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Gentlemen's clubs

Name	Address	Founded	Ended	Notes
Daly's	3 College Green (from 1790); previously 1-3 Dame Street	c.1750	1820s	Founded as a coffeehouse by Patrick Daly. Popular with members of the Parliament of Ireland, who funded a new clubhouse next door to the Irish Houses of Parliament. It declined after the Acts of Union 1800 abolished the Parliament, being eclipsed by the Kildare Street Club.
Kildare Street Club	2-3 Kildare Street (1952-76) 1-3 Kildare Street (1860-1952) 5-6 Kildare Street (1782-1860)	1782	1976 (merged with University Club)	Pre-eminent club of the Protestant Ascendancy, especially the landed gentry and the Dublin Castle administration.
Sackville Street Club	Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street)	1795	1920s	Regarded as more staunchly Unionist and Protestant than the Kildare Street Club; it closed after the Irish Free State was founded.
Stephen's Green Club	9 St. Stephen's Green	1840	2004 (Merged with Hibernian United Services Club)	Nicknamed "Whigs on the Green"'; Daniel O'Connell was a founder member. Regarded as more conciliatory to Irish nationalists and Catholics than the Kildare Street Club.
Catholic Commercial Club	42 Upper Sackville Street	1882	1954	Founded by Irish Parliamentary Party supporters among the rising Catholic middle classes
Dublin University Club	17 St. Stephen's Green	1850	1976 (Merged with the Kildare Street Club)	For graduates of Dublin University.
Ulster Club
Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick	22 St Stephen's Green (from 1885); Sackville Street (from 18??);	1750	2000s	The "Grand Knot" (central lodge) of a national (and international) organisation, the "Ancient and Most Benevolent Order of the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick." Most other "knots" were defunct by the 1970s.
Hibernian United Services Club	8 St Stephen's Green	1832	2003 (Merged with Stephen's Green Club)	Originally for veterans and members of the British Armed Forces; allowed broader membership after 1922.
Kildare Street and University Club	17 St Stephen's Green	1976	Extant	Merger of Kildare Street Club and University Club
Stephen's Green Hibernian Club	9 St Stephen's Green	2003	Extant	Merger of Stephen's Green Club and Hibernian United Services Club

Sports clubs

Name	Address	Notes
Royal St. George Yacht Club
Royal Dublin Golf Club
Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club
Royal Irish Automobile Club	Kildare Street	The Irish Automobile Club was awarded royal patronage in 1918, in recognition of members' service in World War I.

Other

Name	Address	Founded	Ended	Notes
National Club	41 Rutland Square (now Parnell Square)			"A political debating and social club, partly owned by the IRB."^[1] After the Parnellite split, they were joined by the Parnellites under John Redmond. Declined after 1900.^[2]

References

^ McGee, Owen (Autumn, 2003). "Fred Allan (1861-1937): Republican, Methodist and Dubliner". Dublin Historical Record. 56 (2). Old Dublin Society: 205–216. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Bourke, Marcus (1967). The O'Rahilly. Anvil Books. p. 31. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[1] McGee, Owen (Autumn, 2003). "Fred Allan (1861-1937): Republican, Methodist and Dubliner". Dublin Historical Record. 56 (2). Old Dublin Society: 205–216. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Bourke1967-2] Bourke, Marcus (1967). The O'Rahilly. Anvil Books. p. 31. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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