He never went to where the craic is. Dodgy pubs in any major Town. Keeps mentioning titanic & Ship yard which ws a bastion of sectarianism. The Shankill Rd 🤦
It’s only “rough” because of the history and the fears/prejudices of people who live here. If you’d went to the Falls Road you would have got the same warm welcome even in the dingiest spots. Avoid politics and it’s rare you’ll get hassle in any bar. Thanks for visiting!
Facts!. 99.9% of people are great decent hard working caring people. im from the falls. Like most political conflicts it all started from bronze-age god beliefs that have festered through every country in the world. these then became political and powe rbased. the science age is slowly changing things. I grew up catholic like someone who grew up on the shankill protestant. im 41 but the younger ones on both sides grow up able to think for themselves and realise that theres no difference. we are all just humans. Thanks for coming to belfast!!
@@joshuahowie1863 English chap here. Been to Belfast a fair few times now, usually make a point of going every year for 9 days plus. Have literally walked/staggered the length and breadth of the city, and can honestly say I've done pubs and clubs from Andersontown to East Belfast and the far north of the city right down to Ballynafeigh. Never had any grief whatsoever. I love the warm hospitable people who make me feel welcome, and I've met my fair share of fantastic chaps from both sides of the "fence". Like most places I guess if you avoid being a tw@t you'll live to tell the tale!
@@BelfastManUtdTherapyI have relatives in Derry and have passed through Belfast many times on my way there after travelling over from Liverpool on the boat. I will make a point of stopping in Belfast next time. Good post but must admit i'm not too keen on your profile name. Lol.
@@first4wins192i take it your a liverpool fan then lol its all good. Honestly you should stop in belfast sometime on your travels and do a pub crawl. belfast is a different place now than it used to be 20-30 years ago!
As a Catholic just in the southern side of the border, i think if I went into any of the bars in the shankhill road I'd not feel particularly safe with my accent, but that's not me being prejudice as I'm honestly not. But I know if a Protestant went into a Catholic bar they'd feel the exact same. Which is a shame as end of day we are all just the same people when you take religion and politics out of it. I don't see things changing anytime soon though unfortunately as you have idiots on both sides who continue to keep that hatred and bigotry alive.
Do you even get Murphy's on pump anywhere in Belfast? I thought it was more a Southern, or specifically Cork thing. I know a lot of people see Guinness as the embodiment of Irishness, but in reality, wasn't Arthur Anglo-Irish and very prejudiced against the native Dublin Irish Catholics. I think you couldn't work at Guinness if you were Catholic until maybe the 1960s.. in fact, I think you even got sacked if you were a Protestant who married a Catholic.
I served in the British Army in Belfast in the 80s and 90s. In the 90s off duty in Bangor I met a woman who lived in the Short Strand. We went out a few times and one night she took me to the Beehive Pub on the Falls Road. I needed a few pints before crossing into a 'red' area, plus a whiskey seeing as I was going into a Republican bar. One of the best nights I've had in years! I spotted a few 'personalities', provos, that was a bit squeaky bum time, but it was a great pub. I also attended the Lower Ormeau residents bank holiday open air concert. That was a bit worrying, got quizzed so many times, but again I was treated okay and had a great night.
I lived in Belfast 1992-1995. Loved it. First visit to Belfast was 1982 I was 12. Went again in 1985 and 1988. My mother grew up there. North Belfast. Myself and my three brothers grew up in Brooklyn. Great times both cities.
I’m Northern Irish currently living in Yorkshire, this was a great video to watch and one thing I miss about back home is how friendly we are, hope you enjoyed your visit 🤙🏻
@@eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 There’s always one😅Northern Irish born and bred my friend, i’ve always had a british passport and used sterling pounds.
My mrs is from N Ire , been to belfast many times . Bloody great place to visit . Never had a problem with anyone in Belfast , great people . Great place too shop in the centre , real solid people salt of the earth .The Crown is a great place to go , when its quiet . Real history .
I had a neighbor in Pittsburgh Pa USA who had come from Belfast to learn surgical techniques at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. He was a brain surgeon . The neighborhood loved he and his family. We talked a lot about Belfast. He felt Belfast was a pretty violent place and much of his work was related to that. Gunshots , bludgeonings and the like. This was 15 years ago. Hope they are well.
REALLY???? I saw that sign but only saw some of the different languages but thought, well, their trying..... and now you tell me that. That's darkly funny. Some things die hard, I guess.
@@honestplaces They're consistent because Guinness has a team of people that clean the lines, calibrate the nitrogen taps & train bartenders how to do it properly. Also more people drink it so it's fresh.
@@honestplaces Yes next time you need to hit uo Bangor and call into Fealtys. The pub hasn't had room in the cold room for the Guinness line, so the keg is under the bar and pours slow. Bullhouse East a craft beer ta\proom in Belfast, did have Beamish for a while. Hard to find, Murphys even harder.
I will give this a viewing. I am from Fort Worth, Texas. Age 62. I used to drink in some of the most dangerous bars and pool halls possible. I saw way too many shootings back in the 70s. I will pass on rough these days.
This video has made me so thirsty I'm going to get drunk and accomplish nothing today. 😅 Excellent video. Pubs in the UK are true works of art. Thanks for the video.
I stayed on the Upper Newton Ards Road during the last years of the troubles! Never had any issues with anyone! Good people for sure ! Friendly and welcoming!
The 'danger' is relative. Locals will react more positively to a tourist than another local, especially a stranger. The Falls and Shankill are less than a mile apart and people from both sides know each other. There was no danger for you because of what I just said. But locals from either side venturing into one another's pubs wouldn't be so safe. Also, walking into a pub on a Saturday afternoon is probably the safest time. I feel the atmosphere would be different later on in the evening. Anyway, I'm not trying to scare anyone, Belfast has worked hard to change attitudes and thankfully the worst seems to be behind us. £12 for a pint in Crown is laughable. The irony is, had that pub not been saved by tourism it would be just like all the rest you visited price included. Anyway, cheers for visiting Belfast, hope you enjoyed it!
