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    I drink in Belfast's roughest pubs on Shankhill road, a road rich in history. I get down the estates in search of the best roughest pub while seeing what Belfast has to offer......Join Me!
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  • @honestplaces
    @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +32

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    • @wanderingturnip
      @wanderingturnip 9 месяцев назад +5

      That ad was mega 👏👏👏

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      🤣 cheers pal

    • @pithius2191
      @pithius2191 9 месяцев назад +2

      Does bangin mean good? thanks from NZ

    • @babaallen61
      @babaallen61 9 месяцев назад +5

      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 🤦

    • @irishgirl1519
      @irishgirl1519 9 месяцев назад

      @@pithius2191yes ☺️

  • @joshuahowie1863
    @joshuahowie1863 9 месяцев назад +385

    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!

    • @BelfastManUtdTherapy
      @BelfastManUtdTherapy 9 месяцев назад +66

      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!!

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад +40

      @@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!

    • @first4wins192
      @first4wins192 9 месяцев назад +5

      @@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.

    • @BelfastManUtdTherapy
      @BelfastManUtdTherapy 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@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!

    • @Klynch111
      @Klynch111 9 месяцев назад +15

      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.

  • @Caesar_Himself
    @Caesar_Himself 9 месяцев назад +213

    If you are looking 'rough' don't go out in the afternoon, start out at 9pm and work from there

    • @jennymccullough9517
      @jennymccullough9517 9 месяцев назад +3

      Rubbish. Everywhere CLOSES at 9 now

    • @mariopsota5806
      @mariopsota5806 9 месяцев назад +5

      exactly what i was thinkin

    • @tork-vg9dr
      @tork-vg9dr 8 месяцев назад

      Nowhere is "rough" at 2.00. Go at 9.00. Don't fucking be at ur shite

    • @JI7NKJ
      @JI7NKJ 4 месяца назад +4

      He knows that that's why he doesn't.

    • @garrywood6717
      @garrywood6717 Месяц назад +1

      @@jennymccullough9517 Maybe were a Celtic top.Lol

  • @terrymalloy3541
    @terrymalloy3541 5 месяцев назад +15

    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.

  • @jamesmcelhill3722
    @jamesmcelhill3722 9 месяцев назад +782

    Bro went to every Loyalist pub in the city and wonders why he can't find Murphy's😂

    • @samwallace7313
      @samwallace7313 9 месяцев назад +20

      Because Murphy's is shit 😅

    • @Sinnerboy88
      @Sinnerboy88 9 месяцев назад +65

      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.

    • @blackcats3951
      @blackcats3951 9 месяцев назад +28

      @@samwallace7313 Except it’s not. At all.

    • @TheContactUnit
      @TheContactUnit 9 месяцев назад +33

      You would even struggle to find Murphy's on tap in Dublin. It's more of a Cork/Kerry thing. Lovely stout though.

    • @samwallace7313
      @samwallace7313 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@blackcats3951 each to their own tbh, I don't like it others do.

  • @ebbyjones3177
    @ebbyjones3177 7 месяцев назад +20

    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.

  • @AnonAnonAnon
    @AnonAnonAnon 8 месяцев назад +101

    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.

    • @AlanNormanHolgate
      @AlanNormanHolgate 7 месяцев назад +13

      Youre one crazy man Brother 😅😅

    • @Psyonex
      @Psyonex 5 месяцев назад +1

      Respect

    • @neilcolwell3107
      @neilcolwell3107 4 месяца назад +3

      You have balls of steel.

    • @GerardM2025
      @GerardM2025 4 месяца назад +2

      The beehive bar isn't a republican bar lol. Glad you enjoyed your time on the falls were not all bad.

    • @kmarx7517
      @kmarx7517 3 месяца назад

      Beehive not a republican bar.

  • @rockeee
    @rockeee 8 месяцев назад +37

    'We are welcoming' The sign has about 25 different versions of 'Welcome' from different languages, apart from of course...Irish. 😂👍🏻

    • @jason-hy8ci
      @jason-hy8ci 4 месяца назад +4

      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.

