About

The pub was opened by Alan Field and Eddie Bohan in 1996. The premises had been a paint store called Beck & Koller which had traded at this location for 120 years. They relocated across the road where they are open today. Converting the premises to a pub from a paint store took nearly a year and a lot of effort. The contents of a pub from Churchtown Co Cork was acquired and shipped to Vienna where together with local and Irish workers a great pub was created. Eddie left the company later concentrating on his property business in Ireland.

In 2003 the pub was voted Best Irish Pub in Europe by expedia.co.uk the only year they held this competition. The pub over the years has served many pints to its local Viennese and International customers and became very much part of the city.

Happy Clients

Great beers and tasty food. The chicken wings were top notch
Josip Grgić
Josip G.
Spent 2 hours plus. Had great service, wine and food. Lovely, fun staff. Love Irish pubs.
Paulene Crossley
Paulene C.
Great mood, great service and very good pub food 🙂
Mr. X
Mr. X
Sehr schönes Pup. Große Auswahl an Wiskey.
Walter Kaltenböck
Walter K.
Was nice to celebrate and enjoy St. Patrick's Day here!
Ruben Pin
Ruben P.
Despite living in London, this is my new local ❤️ a great atmosphere and drinks at very good prices, with friendly clientele and great music. So happy to find this place while in Vienna. Thanks to Stephen and the crew! Highly recommended ❤️❤️
Steven Cox
Steven C.
Klassisches Irishpub im Herzen von Wien. Ein Urgestein. Nette Leute, gutes Bier und schmackhaftes Essen.
Michael Papousek
Michael P.
Great Irish Pub!
Fabian B.
Fabian B.
Lustiger Aufenthalt im Pub bevor sie Sperrstunde gemacht haben. Hat alles gepasst! 🙂
Urmel Hofer
Urmel H.
Ein klassisches irisches Pub, in dem ausschließlich Englisch gesprochen wird.Wir wurden sehr freundlich empfangen, und obwohl es gut besucht war und wir keine Reservierung hatten, wurde uns schnell ein Tisch organisiert.Das Essen war typisch britisch – herzhaft und lecker. Besonders empfehlen kann ich das Kilkenny und das Punk IPA – beides großartige Biere!
Lucas Fellinger
Lucas F.
Ich war am St. Patrick's day dort und es ist ein originales Irish Pub! Gute Stimmung und großartige Biere.
Thomas Kotesovec
Thomas K.
Excellent coffee
Vicky Slep
Vicky S.
Great Irish pub, best in Vienna!
scott noel
scott N.
Delicious burger and beer. Dylan was super nice with us <3
Isabelle Beleze
Isabelle B.
The atmosphere is very, very authentic, it's really like a real pub, there's a good selection of drinks and food. The staff are friendly and you really feel at home here.A clear recommendation!
Charles Richard Manchester
Charles Richard M.
A good place to visit for a drink and a bite to eat
Mark Gillan
Mark G.
Great find. Guinness cheaper than at home and very friendly staff. Didn't eat there but the food they were serving looked really good. Until next time.
David Black
David B.
Besondere Style.Nette Bedienung. Gute Irische Bier
K H
K H
Throughly enjoyed stepping out of the biting winter cold into the warmth of this homely, relaxed Irish pub for food. So good, we went twice. Great staff.
Jen
Jen
Great service! Lovely people
Daniela Rangelova
Daniela R.

The Churchtown, Co Cork Connection

We wanted to build Flanagans with authentic materials and approached Billy O’Sullivan to source salvage of original pub fittings for us. As it happened Flannerys of Churchtown had closed and Billy O’Sullivan quickly acquired much of its contents in particular the back of the bar shelves or dresser. This was initially transported to Waterford where Billy and his team assembled it and literally built the bar in their warehouse before being loaded onto trucks and moved to Vienna in 1996.

In an inspiring twist, Gerry Murphy who was from the town but living in Dublin read about this in the newspaper and decided that something had to be done to save his village from further decline. This inspired him to leave his job with a bank in Dublin and reopen the pub in 1999 calling it Boss Murphys. This started the Churchtown Renewal project which saw the building of new houses and businesses to bring life back into the village. Recently Jerry Murphy wrote about this in his book the “Accidental Entrepreneur” which saw his project inspired from the pub closure grow to become a €100 million business in three years.