@@EvilestGem it's £6 per pint. He bought two pints in there pal. Agree with what you say about the "danger". Been in pubs on both sides of the fence. Thought my English accent would be an issue on the Falls side ages ago, but they were fine. If anything when I'm there I get random folk coming up to me enquiring about my holiday, why I'm there, what do I think of the place etc. Always a good atmosphere. I've probably staggered into every pub and club in Belfast (inc the ones on this vid) and have come out with a good impression and usually have a good time. I've met that many folk and made a few friends for life there too. I'm glad that there is peace over there now. I remember being in the North back before the GFA in '98 and believe me the atmosphere was a lot different.
It's grand in Northern Ireland ì lived there for 20years with my x wife a local lassie in Dromara Dromore next to the mountains of mourn 😊and I miss it
That street opposite Blinkers is North Street, 10-20 years ago it was a bustling street with an arcade which burnt down in 2004, the Main Street had pet shops, book shops, collectable shops, a country pursuits shop, hectors house record shop, travel agents, insurance brokers etc, now it's totally derelict apart from a pub down near the bottom, utterly shameful what the local council let it deteriorate into. Titanic slipway is still there and the Thomspon Drydock were it sat is just down throat from Titanic Belfast at the pump house.
Im from Derry from an area called Creggan but every time Im in Belfast I go to Shankhill for the Royal Pub. The troubles are over and I can easily wear my Derry GAA top in there - good banter and creamy Guinness
I was in Belfast a couple of weeks back and as a tourist I had to stop at the Crown. I didn't know about it before going there but when out walking and you see that building? You have to see what that's about. Tourist trap maybe but you have to give credit to that architecture. I went back later for dinner and it was good food with an amusing company of Brits sat next to us. Had an incredible Indian meal the next night with a random bunch of friendly Germans. The food scene, the friendly people (tourists and locals), the beautiful architecture everywhere and the wild amounts of brilliant street art make Belfast one place everyone should visit at least once.
The Rex Bar used to be the haunt of the UVF. It was the scene of serious disorder between the UVF and Johnny Adair's UDA company which ultimately led to Adair being exiled from NI by the UDA.
@@honestplaces they riddled the rex with automatic gunfire that day was a fair few killed during that feud army had to patrol area again and people walking about with bullet proof vests on hundreds of people removed from their homes when it kicks off on Shankill it kicks off lol. Have drank in all of those pubs at some stage apart from the pony club dunno if its still there but the berlin bar was another one id go to the odd time.
@@jamesburns3763 didn't know Hewitts did Murphy's? I did know they do a nice (and cheap) brewery own brand stout. Must look out for Murphy's next time...
I've been drinking Guinness for years but never heard of the splitting the G drinking game til I saw this channel, i've got all my friends playing it now. It's all kicking off! 🍺
I was at Uni there in the 80s and in the busy pubs they would start pouring the Guinness half an hour before opening to let it settle and make sure it was served at room temp - never chilled.
I'm originally from Near Manchester 'Chorley ' I worked in an Irish pub in London in the late 80's. They always let the Guinness settle and then top it off.
I'm from Manchester and been up the Shankill a few times. The people are great and treat you like their own, they will even put you up for the night. Salt of the earth people and great to party with.
Im a big @honestplaces fan. His content is always bangin'. I actually enjoyed the video because of the fact he dosent seem to know anything or have any interest in the conflict (I might be wrong, just he dosent seem to mention it at all). Just treated it like any other town which I found quite refreshing to be honest! Particularly as they were all places i wouldn’t feel comfortable visitng myself.
Just curious-I'm American with Ulster Scot/Belfast area heritage of the Finley clan. What type of reception would I get as an outsider explaining I just wanted to visit and see where my ancestors came from? Same thing with Caernarvon, Wales and ancestors of the Morgan name.
Great vid i love the geezer vids like these pub crawl pint supping vids.Mountain View was worth a visit at the top of the Shankill.I was in there when there was a Liverpool v Man U game i think,it was about 15 years ago.But i remember fellas in guard uniforms having a few after work no doubt.That was a rough pub bit too rowdy.
Back in the '90s, I did some concrete work in Edmonton AB for an 89 year old gentleman who'd started working in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in 1929. It was amazing meeting someone who likely worked with some of the men who'd built the Titanic and her sisters.
Brilliant mate watching this took me back 30 years when I used to play in a band and the royal bar and the diamond jubilee was two pubs we played in very often the diamond jubilee was known as the dirty diamond we were playing one Saturday night when armed men came in took over the stage and gave a speech that there would be no cease fire the place went mad, that was back when the cease fire was being talked about, fucking rough as fuck but one of the few bars that bought the band a drink at the end of the night
"ROUGH", hey mate....those are very fancy in comparison with some bars you can find in Mexico City or Bogota........Thanks for the video and I will visit those pubs next time there.....
We have an Irish pub in downtown tulsa Oklahoma by the name of Kilkenny's. It's as close as you can get to an old irish pub in the states. They serve bangers and mash and Guinness and other drafts by the pint or pitcher. The rest of our dives are "knife and gun clubs" or seedy biker bars and country music cowboy redneck beer joints...and then there's the "alternative outfits" not everyone's cup a tea.😂
Been to Belfast many a time and always had a warm welcome. Worked for a northern Irish company and have many northern Irish friends. Really friendly country
@@tomedwards8234I think you'll find ireland is the country, northen ireland is a false name given by the British, Ireland is Irish and we'll be known as Ireland long after your dead
@@tomedwards8234 a border?, there's no border in Ireland, just a sign, the same road in and out from the north to the south, the only border in your UK is between Ireland and England, have a nice day 🇮🇪
You'll get a pint of Beamish in the Sunflower in Belfast. And lovely it is too. Btw, in the crown, do you mean it was 12 quid for the two? Surely not £12 a pint?!