  • @gazzertrn
    @gazzertrn 9 месяцев назад +57

    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 .

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +4

      100% true mate

    • @ArchStanton-xx6sj
      @ArchStanton-xx6sj 9 месяцев назад +5

      The Crown is great 4 the decor, done by Italian joiners when moonlighting but overrated pub, Duke of York and whites tavern far better

    • @BelfastManUtdTherapy
      @BelfastManUtdTherapy 9 месяцев назад +3

      we are great. lol its just some support liverpool still..... oj the past is behind us, belfast is on the up!

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo 9 месяцев назад

      @@BelfastManUtdTherapy Agreed.................................👍👍👍

    • @lightoftheworld417
      @lightoftheworld417 9 месяцев назад +2

      If I was in the Crown right now, I think Bass from cask would be my choice.

  • @JRJC-02
    @JRJC-02 9 месяцев назад +77

    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 🤙🏻

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +9

      True mate, very chilled vibe, loved it

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo 9 месяцев назад +2

      Just hope and pray you get over , ever deciding to settle in Yorkshire 🤭🤭🤭

    • @SavingPrivateBob
      @SavingPrivateBob 9 месяцев назад +7

      You always miss that when you leave Ireland. Something is missing, it's a hole that wells up in the soul.

    • @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446
      @eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 9 месяцев назад +4

      Your Irish you mean

    • @JRJC-02
      @JRJC-02 9 месяцев назад +10

      @@eringobreathtiocfaidharla1446 There’s always one😅Northern Irish born and bred my friend, i’ve always had a british passport and used sterling pounds.

  • @EvilestGem
    @EvilestGem 9 месяцев назад +46

    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!

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@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.

    • @michaelheery6303
      @michaelheery6303 9 месяцев назад +2

      I am never going back to a PUB in north IRELAND .. no atmosphere there..

    • @EvilestGem
      @EvilestGem 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@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.

    • @Bride83UK
      @Bride83UK 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@michaelheery6303 no one wants you there anyway you crank 😂

    • @jerryhello
      @jerryhello 4 месяца назад

      Give respect, get respect. Be smart, of course. I've traveled the world-and wits, kindness, and humility have never failed me.

  • @rikgay857
    @rikgay857 9 месяцев назад +44

    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.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +9

      Proper consistent over there init!

    • @MrGrifft
      @MrGrifft 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@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.

    • @alandagmar576
      @alandagmar576 9 месяцев назад +3

      Pour a bad pint of stout & you might as well shut down the shop ?

    • @lightoftheworld417
      @lightoftheworld417 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@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.

    • @stephenburns2502
      @stephenburns2502 9 месяцев назад +2

      no one drinks Guinness at room temperature. End of.

  • @reviewyourownadventure2083
    @reviewyourownadventure2083 5 месяцев назад +8

    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.

    • @DaveP668
      @DaveP668 3 месяца назад

      Completely agree. Visited in June and its somewhere I'm going back to. Sunflower pub was worth finding.

    • @thomasgorman6891
      @thomasgorman6891 2 месяца назад

      The crown bar was famous years ago for black , white film

  • @thechubbman
    @thechubbman 9 месяцев назад +212

    ‘A disgusting tourist pub where everyone takes pictures of the Guinness’ says the man who films every pint of Guinness he drinks 😂

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +28

      .....following tradition 🤣

    • @ArchStanton-xx6sj
      @ArchStanton-xx6sj 9 месяцев назад

      Very good, I missed that oxymoron or just an ironic moron lol

    • @RobertD-u3q
      @RobertD-u3q 9 месяцев назад +8

      Spot on to be fair

    • @David-rs4td
      @David-rs4td 9 месяцев назад

      @@RobertD-u3q Stupid to be fair

    • @bookemdanno5596
      @bookemdanno5596 3 месяца назад +1

      Gets called out on his hypocrisy, claims tradition. Not a big fan of using your brain to put thought into anything you do, eh?

