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 […]
312-320 Ormeau Rd, Ormeau, Belfast BT7 2GE You can’t miss the Errigle on the Ormeau Road, as it straddles an entire block. Back in 1934 this was a simple, small bar on the outskirts of Belfast, consisting of two rooms with a nice garden at the back with apple and plum trees. It was then […]
1 Glen Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast BT11 8BA This small bar was built in 1888 by Nicholas O’Brien, a packman or an old-time tinker, who sold haberdashery etc. Here he built a Spirit Grocery, which he christened ‘The Brewery Stores’. Divis Drive, where the bar stands on the corner with the Glen Road, was then known […]
74-76 Ballymoney St, Ballymena BT43 6AN There’s no doubt about it, the judges of the Bushmills Bar of the Year Award Scheme are to be congratulated on their discernment and powers of selection. The 1988 Co.Antrim winner, the Grouse Inn, Ballymena, is something a bit special, a pub that commends itself to your taste as […]