The Crown was built as what was called in the 19th century a 'gin palace'. They were built all over UK & Ireland and were always very highly decorated.
Enjoyed the video. I would be happy to go into any of those pubs and have a pint of Guinness. I suspect it might get more rowdy at nights and weekends during the football games. Great work. Cheers from the states! 👍🏽
From what I've gathered, Cork is more or less the only place where you can find widespread Murphy's and Beamish on tap. Never been to Ireland, so I might be wrong about that, but I watch a lot of pub channels lol. Good luck and keep up the good work. Your channel rocks 🤘
Beamish at the Sunflower in Belfast. They only sell Beamish, no Guinness there. The Anchor in Derry also sells Beamish and Guinness. Murphy's is harder to find unless you go to Co Cork.
LOL at the bloke in the onesy throwing combos . Gonna be a long day with him lol . In the pubs in the UK can you bet on horse racing in the pub or do you have to go to a betting shop as a separate establishment . Cheers
If you get down to Limerick at any point I highly reccommend the pubs down by Kilalee, the woman in the village inn (Across the road from the Claughan bar) does a three part pour which i've never seen anywhere else. Proper family run local pub full of the best people you'll meet.
Came here to say hello for my brothers and sisters in Belfast. I’m 1st Gen Irish is US. Many of my fam live in Kilkenny. And everywhere in Ireland lmfao. My brother said we are also related to Nial of the Nine Hostages. It’s an interesting story hahah ❤️☘️✌️
I think he knew exactly where he was in the UVF's Rex Bar nonchantly, perhaps purposely dismissive of the UVF history on the outside wall, the Diamond Jubilee and its history to C-Company UFF and of course The Pony where Gusty kicked off events back in '66.
My mates used to go 4 danger pints every Friday, catholics going into loyalist bars during the troubles, they stopped after doris day punched one of them and told them 2 get out. Both sides are nice but it wouldn't take much lit a fire on the under current
Good craic thou, my puppa's car broke down on the shankill when I was a kid with my mum during the troubles, the aul lad must have started having dementia, he left us there, we were from the 'other side' a very decent guy from shankill drove us home lol my mum nearly killed my grandad
Doris Day: Tis the Divil himself! Ghastly individual. I understood that if he wore a pink jumper he would not be prone to outbursts of mindless violence. Well, I was wrong, So I was. 😣
Was in belfast last week me and my son went into loads of pubs and majority of folk in belfast are great people so friendly and welcoming to outsiders real great city to visit
Great Video mate. Had Guinness in Belfast and Dublin and personal taste preferred it in Belfast. Great city Belfast. Next time you go to Belfast, try a pub called Kelly's cellars. 👍👍
I've been to Belfast a few times and taken my daughter on some of them trips. The titanic museum at the start the two triangles sticking out of the building are the dimensions of the titanic's bow interesting fact. Good night life in the city will be going again at some point that's for sure.
Where to hell is the Manchester club, oh just realising the red devil, the hole in the wall ain't there anymore I think. The toughest pubs in Belfast are the ones where no one messes about and are mostly clubs with old guys look like nothing
@@ArchStanton-xx6sj I did kiss o grams in them all many years ago so out of touch with names lol The Dj in Red Devil asked what music I wanted for the male stripper, I said the rave version of The Sash that will make him jump😄 Always got treated better in Nationalist clubs as they are well run no nonsense and always got hassle in loyalist clubs, usually from doormen ffs
@kyivwithgeofftanya5546 aye I can't really speak about loyalist/ unionist side but yeah most clubs in nationalist areas are well run I can say with 100%fact because I'm barred, as groucho said I wouldn't be a member of any club that would have the likes of me. But your man there is going into pubs during the day, as u say at nighttime well different. And the irony about belfast is the bars that are the toughest are the best run
I was in Belfast working this summer. I stayed in that Maldron hotel he is stood in front of at the end. I walked out of that hotel, 6:00 on a weekday summer evening and some bloke was lying on the street being attended to by medics - blood everywhere. I think he'd been stabbed. I've spent nearly 30 years travelling all around the UK for work and Belfast looks neglected.
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🤣 cheers pal
Does bangin mean good? thanks from NZ
He never went to where the craic is. Dodgy pubs in any major Town. Keeps mentioning titanic & Ship yard which ws a bastion of sectarianism. The Shankill Rd 🤦
@@pithius2191yes ☺️
It’s only “rough” because of the history and the fears/prejudices of people who live here. If you’d went to the Falls Road you would have got the same warm welcome even in the dingiest spots. Avoid politics and it’s rare you’ll get hassle in any bar. Thanks for visiting!
Facts!. 99.9% of people are great decent hard working caring people. im from the falls. Like most political conflicts it all started from bronze-age god beliefs that have festered through every country in the world. these then became political and powe rbased. the science age is slowly changing things. I grew up catholic like someone who grew up on the shankill protestant. im 41 but the younger ones on both sides grow up able to think for themselves and realise that theres no difference. we are all just humans. Thanks for coming to belfast!!
@@joshuahowie1863 English chap here. Been to Belfast a fair few times now, usually make a point of going every year for 9 days plus. Have literally walked/staggered the length and breadth of the city, and can honestly say I've done pubs and clubs from Andersontown to East Belfast and the far north of the city right down to Ballynafeigh. Never had any grief whatsoever. I love the warm hospitable people who make me feel welcome, and I've met my fair share of fantastic chaps from both sides of the "fence". Like most places I guess if you avoid being a tw@t you'll live to tell the tale!
