Davy Byrne's pub, Literary pub in Duke Street, Dublin, Ireland

Davy Byrne's is a traditional pub on Dublin's Duke Street with dark wood paneling, brass fixtures, and large mirrors along the front. The interior keeps a classic tavern feel with natural light coming through wide windows.

Davy Byrne opened the pub at 21 Duke Street in 1889 after moving from Wicklow, and sold the business in 1939. In the early 1900s Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith held cabinet meetings in the upstairs rooms. The pub was substantially refurbished in 1941 and was owned by the Doran family for three generations from 1942; Bill Dempsey bought it in 2019.

In Chapter 8 ('Lestrygonians') of Ulysses, set on 16 June 1904, Leopold Bloom stops here just before 2 pm for a gorgonzola cheese sandwich with mustard and a glass of burgundy. Fans repeat that order, and the pub fills each 16 June for Bloomsday. Joyce also placed Farrington here in the Dubliners story 'Counterparts', and Flann O'Brien, Brendan Behan and Pádraic Ó Conaire drank here.

The location is within walking distance of Dublin's city center and easy to find on Duke Street. Visitors should know the pub can be quite busy at certain times of day, and making a reservation is sometimes recommended.

During the early 1900s, Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith held cabinet meetings in the pub's upstairs rooms. Pádraic Ó Conaire, another regular, tethered his donkey and cart to the lamp post outside while he drank inside.