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Ned's Pub (Holywood)

Description: Address: Holywood / Co.Down / N.Ireland

Newest Review: ... the maypole was given to the town as a gift. Ned's is right smack bang in the middle of Holywood, on the High Street, beside the Maypole! Ned's was first licensed in 1857 and would certainly be rightly described as having a certain 'je ne sais quoi'. I imagine that Ned's is not to everyones taste. For starters there is no music. This is because one of the 'rules' in Ned's is the art of ... more

... conversation and music would only distract from the conversation. Mobile phones are also banned, as again, they intrude into people trying to enjoy a nice pint. And it is the nice pint that makes Ned's so worthwhile. Their Guinness is brilliant, a g...more

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Ned's Pub (Holywood): Great pub (435 words)
by - written on 16/02/09 (Very useful, 64 readings)
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Ned's bar in Holywood is named after one of the former proprietors (of which there have only ever been three in the bar's history), Ned Carty who acquired the pub in 1967 and the pub is still owned by the Carty family. It is also known as the Maypole Bar, due to the big ships mast stuck in the ground in the middle of the road outside! This dates back to when a ship ran aground nearby and as a debt of gratitude to the people of Holywood who showed great generosity and chartiy to the survivors the maypole was given to the town as a gift. Ned's is right smack bang in the middle of Holywood, on the High Street, beside the Maypole! Ned's was first ... Read the complete review