@@BelfastManUtdTherapyI have relatives in Derry and have passed through Belfast many times on my way there after travelling over from Liverpool on the boat. I will make a point of stopping in Belfast next time. Good post but must admit i'm not too keen on your profile name. Lol.
@@first4wins192i take it your a liverpool fan then lol its all good. Honestly you should stop in belfast sometime on your travels and do a pub crawl. belfast is a different place now than it used to be 20-30 years ago!
As a Catholic just in the southern side of the border, i think if I went into any of the bars in the shankhill road I'd not feel particularly safe with my accent, but that's not me being prejudice as I'm honestly not. But I know if a Protestant went into a Catholic bar they'd feel the exact same. Which is a shame as end of day we are all just the same people when you take religion and politics out of it. I don't see things changing anytime soon though unfortunately as you have idiots on both sides who continue to keep that hatred and bigotry alive.
Bro went to every Loyalist pub in the city and wonders why he can't find Murphy's😂
Because Murphy's is shit 😅
Do you even get Murphy's on pump anywhere in Belfast? I thought it was more a Southern, or specifically Cork thing. I know a lot of people see Guinness as the embodiment of Irishness, but in reality, wasn't Arthur Anglo-Irish and very prejudiced against the native Dublin Irish Catholics. I think you couldn't work at Guinness if you were Catholic until maybe the 1960s.. in fact, I think you even got sacked if you were a Protestant who married a Catholic.
@@samwallace7313 Except it’s not. At all.
You would even struggle to find Murphy's on tap in Dublin. It's more of a Cork/Kerry thing. Lovely stout though.
@@blackcats3951 each to their own tbh, I don't like it others do.
If you are looking 'rough' don't go out in the afternoon, start out at 9pm and work from there
Rubbish. Everywhere CLOSES at 9 now
exactly what i was thinkin
Nowhere is "rough" at 2.00. Go at 9.00. Don't fucking be at ur shite
He knows that that's why he doesn't.
I served in the British Army in Belfast in the 80s and 90s. In the 90s off duty in Bangor I met a woman who lived in the Short Strand. We went out a few times and one night she took me to the Beehive Pub on the Falls Road. I needed a few pints before crossing into a 'red' area, plus a whiskey seeing as I was going into a Republican bar. One of the best nights I've had in years! I spotted a few 'personalities', provos, that was a bit squeaky bum time, but it was a great pub. I also attended the Lower Ormeau residents bank holiday open air concert. That was a bit worrying, got quizzed so many times, but again I was treated okay and had a great night.
Youre one crazy man Brother 😅😅
Respect
You have balls of steel.
The beehive bar isn't a republican bar lol. Glad you enjoyed your time on the falls were not all bad.
‘A disgusting tourist pub where everyone takes pictures of the Guinness’ says the man who films every pint of Guinness he drinks 😂
.....following tradition 🤣
Very good, I missed that oxymoron or just an ironic moron lol
Spot on to be fair
@@RobertD-u3q Stupid to be fair
He’s like an upbeat Carl pilkington
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂 nailed
But unlike Carl , he ain't obsessed with splitting the "G"
Whatever the Fuck that is 🤔🤔🤔
@@Theoriginalbigbrilloclues in the name pal. Play a record, you're an idiot
@Theoriginalbigbrillo splitting the g is taking a huge first gulp so that the remaining pint lines up up in the middle of the g on the glass
I lived in Belfast 1992-1995. Loved it. First visit to Belfast was 1982 I was 12. Went again in 1985 and 1988. My mother grew up there. North Belfast. Myself and my three brothers grew up in Brooklyn. Great times both cities.
I’m Northern Irish currently living in Yorkshire, this was a great video to watch and one thing I miss about back home is how friendly we are, hope you enjoyed your visit 🤙🏻
True mate, very chilled vibe, loved it
Just hope and pray you get over , ever deciding to settle in Yorkshire 🤭🤭🤭
You always miss that when you leave Ireland. Something is missing, it's a hole that wells up in the soul.
Your Irish you mean
@@eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 There’s always one😅Northern Irish born and bred my friend, i’ve always had a british passport and used sterling pounds.
My mrs is from N Ire , been to belfast many times .
Bloody great place to visit .
Never had a problem with anyone in Belfast , great people .
Great place too shop in the centre , real solid people salt of the earth .The Crown is a great place to go , when its quiet .
Real history .
100% true mate
The Crown is great 4 the decor, done by Italian joiners when moonlighting but overrated pub, Duke of York and whites tavern far better
we are great. lol its just some support liverpool still..... oj the past is behind us, belfast is on the up!
@@BelfastManUtdTherapy Agreed.................................👍👍👍
If I was in the Crown right now, I think Bass from cask would be my choice.
Rough? I live in Baltimore. You have no idea what rough is until you come to any inner city in the US.
@@stevejanowiak1982 Detroit here…I hear ya
Pony Club area scene of lots of paramilitary killings during the troubles so you don't know what you're talking about
@@harrymac803the troubles were almost 30 years ago. People are still getting dropped in Baltimore daily. Big difference.
@@harrymac803 Ok
@@harrymac803 Detroit and Baltimore are like that everyday…and have been for 50 years…
I had a neighbor in Pittsburgh Pa USA who had come from Belfast to learn surgical techniques at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. He was a brain surgeon . The neighborhood loved he and his family. We talked a lot about Belfast. He felt Belfast was a pretty violent place and much of his work was related to that. Gunshots , bludgeonings and the like. This was 15 years ago. Hope they are well.
absolutely smashing these videos out mate absolute quality as usual happy days
Cheers pal, really appreciate it
'We are welcoming' The sign has about 25 different versions of 'Welcome' from different languages, apart from of course...Irish. 😂👍🏻
REALLY???? I saw that sign but only saw some of the different languages but thought, well, their trying..... and now you tell me that. That's darkly funny. Some things die hard, I guess.
