Renamed : The Battery Bar 201 Battery RoadArdeanCookstownBT80 0HY No two people can seem to agree about where exactly Ardboe begins or where it ends.There’s also confusion about whether it’s a village, a townland or simply a place on the map. Two things are certain, though. The famous high cross, the best of its kind […]
12. The Dunleath
Address58 Church St, CookstownBT80 8QD Old Bushmills know their whiskey and no mistake, but they also know their pubs, so it’s no real surprise to find that their 1989 County Tyrone Bar of the Year is an outstanding pub. The Dunleath, so called because it is part of Lord Dunleath’s estate, is one of the […]
11. The Black Horse
Renamed : Lanyon Hall23 Molesworth St,CookstownBT80 8NX Ancient Cookstown prophecy: “And the horse shall grow out of the dog and the palace shall be eaten by the cat.” To decipher this cryptic, prophetic riddle you need to go to Molesworth Street in the town, and all will be clear because there you will enter the […]
10. The Conway Inn
Renamed: Thirsty J’s 86 Chapel StreetCookstownBT80 8QD Cookstown is known as the town with the longest, widest main street in all of Ireland, but perhaps not so well known is that a number of its pubs are conforming to this pattern and seem to stretch out far and wide in a very distinctive fashion. One […]