ClosedPreviously: St. Albans Arms HotelAddress8 Kildare St., Ardglass Ardglass is undoubtedly a very small town with a great seafaring past. In mediaeval times, it was the busiest sea port in Ulster, and did a brisk wine trade with France. The Ardglass Arms has been a very popular inn since it opened for business way back […]

ClosedAddress14 Church StreetDownpatrickBT30 6EJ History is etched in every stone and timber of the De Courcy Arms in Downpatrick’s Church Street. The inn bears the arms of the illustrious Norman knight, John de Courcy, who established his reign as Earl of Ulster in Downpatrick in 1177, and governed until 1203. He built a stately abbey […]

Closed 2006 13 High StreetHOLYWOODBT18 9AT The Olde Priory Inn has had a varied career. Built in 1849 as a single-story coach-stop between Belfast and Bangor, it was raised to two-story status in the early part of this century, and has been in service as a bicycle shop and temporary Methodist church, without ever losing […]

Renamed: Platform/Stokers HaltAddress:29 Hibernia StreetHolywoodCounty DownBT18 9JE By far the best theme bar we have seen, this was formerly the Railway Bar, and still is in everything but name, because its design is perfectly like that of a railway station. Even the outside front door is shaped like a railway carriage, and as you enter, […]