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, then Pigeonhouse Barracks, and today underlies ESB offices beneath the iconic Poolbeg chimneys.
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