All the pubs in Belfast pour a good Guinness but fealtys in bangor is another level..two taps,one room temp and other cold.
World class.
Proper consistent over there init!
@@honestplaces They're consistent because Guinness has a team of people that clean the lines, calibrate the nitrogen taps & train bartenders how to do it properly.
Also more people drink it so it's fresh.
Pour a bad pint of stout & you might as well shut down the shop ?
@@honestplaces Yes next time you need to hit uo Bangor and call into Fealtys. The pub hasn't had room in the cold room for the Guinness line, so the keg is under the bar and pours slow. Bullhouse East a craft beer ta\proom in Belfast, did have Beamish for a while. Hard to find, Murphys even harder.
no one drinks Guinness at room temperature. End of.
I will give this a viewing. I am from Fort Worth, Texas. Age 62. I used to drink in some of the most dangerous bars and pool halls possible. I saw way too many shootings back in the 70s. I will pass on rough these days.
Fort Worth is just full of young hipsters now. It’s actually got some decent spots. I live over in Austin and was there last year.
@@anthonyr587 oh Fort Worth has changed so much.
Jacksboro highway?
@@andrewspringer3565 Not as much for my time. More out Hwy 80 and Lake Worth but other areas too
In Texas when you walk into a bad place you know it. LOL There are plenty of places in San Antonio that are not places you want to be.
This video has made me so thirsty I'm going to get drunk and accomplish nothing today. 😅
Excellent video. Pubs in the UK are true works of art.
Thanks for the video.
I stayed on the Upper Newton Ards Road during the last years of the troubles! Never had any issues with anyone! Good people for sure ! Friendly and welcoming!
Twelve hour days (ma baws) working in the shipyards…
Just a small correction it’s Upper Newtownards Road.
@@stewartgrindlay9760 Thanks! So long ago! Still good stay at the Girton Lodge Hotel ?
@@senianns9522 excellent. What year where you here
@@stewartgrindlay9760 1976 --Did a job at Fison's chemical plant I think?
The 'danger' is relative. Locals will react more positively to a tourist than another local, especially a stranger. The Falls and Shankill are less than a mile apart and people from both sides know each other. There was no danger for you because of what I just said. But locals from either side venturing into one another's pubs wouldn't be so safe. Also, walking into a pub on a Saturday afternoon is probably the safest time. I feel the atmosphere would be different later on in the evening. Anyway, I'm not trying to scare anyone, Belfast has worked hard to change attitudes and thankfully the worst seems to be behind us. £12 for a pint in Crown is laughable. The irony is, had that pub not been saved by tourism it would be just like all the rest you visited price included. Anyway, cheers for visiting Belfast, hope you enjoyed it!
@@EvilestGem it's £6 per pint. He bought two pints in there pal.
Agree with what you say about the "danger". Been in pubs on both sides of the fence. Thought my English accent would be an issue on the Falls side ages ago, but they were fine. If anything when I'm there I get random folk coming up to me enquiring about my holiday, why I'm there, what do I think of the place etc. Always a good atmosphere. I've probably staggered into every pub and club in Belfast (inc the ones on this vid) and have come out with a good impression and usually have a good time. I've met that many folk and made a few friends for life there too.
I'm glad that there is peace over there now. I remember being in the North back before the GFA in '98 and believe me the atmosphere was a lot different.
I am never going back to a PUB in north IRELAND .. no atmosphere there..
@@michaelheery6303 Big place, many MANY pubs and it depends what you like. I only really know Belfast but there is a pub for everyone's taste.
@@michaelheery6303 no one wants you there anyway you crank 😂
Give respect, get respect. Be smart, of course. I've traveled the world-and wits, kindness, and humility have never failed me.
It's grand in Northern Ireland ì lived there for 20years with my x wife a local lassie in Dromara Dromore next to the mountains of mourn 😊and I miss it
That street opposite Blinkers is North Street, 10-20 years ago it was a bustling street with an arcade which burnt down in 2004, the Main Street had pet shops, book shops, collectable shops, a country pursuits shop, hectors house record shop, travel agents, insurance brokers etc, now it's totally derelict apart from a pub down near the bottom, utterly shameful what the local council let it deteriorate into.
Titanic slipway is still there and the Thomspon Drydock were it sat is just down throat from Titanic Belfast at the pump house.
Im from Derry from an area called Creggan but every time Im in Belfast I go to Shankhill for the Royal Pub. The troubles are over and I can easily wear my Derry GAA top in there - good banter and creamy Guinness
I was in Belfast a couple of weeks back and as a tourist I had to stop at the Crown. I didn't know about it before going there but when out walking and you see that building? You have to see what that's about. Tourist trap maybe but you have to give credit to that architecture. I went back later for dinner and it was good food with an amusing company of Brits sat next to us. Had an incredible Indian meal the next night with a random bunch of friendly Germans. The food scene, the friendly people (tourists and locals), the beautiful architecture everywhere and the wild amounts of brilliant street art make Belfast one place everyone should visit at least once.
Completely agree. Visited in June and its somewhere I'm going back to. Sunflower pub was worth finding.
If you want to try Guinness, Murphys and Beamish and interesting pubs, I'd recommend visiting Cork city.
Place is a republican dump full of druggies and tramps.
An Teach Beag Cork is a great little spot. I would've said The Lobby Bar but that one closed down the last time i checked.
