Address43 Rowreagh Rd, Kircubbin,NewtownardsBT22 1AR If you like being at the dead centre, the Saltwater Brig is about as close you can get, because right next door is the graveyard of neighbouring Lisbane Church, the one used as a setting in the film of Sam Hanna Bell’s locally based novel DECEMBER BRIDE. crew, cast and […]
Address9 Ferry St, Portaferry,NewtownardsBT22 1JY A little house with a big heart would be the best way to describe Dumigan’s grand little bar in Portaferry, a pub that has been in the Dumigan family for sixty years. There’s a remarkable story attached to it and centred upon a photograph on the wall, which looks to […]
Address1 Donaghadee Rd, Groomsport,BangorBT19 6LG This is not just a fanciful name chosen at random by a publican to give his place some undeserved character. This building was indeed the actual stables of the Maxwell family, whose home has now become the Groomsport House Hotel. The church and crofters’ cottages, also part of the Maxwell […]
Address26 Main St,Groomsport,BangorBT19 6JR You’re a stone’s throw from the sea in the Groomsport Inn, so it’s appropriate that there is a strong maritime air in the pub, with a series of dramatic pictures of sailing ships around the walls, and a ship’s bell to sound “Time please”. An old photo shows the pub as […]