Décor is mid century, cocktails are bang in fashion and fashion is all about sharp suits, short skirts and clean lines. Bob Dylan is singing The Times They Are A Changin’ on the radio… and the world is changing.
The ultimate guarantee of honesty is to put your signature on it Something James McGettigan has been doing ever since 1964.Īnd that signature received the ultimate recognition, when McGettigans were part of a select few permitted to the bottle their own Guinness, with the bottles bearing the famous Arthur Guinness signature as well as the legend “Bottle by J&B McGettigan.” As the man says, he wrote his name over the door and that name has stood for genuine Irish hospitality ever since. Larger than life characters, synonymous with famous Dublin Pubs, there’s no telling how many immortal lines were inspired in the surrounds of these Dublin bars.Īnd it was around this time that James McGettigan opened the doors at 78 Queen Street. Roll forward to the 50’s and 60’s and it was the era of Behan, Kavanagh and Flann O’Brien. In the early part of the century you couldn’t go into a public house without bumping into one of them (apart from the famously pub shy Yeats). The city of Yeats, Joyce, Synge and O’Casey. McGettigan’s really is a little bit of history on tap.ĭublin in the 20th Century. An original “craft bar” before the modern term was invented, McGettigan’s is a true original & was part of a select group of pubs permitted to bottle its own stout and whiskey by no less than Arthur Guinness and John Jameson. The history of our bar dates way back to 1776 and people have been enjoying the authentic ambience of a “Real” Dublin bar ever since.
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