Renamed : Dan GregorysAddress : 109 Camlough Rd, Bessbrook,NewryBT35 7EE Bessbrook still has some appearance of the ‘Model Village’, built in 1846-55 by John Grubb Richardson, a Quaker linen manufacturer. In those days the relationship between the Richardsons and the townspeople was almost patriarchal, and the welfare of the community was the firm basis upon […]

I arrived in ‘Cross’, as the locals call it, around 3 0’clock on a Wednesday afternoon in late April.I called in at McCuskers, with its attractive-looking bar front, only to find it was not a bar but a Ladies’ Hairdresser!The next genuine 5 bars I called at were surprisingly shut, but I eventually got one […]

Address :35 Main St, Forkhill,NewryBT35 9SQ This was originally called The Alexander Arms Hotel, but today, in keeping with the sign above the Inn, a cheerful welcome awaits you from the proprietors, Arthur and Maura O’Neill. Arthur, originally from Ballinrobe, County Mayo, married Maura, a local girl, and together they run one of the friendliest […]

Address :98C Carrickasticken Rd, Forkhill, NewryBT35 9RL I learnt about this bar from a local in the Slieve Gullion. If I had missed it, I would have missed a real beauty, for modern bars are very rare in this part of the world. It’s a new building with a new licence, opened in November 1989 […]