Definitely a great idea to visit Cork to sample all the best stouts.
The Ulster Sports Bar in Belfast City centre do a great Beamish.
Isn’t there a street in Cork City centre where people try to do a pint in all 15 pubs?
@@TheLastAngryMan01 Maybe back in the 90s
These videos are quality pal, been a subscriber for couple of months ,really enjoy them.
Cheers pal, really appreciate it 👍
Thanks for taking us along.
I'm getting 'rate my takeaways ' vibe. I love it. We want more.
The Rex Bar used to be the haunt of the UVF. It was the scene of serious disorder between the UVF and Johnny Adair's UDA company which ultimately led to Adair being exiled from NI by the UDA.
Mental back in the day init
@@honestplaces they riddled the rex with automatic gunfire that day was a fair few killed during that feud army had to patrol area again and people walking about with bullet proof vests on hundreds of people removed from their homes when it kicks off on Shankill it kicks off lol. Have drank in all of those pubs at some stage apart from the pony club dunno if its still there but the berlin bar was another one id go to the odd time.
@@kennymitchell4361 Berlin bar is shut now pal.
I love Belfast. Beautiful city, beautiful people. ❤
sunflower bar does a lovely beamish in the the city centre.. John Hewitts does a lovely Murphys mate enjoy
@@jamesburns3763 didn't know Hewitts did Murphy's? I did know they do a nice (and cheap) brewery own brand stout. Must look out for Murphy's next time...
I've been drinking Guinness for years but never heard of the splitting the G drinking game til I saw this channel, i've got all my friends playing it now. It's all kicking off! 🍺
🤣🤣🤣 bangin that....go on!
Same here!
It's a load of shite started by the Guinness Guru who in fact isn't even a Guinness drinker
Played that in the ship inn Anglesey last Saturday lol. I've never quite got it
@@danbreen6946 known people doing it for years before guru
I was at Uni there in the 80s and in the busy pubs they would start pouring the Guinness half an hour before opening to let it settle and make sure it was served at room temp - never chilled.
Proper way to do it!
Flip how bad were your A'Levels to have to come here llf
@@ArchStanton-xx6sj It's worse than that - I actually chose to go to Queens - it was top of my list 🤣
@@SteveKearns-v7b very good lol hope it went well
@user-zq8ll1yl6i you chose to come here in the 80s lol, everyone else was trying to leave!
I've only drank on the Falls Road, did you go to any?
Looking forward to part 2. There is a part 2 right?
For balance and full story telling 😂
Yes indeedy ,Falls calling 😉
The Falls Road is gentrified, all the kips are all in Loyalist areas 😂
the bald head and the tattoos make him fit in with the loyalist drug dealer aesthetic
I'm originally from Near Manchester 'Chorley ' I worked in an Irish pub in London in the late 80's. They always let the Guinness settle and then top it off.
I'm from Manchester and been up the Shankill a few times. The people are great and treat you like their own, they will even put you up for the night. Salt of the earth people and great to party with.
Yeh i felt chilled there pal. Alright init
@@honestplaces Yes mate, they are top notch, we have lost that community spirit.
are they welcoming of Catholics and those with Irish accents?
@@shutup2751about as welcoming as the catholics would be to proddies on the falls road or Andy town. Fuck off prick.
It's called the heel and ankle
Im a big @honestplaces fan. His content is always bangin'. I actually enjoyed the video because of the fact he dosent seem to know anything or have any interest in the conflict (I might be wrong, just he dosent seem to mention it at all). Just treated it like any other town which I found quite refreshing to be honest! Particularly as they were all places i wouldn’t feel comfortable visitng myself.
He has the ignorance of a yank which is far from a compliment 🤦♂️
The Duke of York in the city centre sells both Murphys and Beamish on tap. And their Guinness is outstanding!
Fuming!
I did not know that, cheers and I live 12 miles away lol.
One of my favourite places when I was living over there, quality pub!
Best pub in belfast
Just curious-I'm American with Ulster Scot/Belfast area heritage of the Finley clan. What type of reception would I get as an outsider explaining I just wanted to visit and see where my ancestors came from? Same thing with Caernarvon, Wales and ancestors of the Morgan name.
I absolutely loved the Back to the Future segment.., coincidentally the car was built in Belfast … i am sure you knew that though!
Great vid i love the geezer vids like these pub crawl pint supping vids.Mountain View was worth a visit at the top of the Shankill.I was in there when there was a Liverpool v Man U game i think,it was about 15 years ago.But i remember fellas in guard uniforms having a few after work no doubt.That was a rough pub bit too rowdy.
Back in the '90s, I did some concrete work in Edmonton AB for an 89 year old gentleman who'd started working in the Harland and Wolff shipyard in 1929.
It was amazing meeting someone who likely worked with some of the men who'd built the Titanic and her sisters.
What a blast from the past! Went to the Crown in 2008 , I’m from Italy. Really enjoyed. Good beer, nice place.
Brilliant mate watching this took me back 30 years when I used to play in a band and the royal bar and the diamond jubilee was two pubs we played in very often the diamond jubilee was known as the dirty diamond we were playing one Saturday night when armed men came in took over the stage and gave a speech that there would be no cease fire the place went mad, that was back when the cease fire was being talked about, fucking rough as fuck but one of the few bars that bought the band a drink at the end of the night
Jeeez. Sounds proper brutal back in the day!
"ROUGH", hey mate....those are very fancy in comparison with some bars you can find in Mexico City or Bogota........Thanks for the video and I will visit those pubs next time there.....
Or Bangkok
We have an Irish pub in downtown tulsa Oklahoma by the name of Kilkenny's. It's as close as you can get to an old irish pub in the states.
