Number 98 Parnell Street (previously Great Britain Street) is a “terraced two-bay four-storey house” built in circa 1810. It served as the Healy family grocers from the mid 1800s until the early 1960s.
Unusually the proprietor James Healy was a Dublin-born publican as can be seen here for the 1901 census for the family.
1901 Census Return form for James Healy and family, 98 Parnell Street.
It was taken over by well-known Dublin hurler Mick Bermingham and was under his stewardship until around 1982.
An advertisement for Mick Bermingham’s, 98 Parnell Street. Credit – Munster Express, 3 September 1971.
The pub was known as The 98 in the late 1980s; The Thornbush in the 1990s and then operated as Zagloba for the growing Polish community in the mid 2000s.
Its most recent carnations – the Dublin Supporters Bar and The Dubliner- were known for its cheap drink offers and all-day karaoke.
Dublin Supporters Bar, 2011. Credit – Paolo Trabattoni.
Dublin Supporters Bar, 98 Parnell Street pictured in 2013. Credit – Broadsheet.ie
In the last couple of months, it has closed, revamped and re-opened as The Luggage Room Bar. Going for the budget hipster look, it offers ‘student nights’, ‘pitcher Wednesdays’ and ‘Brazilian parties’.
The Luggage Room Bar, Halloween 2017. via Facebook.