◾️Opening soon.....
🟩 'Sugarhouse Entry' contained the most famously radical of all the drinking establishments in Belfast of the 1790's, called Peggy Barclays.
(Dr Franklin Tavern)
'It had plenty of rooms where one could eat, drink and be merry...the fertile oyster beds of…
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🔲Earlier this year I campaigned to have this entry reopened.....so well done to all involved in this in getting this sorted...after all it is a citizens 'right of way'.
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@1798walkingtour
Were the entries damaged during the blitz? (I have a hardback book on Belfast entries that came out 1971?)
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@paddycullivan
Need to contact our common friend
@TheNorthernWhig
. He's sitting on an absolute historical goldmine!
(The brilliant staff kindly showed me, they've always been good to us on the 1798 tour👏👏 )
At the back of the bar is where Peggy's was located, its now the storage area that…
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@1798walkingtour
Great to see what you have done getting the entry reopened. We already have a beer named in her honour 🍺
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@1798walkingtour
Before it was sealed off during the 'troubles' I used it as a shortcut between Donegal Street and High Street. I was unaware of its historic significance until now.
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@1798walkingtour
Iv seen them working on it and was wondering if they were gonna reopen it. Well done Sean 👏
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