Still known locally as Bertha’s, or Love’s Bar in memory of the Love family, who owned it for generations, the Castlerock Bar actually began life as a six-bedroom hotel back somewhere between 1830 and 1840.Today it’s a small, intimate, cellar bar at the bottom of a fine three-storey house which sits right beside the golf […]
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 […]
Address :10 Strand Rd,LondonderryBT48 7BJ Without a doubt, the finest Victorian Bar front in the city belongs to the Grand Central at the foot of Strand Road. Unfortunately, this fine pub was badly damaged by a bomb, and almost all of it had to be replaced inside.Happily, the reconstructed snugs have been done in a […]
Renamed: Coopers Address :2-9 Lime Market St,ColeraineBT52 1HD “The Bull’s Eye Good Time Emporium,” to give its full title, is one of the most attractive pubs in Coleraine.It’s certainly one of the busiest with a clientele of young and old and is renowned for its high-quality home-cooked food, which earned it high praise from celebrity […]