Renamed: Thirsty J’s 86 Chapel StreetCookstownBT80 8QD Cookstown is known as the town with the longest, widest main street in all of Ireland, but perhaps not so well known is that a number of its pubs are conforming to this pattern and seem to stretch out far and wide in a very distinctive fashion. One […]

Renamed : Tipplers Address:45 John StOmagh,Northern Ireland Featured on the Pubs of Ulster poster as Rodger’s Bar, The Bodega is a delightful little retreat, with the friendliest staff imaginable. As its name might imply, it exudes a vaguely Spanish air, both in the downstairs bar and in the waiter-services loft above. True to its name […]

Closed Address41 Market SquareDungannon, Northern Ireland NotesI’m not sure of the specific location of the former pub or when it was closed, This is another Bushmills Bar of the Year – this time the 1987 winner. When we heard of it by name, we thought perhaps it was one of those places that have whimsical […]

Closed September 2012 AddressScotch St, DungannonBT70 1JW  You wouldn’t mind at all being left to hold the fort if you could prove the phrase meant the ownership of this fine pub in Scotch Street, Dungannon. It’s been a pub since around the last war, but a soldier returning from the front would have trouble recognising […]