The Pigeon House – Hotels, Barracks and Power Stations

The Pigeon House – Hotels, Barracks and Power Stations

Dec 31, 2025

A sketch of the Pigeonhouse Harbour’s history as Dublin’s main packet‑boat station, later barracks and power‑station site, taking in the Green Patch—once a strategic tidal islet and work‑yard for the South Wall— and the famous chimenys and the modern Poolbeg port...
The Origins of Dublin’s Pigeonhouse

The Origins of Dublin’s Pigeonhouse

Oct 4, 2021

In late‑18th‑century Poolbeg, John Pidgeon turned a Ballast Office storehouse into “Pidgeon’s House”, a famed seafood tavern and landing‑point on the South Wall. After robbery, tragedy and the daughters’ emigration to Philadelphia, the site became a packet‑boat hotel,...