THE TEMPLE BAR
The Temple Bar’s history goes back to 1599 when Sir William Temple, a renowned teacher, and philosopher, built his house and gardens here on newly reclaimed land from the River Liffey.
In 1656, his son, Sir John Temple, developed this sea wall further and the area thus became known as Temple’s Barr (A ‘Barr’ was a raised estuary sandbank often used for walking on). In 1707 a new customs house was built on the site where U2’s Clarence Hotel now stands and soon after warehouses, taverns, theatres, and even brothels shot up at every corner.
The boom lasted barely a century when the new Custom House Quay was built across the Liffey in 1791. Temple Bar gradually fell into disrepair and became a run-down inner-city slum until the mid-20th century.
The state transport company CIE started buying up property here in the 1980s with the view of building a huge bus depot.
The area luckily began to let out the empty premises at cheap rates which attracted many artists, fringe boutiques, and alternative eateries. This lead to the area becoming a unique bohemian buzzing quarter.
The Irish state got involved in 1991 and set up a non-profit company to oversee the future development of a new quarter known as Temple Bar.
The Temple Bar is now one of the famous pubs in Ireland that boast 450 rare and interesting Whiskeys making it the country’s largest collection.
To validate this geocache, you just need to take a picture of the temple bar pub with your gps or smartphone, or simply a selfie of yourself in front of the bar.
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