Standing on the site of the long vanished St Saviour’s Dominican priory, the
northern bank of the medieval city and today in the shadow of Gandon’s Four Courts, activity on the site of No. 1 Inns Quay is as old as Dublin itself. The current
building was erected in 1826 following work carried out by the Wide Street
Commissioners to mould the area surrounding the set piece public building
of the Four Courts. It so happens that according to early 19th Century survey
maps, charted by the Commissioners, the lots that occupied today’s site
were also owned by a man called Reilly, thought the current name of the pub
is derived from Peter O’Reilly who purchased the building in 1924.
Chancery Inn
