Renamed : M.C. LarkinsAddress:7 Carrickasticken Rd, Forkhill, Newry BT35 9RP My first port of call was The Slieve Gullion Inn, with its gleaming white exterior.A small white stoned garden with an old water pump completes the picture. The interior is typical of a small country pub with its labyrinth of small rooms. The small public […]
Address:4 Main Street, Eglinton,LondonderryBT47 3PQ Happy Landing Bar Eglinton During the Second World War, it wasn’t uncommon for ten pilots to fly out on a mission and for only seven or eight to return. As a result, any landing on the way back, however rough, came to be regarded as a happy one, and the […]
Address:68 Clooney Rd,Campsey,LondonderryBT47 3PA This topline, 44-bedroom hotel, overlooking Lough Foyle and the Donegal hills, is in terms of accommodation and quality of service far removed from the original little roadside inn, but in terms of position, it’s removed only a few feet and still retains the stone- flagged floor, fireplace, snug, porch and front […]
Address :None given Almost 100 years ago, Jeremiah Gilhooly opened a spirit grocery store at Dungiven Road, not a stone’s throw from where Gilhooly’s is today. The establishment earned the said Gilhooly a good livelihood and, perhaps more importantly, a reputation as one of the most convivial hosts in the town. Leading Ulster cartoon artist […]