71 Castle St, Ballycastle BT54 6AS [Photo: The House of McDonnell, Ballycastle.] [Photo: One of the most famous little pubs on the Causeway Coast — inside the House of McDonnell.] One of the most famous little pubs on the Causeway Coast is the House of McDonnell in Ballycastle. It was built in 1744 and leased […]
Knocknacarry Pat’s Bar is open for business right now as this report is being written in May 1990 but by the time the report gets into print it will have become more of an obituary, an epitaph for a great little pub that lies about a mile from Cushendun in the village of Knockacarry in […]
4 The Diamond, Ballycastle BT54 6AW The companion piece to the Antrim Arms Hotel just over the way, and it’s entirely fitting that the respective owners today are great friends and the best of neighbours. You can read in the Antrim Arms paragraph, when and why the Boyd Arms was built, but its use over […]
40 Grange Rd, Toomebridge, Antrim BT41 3QB [Photo: Cross Keys Inn, Toome (Ardnaglass).] This is one of the most famous pubs in the land, a unique place in nearly every respect from the roof down. It’s an L-shaped, hipped thatched roof, the only one of its kind in the country according to Ulster’s leading thatcher, […]