A Family Business Since 1930
The Buckley Family has achieved legendary status in Dublin over the last six generations – originally as butchers and purveyors of the finest quality meats, and subsequently as operators of some of the nation’s favourite steakhouses, gastro-pubs and bars. Legends in our own lunchtime, you might say!
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In some ways, we’ve come a very long way since Francis Xavier Buckley opened his first butcher shop on Moore Street in 1930, but in other ways, we haven’t changed a bit. We still source our own Angus and Hereford beef, which means that we know exactly what’s being served on our tables. We've even written a book about it.
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And all our heifers are still grazed for at least two years on the finest quality Irish grass, which means that there’s lots of time for a good layer of marbling to build up – for that extra special flavour. We challenge you to find finer beef anywhere in the world!
Our Story - so far!
2025
Our Wine selection - Curated by Brian Buckley and Alan Crowley (Master of Wine) - is awarded 'Best of Award of Excellence' for the 3rd year running by Wine Spectator. Our lists have been consistently recognised by WS since 2019.
2024
The Bar at the Bull & Castle is renamed 'Dausie's Bar' in honour of a legendary member of the Buckley Family. Dausie's Bar subsequently wins the 'Best Food' category in the Irish Pub of the Year awards for 2024.
In a unique collaboration, David Mulligan from acclaimed @1661bar will curate the steakhouses & bars in-house cocktail menus from January 2024.
2020
F.X. Buckley Victualler & Grocer opens beside the award winning Pembroke Street restaurant.
2021
In 2020 we released 'Par Excellence', our first recipe book. Written by Stephen Buckley & Katy McGuinness. The book went on to receive the Irish Food Writers Guild 'Cookbook of the Year' award in 2021
2018
Xavier's, a pre and after dinner drinks bar opens at our Pembroke Street premises.
2016
F.X. Buckley Monkstown joins the Buckley Collection.
2004
F.X. Buckley takes proud ownership of Ryan’s of Parkgate Street, a landmark Victorian pub with Ryan's Restaurant upstairs.
2002
The Bull & Castle is opened in Christchurch, evolving over the years into the Bull & Castle Steakhouse downstairs and The Bull & Castle Bar upstairs.
2000
F.X. Buckley, Crow Street opens in Temple Bar.
1987
The first F.X. Buckley Steakhouse opens in Pembroke Street.
1930
The very first “F.X. Buckley” branded shop opens in Moore Street, Dublin. Francis Xavier Buckley goes on to open a number of butcher’s shops across the city.
1922
Buckley’s butchers becomes immortalized in print, with two mentions in James Joyce’s literary masterpiece, Ulysses.
1900
John Buckley, father of Francis Xavier Buckley, owns a number of butcher shops located across Dublin city centre.
1793
A shop in Bull Alley, beside St. Patrick’s Cathedral, is owned by the Buckley butcher’s family. Only a 6 minute walk away from our modern-day Bull & Castle!
1660
The first record of a Buckley’s butchers in Dublin.