From featuring in a classic Phil Lynott video to hosting rock royalty from Robert Smith of the Cure to Rihanna, the pub once mistaken as an antiques shop is steeped in Dublin history
In it for the long haul: Publican Marcus Houlihan’s family have owned the South Great George’s Street pub for more than half a century. Photo: Steve Humphreys
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Bruce Springsteen has his own special bottle of whiskey behind the bar for visits to the pub that he regards as his “Dublin local” – the Long Hall on South Great George’s Street.
The singer almost always drops in at the 259-year-old pub on his trips to the capital, and he also invites the publican Marcus Houlihan to his concerts.
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