Status : Closed 54 Kerr Street Portrush BT56 8DQ Formerly the Central Bar, a no-nonsense working man’s pub, Rascals has just been opened as a revamped, new look and attractively decorated saloon type bar, long and wide and likely to have broadened its clientele appreciably. The decor is predominantly black and red, which in this […]

1 Harbour Rd, Portrush BT56 8DB [Photo: The Harbour Inn, Portrush.] By far the best known pub in the popular seaside resort of Portrush is the Harbour Bar, an establishment that opened in 1836 and now operates 364 days a year to meet the constant demand for its services (Christmas day is the one missing). […]

Status : Closed 41 Main St, Portrush BT56 8BL You know those lovely twenties and thirties Brighton-type hotels that appear in Agatha Christie films or Inspector Poirot dramas. The ones that blended palms and aspidistras with cream tiles, black and white floors, curved glass and Art Deco fittings? Well, prepare to see just such an […]

Rathlin Island Every visitor to our N.E. coast has stood at one time or another and gazed at the storied island of Rathlin or Raghery as the Islanders call it. Its much easier to get to it these days, 6 miles and a 50 minute boat ride from Ballycastle. Boats leave daily in the summer […]