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 […]

Address:Bangor Rd, Holywood BT18 0EX Approximately 8 miles from Belfast ‘s City Centre, just yards away from the noisy whirl Of traffic on the Belfast to Bangor road, is one of the busiest hotels in the North. You are immediately transported to an atmosphere of yesteryear, one of peaceful bliss. It was built in 1876 […]

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, […]

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 […]