They serve bangers and mash and Guinness and other drafts by the pint or pitcher. The rest of our dives are "knife and gun clubs" or seedy biker bars and country music cowboy redneck beer joints...and then there's the "alternative outfits" not everyone's cup a tea.😂
Been to Belfast many a time and always had a warm welcome. Worked for a northern Irish company and have many northern Irish friends. Really friendly country
Nice 1 you’re always welcome
Northern Ireland is a country. The four country’s that make up Great Britain Scotland, wales, Northern Ireland and England
@@tomedwards8234I think you'll find ireland is the country, northen ireland is a false name given by the British, Ireland is Irish and we'll be known as Ireland long after your dead
@@pdwkd still part of the United Kingdom and a border separates north and south still
@@tomedwards8234 a border?, there's no border in Ireland, just a sign, the same road in and out from the north to the south, the only border in your UK is between Ireland and England, have a nice day 🇮🇪
You'll get a pint of Beamish in the Sunflower in Belfast. And lovely it is too.
Btw, in the crown, do you mean it was 12 quid for the two? Surely not £12 a pint?!
I don't drink Guinness but you're videos really make me want to head out and get a few pints of the black stuff!
The Crown was built as what was called in the 19th century a 'gin palace'. They were built all over UK & Ireland and were always very highly decorated.
The dereliction is such a shame. So many nice buildings left rotting. It's the same down here in Dublin, utter neglect.
Thank you for the tour of Belfast.
The force of ulster mural is to commemorate the troops of RAF Ulster who helped defend England against the germans in the Air Raids
Wasn't it about beginnings of a certain outfit?
Enjoyed the video. I would be happy to go into any of those pubs and have a pint of Guinness. I suspect it might get more rowdy at nights and weekends during the football games. Great work. Cheers from the states! 👍🏽
Pints looked lovely
Bangin
Call them rough areas, but how long would that memorial and open beer garden at 10:40 last unvandalised in any English city?
There’s a good reason you don’t mess with it unless you want to crawl home with yer knees in a plastic bag😂
From what I've gathered, Cork is more or less the only place where you can find widespread Murphy's and Beamish on tap. Never been to Ireland, so I might be wrong about that, but I watch a lot of pub channels lol. Good luck and keep up the good work. Your channel rocks 🤘
plenty of Beamish in Dublin but yes limerick and cork would be best place for beamish
Murphy’s is made in cork aye
Beamish at the Sunflower in Belfast. They only sell Beamish, no Guinness there.
The Anchor in Derry also sells Beamish and Guinness.
Murphy's is harder to find unless you go to Co Cork.
Plenty of places doing Murphy's in Galway and Dublin. Just have to keep an eye out.
LOL at the bloke in the onesy throwing combos . Gonna be a long day with him lol . In the pubs in the UK can you bet on horse racing in the pub or do you have to go to a betting shop as a separate establishment . Cheers
If you get down to Limerick at any point I highly reccommend the pubs down by Kilalee, the woman in the village inn (Across the road from the Claughan bar) does a three part pour which i've never seen anywhere else. Proper family run local pub full of the best people you'll meet.
Sounds bangin!!!
i love watching these types of videos
Great video. I've always fancied a trip over to Northern Ireland. Seeing the friendliness of the people there, I shall have to do it.
Deffo get yourself there!
It’s cracking
You bounce a lot when you walk. Are you wearing lifts ??
What are lifts? 🤣
Visit cork city for Beamish and Murphys their traditional cork stouts
Been before! Bangin
Does anyone know what the second from last line says, on that "Stop calling me resilient" gable end mural? I can't quite make it out.
ahhh Belfast especially shankhill great people great Guinness-great video as always fella
100% pal. Cheers mate
Came here to say hello for my brothers and sisters in Belfast. I’m 1st Gen Irish is US. Many of my fam live in Kilkenny. And everywhere in Ireland lmfao. My brother said we are also related to Nial of the Nine Hostages. It’s an interesting story hahah ❤️☘️✌️
It is what it is
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@@honestplaces well it is eh 🤣😅luv yer vids m8👌
See what's kicking off
😂😂😂😂
@@conormckinney-px3bi it's abit ropey in there
hahaha YESSS YOU FINALLY CAME TO BELFAST! 😁😁
Bangin
9:51 - what had Steve Wright in the Afternoon to do with Belfast & does this somehow explain his unexpected demise ?
I think he knew exactly where he was in the UVF's Rex Bar nonchantly, perhaps purposely dismissive of the UVF history on the outside wall, the Diamond Jubilee and its history to C-Company UFF and of course The Pony where Gusty kicked off events back in '66.
Only visited one part of Belfast, next time hit the Falls Road, I visited both in 1997 no cell phones in site
You'll get Murphys in the Duke of York. Beamish in the Sunflower and the Morning Star. You should try Whites guinness only bar as well.
Missed those 😭😭😭
He stuck to the protestant places lad lol.
@@mchammer1982 Was going to give an honourable mention to the 3Cs.....but after seeing where our man ended up, maybe not!
Titanic's last port of call was cobh County Cork.
Southampton to cherborg France then to cobh onwards to new york
My mates used to go 4 danger pints every Friday, catholics going into loyalist bars during the troubles, they stopped after doris day punched one of them and told them 2 get out. Both sides are nice but it wouldn't take much lit a fire on the under current
Mad init!
Good craic thou, my puppa's car broke down on the shankill when I was a kid with my mum during the troubles, the aul lad must have started having dementia, he left us there, we were from the 'other side' a very decent guy from shankill drove us home lol my mum nearly killed my grandad
And Doris Day got killed by his own side.
Doris Day:
Tis the Divil himself!
Ghastly individual.
I understood that if he wore a pink jumper he would not be prone to outbursts of mindless violence.
