The Building was built in 1830 along with the buildings to the right hand side as 3 separate Merchants Houses.  The proximity to the docks and canal system meant it was an ideal location for traders to visit and strike deals with merchants and arrange for travel of goods from Galway on the seas or locally along the canals, up the Corrib river & lake and beyond.  In the early 1900s, the property came into Irish ownership and was converted to a retail grocery & bar.  Originally, it opened as a Public House under McDonnells (The well worn remains of the limestone engraved nameplate at the main door still have the “McD” & “ll’s” visible on the floor!), then Cosgrove’s for a while and in the late 1940’s was purchased by Paddy & Vera Taylor and is since known as Taylors Bar.  Mick Taylor, son of Paddy & Vera, took over the running of the bar in 1980 and was a very progressive & benevolent publican, allegedly having Galway’s first Barbeque in a Beer Garden, first pub to have coffee and first to have a wine list.   

The bar itself is a listed property, listed for its timberwork, marble counters and stained glass.