The legendary Neary’s is a curtain call away from the Gaiety Theatre and has had its fair share of drama over the years
Dave Simpson, manager of Neary’s Pub on Chatham Street, Dublin. Photo: Steve Humphreys
At first glance, Neary’s pub on Chatham Street seems sedate and genteel with its timeless ruby red curtains and ancient gas lamps.
But the pub just a curtain call away from Grafton Street has enjoyed its fair share of drama – from the Women’s Liberation Movement staging protests over half a century ago to an actor in full admiral’s uniform fleeing the stage of the nearby Gaiety Theatre and approaching the bar carrying a ceremonial sword. On one occasion, according to the long-departed stage performer Noel Purcell, Neary’s was visited by a corpse that arrived by taxi. But more on that impromptu wake later.
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