Well,
I was wrong,
So I was.
😣
Was in belfast last week me and my son went into loads of pubs and majority of folk in belfast are great people so friendly and welcoming to outsiders real great city to visit
Love Northern Ireland,was there last week.
You should have tried the Prince Albert Lounge, just off the Newtonards Road!!
That pony club was great
Bangin
@@honestplaces next time your in liverpool I'll give you a few pubs
@@willbrown2930 He's been there and done that, soft ARSE 🤫🤫
how come he never went up the falls road ?? good pint in fallons
Far rougher pubs you could have went too around Belfast. Went into probably the most welcoming pubs you could have found outside the center 😂
You were close to the Duke of York bar, you would have got a beamish there! Never seen a Murphys tap in city centre
Proper gutted!
I dont think id be going to a place with 'Shank' and 'Kill' in the same word. Also, you have the best adverts on TH-cam
Get yourself down there! Cheers pal
The name Shankill comes from the original Irish word Seanchille which means "old church"
@@ciderman1888 That makes perfect sense then
kill in this context comes from cill which is the irish for church. you will find it a lot in irish place names .shankill litreally means old church
Zlatan Ibrahimovich has cloned himself & thus quadrupling his value during every video i watch except this one. I’m starting to miss him already 😃👍
Yeah do an encore in west Belfast at night then you can say you have been in tough bars try the Rock Bar on the Falls Road. Good luck.
Let’s see what’s kicking off✌️
Titanic was back when i went
@@honestplaces Guinness looked banging
nothing as usual
@@henryclarke5363 matey shadow boxing 🥊
@@mrc5653 lol
The dry dock is still there, keep walking, past HMS Caroline, pump house and Titanic dock all intact and accessible.
Great Video mate. Had Guinness in Belfast and Dublin and personal taste preferred it in Belfast. Great city Belfast. Next time you go to Belfast, try a pub called Kelly's cellars. 👍👍
Cheers pal. I did go there mate, pukka!
@honestplaces Great Guinness there isn't there mate? 😊👍
Loved Kelly's cellars back in the day
How much was the pints in the crown? £12 each or for both
Norn Iron!!
North of Iron 🇮🇪
I guess you haven't been to the taverns in Midwest US. It's quite rough. Especially with open carry.
I would love to go for a drink in the Rex bar on the Shankill Road...Dublin Ray 🇮🇪☘🇮🇪😲
I wouldn't advise it, especially with your giveaway accent
@@shanef8728 Nah ! He'd be fine ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I've been to Belfast a few times and taken my daughter on some of them trips. The titanic museum at the start the two triangles sticking out of the building are the dimensions of the titanic's bow interesting fact. Good night life in the city will be going again at some point that's for sure.
Go back up the Shankill Rd about 10pm be alot different u went far to early 🤦♂️. Go up the Falls Rd for a pint next time 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 good video 👍
Deffo round 2. Cheers pal
Deffo Falls Rd. Davitts GAA club and The Rock. Avoid The Fort on Springfield Road (they rip off tourists).
Or in to the Roddy McCorley, then we'd have a video
Is the Windsor bar still there?
Great video mate, i live in north Belfast, some great bars up the antrim road as well.
Bangin mate, proper boozers
My dad was a bar man in the pony club many years ago was great seeing it again 😊
Should have dandered over to the Falls Rd for the Beehive or Manchester club , or down Antrim Rd to McGlouchans or Hole in the wall 😂
I was hoping for a Falls Rd trip or venturing to Darraghs personally....
Who in their right mind would go to the falls road... A fuckin kip
Where to hell is the Manchester club, oh just realising the red devil, the hole in the wall ain't there anymore I think. The toughest pubs in Belfast are the ones where no one messes about and are mostly clubs with old guys look like nothing
@@ArchStanton-xx6sj I did kiss o grams in them all many years ago so out of touch with names lol
The Dj in Red Devil asked what music I wanted for the male stripper, I said the rave version of The Sash that will make him jump😄
Always got treated better in Nationalist clubs as they are well run no nonsense and always got hassle in loyalist clubs, usually from doormen ffs
@kyivwithgeofftanya5546 aye I can't really speak about loyalist/ unionist side but yeah most clubs in nationalist areas are well run I can say with 100%fact because I'm barred, as groucho said I wouldn't be a member of any club that would have the likes of me. But your man there is going into pubs during the day, as u say at nighttime well different. And the irony about belfast is the bars that are the toughest are the best run
Love the honest People, real and not fake
You should have visited the Pubs on the Falls road the Nationalist areas. Shankill road is all Loyalists pubs
He definitely showed his colours in this video
Yep
Not a good idea for an Englishman
@@markbrumby1088 Well I am English and I have some good nights out on the Falls Rd
@@markbrumby1088 why?
Went in The Crown a couple of times when I was in Belfast - decent boozer. Keep up the good work.
Yeh it is init pal 👍
The story behind the crown is good, in that you walk over the Crown to get in.
£12 a pint it needs to be a lot more than decent ?😉
@@alandagmar576 Taxi and Kebab me thinks 🤔🤔🤔
I was in Belfast working this summer. I stayed in that Maldron hotel he is stood in front of at the end. I walked out of that hotel, 6:00 on a weekday summer evening and some bloke was lying on the street being attended to by medics - blood everywhere. I think he'd been stabbed.
I've spent nearly 30 years travelling all around the UK for work and Belfast looks neglected.
Ahhhhh, belfast, my second home, been a few times now, back again in august, good to see you went there! 🥰🥰🥰
Bangin init mate 👍
@@honestplaces you chose well there! 😊😊😊
@@MissG-vi9fe my second home too! Go every year for 10 days plus and chill. Love the place!
Yeah, good shopping & nightlife too! 😏