Whalleys’ house – No.1 St. Patrick Street
16 Oct 1927Whalleys’ house – No. 1 St Patrick Street, which was then within the county became an inn owned by the famous Timothy O’ Brien. The worthy Boniface, it is said, was equal to distilling a decent drop “of the mountain dew”. By the way this performance in the same street was recently practised and punished.
The Poddle which caused through O’Briens cellar was proved convenient for the disposal of suplusages. A partiality for indented measures which thereby lessened his potions, earned for this publican the soubriquet of “The Knight of the Battered Naggin”. When Queen Victoria came to Dublin in 1849, O’ Brien as Lord Mayor presented here with the keysof the city at Baggot Street and was proffered a knighthood. Preserving his powder he later entitled himself to the prouder distinction of a barometry.
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