Toner's Pub, Victorian pub building in Baggot Street, Dublin, Ireland
Toner's Pub is a traditional Irish pub on Lower Baggot Street in Dublin, trading on its site since Andrew Rogers bought the original licence in 1818. James Toner gave the house its name after taking it over in 1921. It stands near Doheny & Nesbitt and the Merrion Hotel, and the Quinn family owns it today.
A pub has operated on this Baggot Street site since 1818, when Andrew Rogers bought the original licence. It took the name Toner's after James Toner became owner in 1921. The Quinn family now owns it together with the Waterloo, the 51 bar on Haddington Road and the Lansdowne Hotel.
The pub's name comes from James Toner, who took it over in 1921; a licence had existed on the site since Andrew Rogers bought it in 1818. Its closeness to the Dáil and Government buildings keeps politicians and media figures among its regulars, and it sits on Lower Baggot Street beside Doheny & Nesbitt and the Merrion Hotel.
Toner's sits on Lower Baggot Street, a short walk from Doheny & Nesbitt and the Merrion Hotel, so it fits easily into a pub crawl of the street. The Quinn family, who own it, also run the Waterloo, the 51 bar on Haddington Road and the Lansdowne Hotel nearby.
Sergio Leone filmed the bar-related flashback scenes of Duck, You Sucker! here, a detail easy to miss while having a drink. The pub is also owned by the Quinn family, who run the nearby Waterloo, the 51 bar on Haddington Road and the Lansdowne Hotel.
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