Today, Liverpool celebrates all things Irish for St Patrick's Day, the official feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick.
Celebrated annually on March 17, the day is always a big occasion in the city with Liverpool's historic links to the Emerald Isle. Many of us will be joining the St Patrick's Day parade through the streets by some of Liverpool's Irish community groups and of course enjoying a Guinness at one of our much-loved Irish pubs.
From Shenanigans to the Liffey bar and more, the city has always boasted great Irish pubs and more. But over the years, a number of Irish-themed venues have been confined to history.
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Our archives, Mirrorpix, recently unearthed these images of Patricks Pub on the corner of Great Crosshall Street and Fontenoy Street in Liverpool city centre. Taken on May 19, 1989, it shows what the pub looked like frozen at that moment in time.
At the time, the pub featured in the print edition of the Liverpool ECHO the following day, as part of Gerry Corner's 'Corner of the Bar' section of the paper. It reads: "I would be more than willing, however, to discuss Patricks, a pub dominated by the colour green.
"You would expect an Irish pub in Liverpool to contain all you could wish for in terms of hospitality. Sure enough.
"You may occasionally lift your head to be confronted by a leprechaun. Don't be concerned it’s not the Guinness…the little old men are painted on to the windows." Patricks pub sold Marstons bitter and also photos inside taken from the Second World War.
In the images, we see the St Patrick's Day decorations are still up in May and the painted figures on the pub windows.
Within our archives, little more is known about the pub's life as Patricks, but we do know the site had been home to a pub for many years prior. In the 1980s, many will remember the site being the Dart Hotel, also known as the Dart public house.
Well known as the Dart, some may have forgotten or be unaware of the pub's life as Patricks. Across the road, customers could also visit The Australian Vaults, also known to many as Ma Moores, which has since been confined to history too.
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The pub was located near Holy Cross Church, designed by Edward Pugin of the Victorian architectural dynasty and opened in 1849. The Great Crosshall Street Church was demolished in the early noughties, but legend said St Patrick preached his last sermon there before embarking for Ireland.
It has not been reported if this inspired the nearby Patricks pub theme, or was merely coincidence. The pub on the corner of Great Crosshall Street and Fontenoy Street is said to have been redeveloped and later incorporated into the neighbouring student accommodations, before being demolished in the noughties.
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