Address :35 Main St, Forkhill,NewryBT35 9SQ This was originally called The Alexander Arms Hotel, but today, in keeping with the sign above the Inn, a cheerful welcome awaits you from the proprietors, Arthur and Maura O’Neill. Arthur, originally from Ballinrobe, County Mayo, married Maura, a local girl, and together they run one of the friendliest […]
Address :98C Carrickasticken Rd, Forkhill, NewryBT35 9RL I learnt about this bar from a local in the Slieve Gullion. If I had missed it, I would have missed a real beauty, for modern bars are very rare in this part of the world. It’s a new building with a new licence, opened in November 1989 […]
Renamed : M.C. LarkinsAddress:7 Carrickasticken Rd, Forkhill, Newry BT35 9RP My first port of call was The Slieve Gullion Inn, with its gleaming white exterior.A small white stoned garden with an old water pump completes the picture. The interior is typical of a small country pub with its labyrinth of small rooms. The small public […]
Address:4 Main Street, Eglinton,LondonderryBT47 3PQ Happy Landing Bar Eglinton During the Second World War, it wasn’t uncommon for ten pilots to fly out on a mission and for only seven or eight to return. As a result, any landing on the way back, however rough, came to be regarded as a happy one, and the […]