I'm hoping someone out there can help me. I've been trying to find out something about the history of the Royal Oak, Kilmainham Lane. Seosamh O'Broin has a chapter on the pubs of Inchicore and Kilmainham, old and new, but there isn't a mention of the Royal Oak. As far as I know it opened somewhere between 1839 and 1845 and whatever mention I have found of it suggests it was opened to serve the inmates and staff of the old Royal Hospital. It's been in the hands of the Costello family for the best part of 50 years but beyond that, I know nothing. Can anyone shed any light?
Ideally, I'd like to hear any anecdotes or historical references you might have to the pub. The Garda station on Kilmainham Lane, I've been told but don't know for certain, might've been the RIC barracks at one time.
Ideally, I'd like to hear any anecdotes or historical references you might have to the pub. The Garda station on Kilmainham Lane, I've been told but don't know for certain, might've been the RIC barracks at one time.
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