A new dawn for the city's tragic Sunset House pub

Author and legendary boozer Brendan Behan finally has a pub named after him in his native city, writes Liam Collins

Cheers: Liam Collins outside the Brendan Behan, formerly the Sunset House pub in Summerhill. Photo: Tony Gavin

Liam Collins

Why would you get a slightly uneasy feeling walking into a Dublin pub on a summer's afternoon?

Well this particular hostelry used to be called The Sunset House and after being closed for several months following the assassination of dissident IRA man Mickey Barr in the Kinahan/Hutch feud, it has now re-opened, prosaically re-named The Brendan Behan.