  • @Level10Caulkmaster
    @Level10Caulkmaster 3 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for taking us along.
    I'm getting 'rate my takeaways ' vibe. I love it. We want more.

  • @xenon23601
    @xenon23601 7 месяцев назад +27

    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.

    • @anthonyr587
      @anthonyr587 6 месяцев назад

      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.

    • @xenon23601
      @xenon23601 6 месяцев назад

      @@anthonyr587 oh Fort Worth has changed so much.

    • @andrewspringer3565
      @andrewspringer3565 5 месяцев назад +3

      Jacksboro highway?

    • @xenon23601
      @xenon23601 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@andrewspringer3565 Not as much for my time. More out Hwy 80 and Lake Worth but other areas too

    • @TexanUSMC8089
      @TexanUSMC8089 4 месяца назад +2

      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.

  • @senianns9522
    @senianns9522 9 месяцев назад +19

    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!

    • @jixuscrixus1967
      @jixuscrixus1967 9 месяцев назад

      Twelve hour days (ma baws) working in the shipyards…

    • @stewartgrindlay9760
      @stewartgrindlay9760 9 месяцев назад +2

      Just a small correction it’s Upper Newtownards Road.

    • @senianns9522
      @senianns9522 9 месяцев назад

      @@stewartgrindlay9760 Thanks! So long ago! Still good stay at the Girton Lodge Hotel ?

    • @stewartgrindlay9760
      @stewartgrindlay9760 9 месяцев назад

      @@senianns9522 excellent. What year where you here

    • @senianns9522
      @senianns9522 9 месяцев назад

      @@stewartgrindlay9760 1976 --Did a job at Fison's chemical plant I think?

  • @wowcher7996
    @wowcher7996 9 месяцев назад +259

    He’s like an upbeat Carl pilkington

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +31

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @mgk7963
      @mgk7963 9 месяцев назад +3

      😂😂😂 nailed

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo 9 месяцев назад +9

      But unlike Carl , he ain't obsessed with splitting the "G"
      Whatever the Fuck that is 🤔🤔🤔

    • @Spagbolmofo
      @Spagbolmofo 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@Theoriginalbigbrilloclues in the name pal. Play a record, you're an idiot

    • @Phil54
      @Phil54 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@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

  • @Tigerbaysoulcrew
    @Tigerbaysoulcrew 8 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @skimmingstoness
    @skimmingstoness 9 месяцев назад +35

    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.

  • @patavium7646
    @patavium7646 4 месяца назад +1

    What a blast from the past! Went to the Crown in 2008 , I’m from Italy. Really enjoyed. Good beer, nice place.

  • @steventaylor6934
    @steventaylor6934 9 месяцев назад +24

    absolutely smashing these videos out mate absolute quality as usual happy days

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +3

      Cheers pal, really appreciate it

  • @lylez00
    @lylez00 5 месяцев назад +9

    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.

  • @johnmalone6448
    @johnmalone6448 14 дней назад

    I’ve never felt more welcome than in the Belfast and by those down to earth people in the Shankhill Road pubs.

  • @tomedwards8234
    @tomedwards8234 9 месяцев назад +11

    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

    • @shielsy1
      @shielsy1 9 месяцев назад +1

      Nice 1 you’re always welcome

    • @tomedwards8234
      @tomedwards8234 9 месяцев назад +1

      Northern Ireland is a country. The four country’s that make up Great Britain Scotland, wales, Northern Ireland and England

    • @pdwkd
      @pdwkd 9 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@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
      @tomedwards8234 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@pdwkd still part of the United Kingdom and a border separates north and south still

    • @pdwkd
      @pdwkd 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@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 🇮🇪

  • @stevejanowiak1982
    @stevejanowiak1982 7 месяцев назад +102

    Rough? I live in Baltimore. You have no idea what rough is until you come to any inner city in the US.

    • @garydelcourt2791
      @garydelcourt2791 7 месяцев назад +14

      @@stevejanowiak1982 Detroit here…I hear ya

    • @harrymac803
      @harrymac803 7 месяцев назад +26

      Pony Club area scene of lots of paramilitary killings during the troubles so you don't know what you're talking about

    • @CourierSix2077
      @CourierSix2077 7 месяцев назад +23

      ​@@harrymac803the troubles were almost 30 years ago. People are still getting dropped in Baltimore daily. Big difference.

