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

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 […]

I arrived in ‘Cross’, as the locals call it, around 3 0’clock on a Wednesday afternoon in late April.I called in at McCuskers, with its attractive-looking bar front, only to find it was not a bar but a Ladies’ Hairdresser!The next genuine 5 bars I called at were surprisingly shut, but I eventually got one […]