- Address
- King Street North, Capel Street, Dublin
- Type
- Public house
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50010606
Rúa
King Street North, Capel Street, Dublin, Parnell Square
Many historic buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.
About Rúa
The National Inventory rates Rúa Regional, one of 309 in Parnell Square. Its record dates Rúa to 1900–1920. 51 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This finely proportioned public house occupies a prominent position at the junction of King Street North, Bolton Street and Capel Street.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010606 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50010606↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Parnell Square · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies















- 1RúaStart here
- 2Denis Darcy TailorRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Williams & Woods LtdRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 4Mount Carmel National SchoolRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Youth Work IrelandNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Saint Saviour's ChurchNational rating (NIAH)300 mSaint Saviour's PrioryRegional rating (NIAH)300 mFabric SelectRegional rating (NIAH)400 mMandarin House RestaurantRegional rating (NIAH)400 mDublin Central Taxis / Washington Mobile PhoneRegional rating (NIAH)400 mVere Foster HouseRegional rating (NIAH)400 m28 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 10
More houses on the record near Parnell Square
All 8 are pictured and within 40 km. Just 100 m away stands Henrietta House, in Phibsborough.








Questions about Rúa
Is Rúa on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50010606).
Can you visit Rúa?
Many historic buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
When was Rúa built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1900–1920.
Is Rúa protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).