    • @stevejanowiak1982
      @stevejanowiak1982 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@harrymac803 Ok

    • @garydelcourt2791
      @garydelcourt2791 7 месяцев назад +8

      @@harrymac803 Detroit and Baltimore are like that everyday…and have been for 50 years…

  • @DavidUKesb
    @DavidUKesb 9 месяцев назад +30

    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
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +5

      Mental back in the day init

    • @kennymitchell4361
      @kennymitchell4361 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@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.

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@kennymitchell4361 Berlin bar is shut now pal.

  • @uncle_milk01
    @uncle_milk01 4 месяца назад +2

    I love Belfast. Beautiful city, beautiful people. ❤

  • @StopAgenda21
    @StopAgenda21 9 месяцев назад +63

    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! 🍺

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +13

      🤣🤣🤣 bangin that....go on!

    • @loftlegacy
      @loftlegacy 9 месяцев назад +4

      Same here!

    • @danbreen6946
      @danbreen6946 9 месяцев назад +18

      It's a load of shite started by the Guinness Guru who in fact isn't even a Guinness drinker

    • @AlanWard-lb7rn
      @AlanWard-lb7rn 9 месяцев назад +3

      Played that in the ship inn Anglesey last Saturday lol. I've never quite got it

    • @chrissyashe3988
      @chrissyashe3988 9 месяцев назад

      @@danbreen6946 known people doing it for years before guru

  • @wFrontDeskConcierge
    @wFrontDeskConcierge Месяц назад

    I grew up in County Cork. Letting the Guinness settle before giving it to the customer is a pretty normal thing. You can tell it's a good Guinness pub when you see 10+ pints settling on a busy night. Good video brother.

  • @andyharvey3730
    @andyharvey3730 9 месяцев назад +9

    These videos are quality pal, been a subscriber for couple of months ,really enjoy them.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +2

      Cheers pal, really appreciate it 👍

  • @stephenwalsh156
    @stephenwalsh156 9 месяцев назад +1

    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.

    • @shielsy1
      @shielsy1 9 месяцев назад

      He has the ignorance of a yank which is far from a compliment 🤦‍♂️

  • @christalmeth613
    @christalmeth613 9 месяцев назад +73

    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.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +8

      Yeh i felt chilled there pal. Alright init

    • @christalmeth613
      @christalmeth613 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@honestplaces Yes mate, they are top notch, we have lost that community spirit.

    • @alexanderbalcombe4207
      @alexanderbalcombe4207 9 месяцев назад

      @shutup2751about as welcoming as the catholics would be to proddies on the falls road or Andy town. Fuck off prick.

    • @RossBarrett-b4x
      @RossBarrett-b4x 9 месяцев назад +4

      It's called the heel and ankle

    • @johnshooter4763
      @johnshooter4763 9 месяцев назад +16

      Toughest bar is in cromac street, it can fit 1,000 people in the toilets!
      When Robert MxCartney was murdered, everyone was in the toilet 😮

  • @ernieharry8798
    @ernieharry8798 9 месяцев назад +28

    If you want to try Guinness, Murphys and Beamish and interesting pubs, I'd recommend visiting Cork city.

    • @gazzanorth4373
      @gazzanorth4373 9 месяцев назад

      Place is a republican dump full of druggies and tramps.

    • @Surfingaliens65
      @Surfingaliens65 9 месяцев назад +2

      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.

    • @SPerill
      @SPerill 9 месяцев назад

      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.

