CLOSED – 2006 On the outskirts of Coleraine, on the Castleroe Road, sits one of Ulster’s oldest country inns, the famous, almost legendary, Salmon Leap, a hostelry whose site first attracted man in Stone Age times some 10,000 years ago, and whose reputation for quality, value and service still attracts man today. The exact spot […]

CLOSED/Demolished – 2021 Address125-135 Strand Road,Derry, Londonderry BT48 7PA Notes: you can witness the demolition on Streetview in 2021 Everybody knows that it was the wise man who built his house on the rock, so presumably the proprietor of Cole’s Bar on the Strand can claim his share of wisdom, because this was formerly the […]

Address :10 Strand Rd,LondonderryBT48 7BJ Without a doubt, the finest Victorian Bar front in the city belongs to the Grand Central at the foot of Strand Road. Unfortunately, this fine pub was badly damaged by a bomb, and almost all of it had to be replaced inside.Happily, the reconstructed snugs have been done in a […]

Renamed : Thirsty GoatAddress :33 Shipquay StLondonderry, Northern Ireland Notes : AKA Downeys/Quay Bar Slightly below street level, snugly ensconced behind railings, in Shipquay Street sits a modest little Edwardian pub, The Townsman. Well, what’s so extraordinary about that, you may wonder. Only this, that if you wanted a night out at one of the […]