEATH STREET AND NEARBY MOLESWORTH STREET MOLESWORTH STREET [AS IT WAS IN APRIL 2017] MOUNT STREET UPPER - DOORS OF DUBLIN NICHOLAS STREET - BETWEEN ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL AND CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD NEW BRIDE STREET NICHOLAS STREET O'CONNELL STREET ORMOND PLACE OXMANTOWN ROAD PARNELL STREET - DUBLIN'S CHINATOWN RANDOM IMAGES OF PEARSE STREET APRIL 2017 PETERS PLACE - NEAR HARCOURT STREET TRAM STOP RATHMINES ROAD LOWER RICHMOND HILL RATHMINES ST PETER'S LANE IN PHIBSBOROUGH SAINT LUKE'S AVENUE OFF DEAN STREET SITRIC PLACE SITRIC ROAD SOUTH RICHMOND STREET THOMAS STREET THOR PLACE TOWNSEND STREET VIKING ROAD AND VIKING PLACE WESTERN WAY - BROADSTONE AREA YARNHALL STREET OFF BOLTON STREET STREET PHOTOGRAPHED IN 2019
Stacks Image 97
Stacks Image 99
Every location and building in Dublin has a story and in most cases many stories many of which are not accurate.

If you search online for information relating to the Moy it is most likely that you will be informed that Richard Beesly Sheridan was born at No.12 Dorset Street next door to the Pub in question. Because of a comment made by a local I decided to carry out some research and I must admit that I was surprised by the complicated story that I discovered.

According to Wikipedia: “Playwright, Westminster Parliament member, and son of Thomas, Richard Brinsley Sheridan was born on this street at number 12 in 1751; Brinsley Sheridan's works include The Critics and The School for Scandal”.

In 2002 Eneclann Ltd, a Trinity College campus company, was commissioned to determine if Sheridan was born at 12 Dorset Street, as claimed in recent biographies by Fintan O’Toole in 1999 and by Linda Kelly in 2097.

The report found the false assumption about Sheridan's birthplace came about because of different numbering systems for the street dating back more than 150 years ago. Sheridan was born in 1751 and the historians found that numbers were not assigned to Dorset Street Upper until the 1770s, 20 years after Sheridan's birth.

It is important to be aware that from the 1770s to 1848 there were changes in the numbering system. From 1848, the numbers were permanently fixed as they are today. The research found the house recorded as No 12 (Sheridan's birthplace) in the first half of the 19th century could not correspond to the same house today.

Researchers found an early deed for the house currently known as no 12 Dorset Street Upper dated 1783 and records a lease on the property between Joseph Ellis and John Smithy. At this time, the property was recorded as No 10 Dorset Street.

What they did discover was that Thomas Sheridan, Richard's father, held a lease on an adjoining property to what is now 12 Dorset Street.

They are convinced that the actual Sheridan house was one of those purchased by the Dominican Order around August 1883, which were subsequently demolished to build St Saviour's Priory.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/richard-brinsley-sheridan-wasnt-born-here-26320252.html
http://classicirishplays.com/playwrights/richard-brinsley-sheridan

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases

You will find links to buy products from Amazon, Google and other partners. If you click on these links, you’ll find that the URL includes a small extra piece of text which identifies that the click came from my websites. This text is an affiliate code, and it means that I get a small percentage of the money you spend if you choose to buy that product, or, in some cases, other products from the site soon after. These affiliate links help pay the costs of producing my websites and ensure that the content is free to you.