CLOSED – Building to be demolishedRenamed : Calvert’s TavernAddress:Scotch StreetArmaghCounty ArmaghBT61 7BY If you have a horror of creepy-crawly things and hairy-legged insects, it’s safe to read on because the spiders referred to here, as the sign outside makes clear, are the type used to assist snooker players make awkward shots. There used to be […]

CLOSED – 2019/2020 Address : 16 Ballyhagan RoadBT618PX Armagh

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 […]