CLOSED – 2006 On the outskirts of Coleraine, on the Castleroe Road, sits one of Ulster’s oldest country inns, the famous, almost legendary, Salmon Leap, a hostelry whose site first attracted man in Stone Age times some 10,000 years ago, and whose reputation for quality, value and service still attracts man today. The exact spot […]

Renamed : Thirsty GoatAddress :33 Shipquay StLondonderry, Northern Ireland Notes : AKA Downeys/Quay Bar Slightly below street level, snugly ensconced behind railings, in Shipquay Street sits a modest little Edwardian pub, The Townsman. Well, what’s so extraordinary about that, you may wonder. Only this, that if you wanted a night out at one of the […]

Address : 26 Waterloo St,Londonderry BT48 6HF There can’t be too many publicans who can boast that the walls of their premises are a part of history, preserved from change and protected by law. Visit the Castle Bar and you’ll see at a glance that it has been built right up against the old City […]

Renamed : The River Inn Address:36 Shipquay Street, Londonderry By far the oldest public house in the city of Derry is the Gluepot, near the bottom of Shipquay Street.Its history stretches back to before the siege, to 1684 to be exact, when it operated as an inn, fulfilling the three requirements necessary to obtain its […]