McLaughlins Antrim Rd
This is article was first published in Fortnight magazine back in February 2003. Chris Farrington is now a Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences’ in the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin. Although the circumstances it describes has changed radically and [...] read our review »
Short answer: very little, other than he enjoyed the environs of Hillsborough Castle, enjoyed working with the local politicians, and has Gerry Adams to thank for Bobby his dog. Peter Mandelson’s book The Third Man has captured media headlines in recent weeks as the Times serialised the most juicy bits. But what did he have [...] read our review »
Writer Christopher Hitchens has died aged 62. He was as contrary as he was brilliant. Here is a brief In Memoriam from Vanity Fair (his outlet of choice since 1992) and, here, a longer tribute from his friend Christopher Buckley Stanley in The New Yorker. Better, perhaps, though to post one of Hitchens’ own writings in [...] read our review »
Had a few pints in there. Sticky furniture, cans behind the bar. Old school.
The head line is Gaddafi has just been killed…
used to drink in there, I remember the day it was bombed, A friend nearly died in the blast,he left us to go watch the grand national ( i think that was the race it was a long time ago.) my Girlfriend and i and were at the bottom of the cliftonville rd when it went off, we were at the scene trying to help very soon after the event, i can remember the bodies and the horror of it. Thank god we are getting away from those days. never crossed the door again.