Crown & Shamrock Inn

A simply furnished public bar with a high counter and a plain back-fitting. The premises were expanded to the rear in the 1960s when the lounge was fitted out with furnishings so typical of the time. Back in 1901 the disreputable character of the pub led to its being taken over by the Ulster Public House Reform Association, one of many organisations at that time intent on improving the character of pubs and encouraging the sale of non-alcoholic drinks in preference to intoxicating ones. When the Association sold it in 1925, it was taken over by the O'Boyle family who have run it (respectably!) ever since.