Address :23 Lower English St,ArmaghBT61 7LJ If it’s ever decided to form an organisation called Gamblers Unanimous, then its headquarters should be The Strawberry Inn on Lower Eighth Street, Armagh. At one time there were four stables at the back of the bar, the site of the present lounge, and it seems that the connection […]

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 […]