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Dublin 14
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The Yellow House Pub is a well known landmark in Rathfarnham, a suburb of Dublin. It is situated at the corner of Willbrook Road and Grange Road, a short distance from Rathfarnham Castle. The current Yellow House Pub is actually the second building on this site to bear this name, replacing an earlier thatched building that was supposedly built prior to the 1798 rebellion.
The present building was erected in 1825 by Mary Murphy, and has had a succession of owners since.
It is believed that the first pub bearing the name The Yellow House was a thatched cottage standing on the site of the present Roman Catholic church, and that the licence went back as far as the early eighteenth century. Certainly, it was in business at the time of the 1798 Rebellion. The present Yellow House was built in 1825 and opened for business in 1827. It was extensively refurbished and extended in 1979.
According to local folklore, the poet Francis Ledwidge worked as an apprentice there for two days before homesickness for his home town of Slane caused him to leave
The Yellow House is a red thread in the history of Rathfarnham's scouting pride, the 13th. The benches in the senior scouts room were originally to be found in the Yellow House and every now and then you might find one of the 13th's leaders in a corner enjoying a cool drink.
