30-32 Bank St, Belfast BT1 1HL A Trip Down Memory Lane The year is 1955, the place Castle Junction, our starting point for a little 100-yard walk down Bank Street (or Crooked Lane, as it was called in olden times), a walk that will cover over two centuries in our city’s history. One whitewashed building […]
Derryhirk Rd, Aghagallon, Craigavon BT67 0BD There are many surprises and points of interest in this rural pub and entertainment centre outside Lurgan on the Lough side of the town, but its position is a conversation piece on its own. The pub is in Co. Antrim, about a mile from Co. Armagh and half a […]
Status : closed 745, Antrim Rd, Templepatrick, Ballyclare, County Antrim, BT39 0AP [Photo: Airport 2000 disco, The Airport Inn, Templepatrick.] Formerly Barnett’s Inn, two years ago it was smartly refurbished, remodelled and given its new name. The designer was John Robb, the builders The Rice Brothers and together they have certainly made a fine job […]
630 Antrim Rd, Newtownabbey BT36 4RH [Photo: The Chimney Corner Inn, Newtownabbey.] This inn takes its name from a book ‘My Lady of the Chimney Corner’ by Alexander Irvine D.D. (1863-1941), a touching and classic story of Irish peasent life in Antrim in the 19th century, the author records. “In the face of direst poverty, […]