Address1 Mandeville St, Portadown, BT62 1HL Historic Pub Interior There is so much to see and enjoy in this beautiful, ornate old Victorian pub that it’s very difficult to know where to start. Better known to the local people as McConville’s, it was originally the Mandeville Arms Hotel, named after the Duke of Mandeville from […]
CLOSED – 2008?Address : Robert Street,Lurgan,County Armagh,BT66 8BE This is an unusual bar in terms of its location, for two reasons. Firstly, it is way out on its own, off the beaten track, so to speak, and at a remove from the rest of the pubs in the town, which seem to punctuate the main […]
Address : 1 Derrymacash Rd,Lurgan,CraigavonBT66 6LG From time to time, you’ll come across a pub that seems to synthesise the character, history and renown of its broader social context. Lurgan was once the centre of the linen industry, an industrial town with the Johnson and Allen linen mill at its heart, Today, the linen factory […]
Address: 1 Edward St, Lurgan, Craigavon BT66 6DB Three miles west of Dungarvan in Co.Waterford stands a fine monument to the most celebrated dog in the history of greyhound coursing, the legendary Master McGrath. This famous greyhound was owned by Lord Lurgan and trained by James Walsh, who named it after the orphan boy who […]