    • @Surfingaliens65
      @Surfingaliens65 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheLastAngryMan01 Maybe back in the 90s

    • @jamesmcgreevy6426
      @jamesmcgreevy6426 8 месяцев назад

      Could have just gone to the Duke Of York and got all 3. And The Sunflower does Beamish which is top drawer

  • @bowlingarry
    @bowlingarry 9 месяцев назад +33

    Looking forward to part 2. There is a part 2 right?
    For balance and full story telling 😂

    • @davidmarshall8034
      @davidmarshall8034 9 месяцев назад +1

      Yes indeedy ,Falls calling 😉

    • @SPerill
      @SPerill 9 месяцев назад +4

      The Falls Road is gentrified, all the kips are all in Loyalist areas 😂

    • @adulion
      @adulion 8 месяцев назад +9

      the bald head and the tattoos make him fit in with the loyalist drug dealer aesthetic

  • @TheSims1Soundtrack
    @TheSims1Soundtrack 8 месяцев назад +7

    The dereliction is such a shame. So many nice buildings left rotting. It's the same down here in Dublin, utter neglect.

  • @paulpayton8238
    @paulpayton8238 9 месяцев назад +8

    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

  • @LukeWarmwater-yb5lx
    @LukeWarmwater-yb5lx 4 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for the tour of Belfast.

  • @JC-hc5de
    @JC-hc5de 9 месяцев назад +4

    I absolutely loved the Back to the Future segment.., coincidentally the car was built in Belfast … i am sure you knew that though!

  • @williammelvin
    @williammelvin 8 месяцев назад

    17:12 the close up made me lol.
    Put the phone right in his boat. 😂😂
    Love the vids mate!

  • @alanmckeown5377
    @alanmckeown5377 9 месяцев назад +11

    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

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      Jeeez. Sounds proper brutal back in the day!

  • @racheljones3748
    @racheljones3748 9 месяцев назад +1

    My dad was a bar man in the pony club many years ago was great seeing it again 😊

  • @neilpk70
    @neilpk70 6 месяцев назад +5

    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.

  • @scoobyland4300
    @scoobyland4300 4 месяца назад +1

    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! 👍🏽

  • @lordsummerisle3139
    @lordsummerisle3139 9 месяцев назад +3

    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?!

  • @vancouver63-p5w
    @vancouver63-p5w Месяц назад

    My father worked in a pub in the SandyRow area called the Blue bell bar in the sixties I am visiting Belfast next year first time in 60 years does anyone know if it still stands ?

  • @davidw20050
    @davidw20050 7 месяцев назад +4

    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!

  • @OldSkoolWax
    @OldSkoolWax 9 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @dingoflorida
    @dingoflorida 9 месяцев назад +10

    The Duke of York in the city centre sells both Murphys and Beamish on tap. And their Guinness is outstanding!

  • @justinneill5003
    @justinneill5003 9 месяцев назад +2

    Nice review, although to be fair, you were on a lunchtime session. Most of the rough pubs I've been in have also been pretty quiet during daytime; they only get really lairy at night. Try those pubs on a Friday or Saturday night before drawing too many conclusions 😄

  • @SteveKearns-v7b
    @SteveKearns-v7b 9 месяцев назад +10

    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.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +4

      Proper way to do it!

    • @ArchStanton-xx6sj
      @ArchStanton-xx6sj 9 месяцев назад +2

      Flip how bad were your A'Levels to have to come here llf

    • @SteveKearns-v7b
      @SteveKearns-v7b 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@ArchStanton-xx6sj It's worse than that - I actually chose to go to Queens - it was top of my list 🤣

    • @ArchStanton-xx6sj
      @ArchStanton-xx6sj 9 месяцев назад

      @@SteveKearns-v7b very good lol hope it went well

    • @lordsummerisle3139
      @lordsummerisle3139 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@user-zq8ll1yl6i you chose to come here in the 80s lol, everyone else was trying to leave!

  • @moosehand8721
    @moosehand8721 8 месяцев назад +3

    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.😂

  • @brianmorecombe2726
    @brianmorecombe2726 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @tonyska
    @tonyska 9 месяцев назад +8

    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.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      Deffo get yourself there!

    • @tony1721
      @tony1721 9 месяцев назад +1

      It’s cracking

  • @TheTW11
    @TheTW11 4 месяца назад

    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.

  • @thatguywhodropshots3277
    @thatguywhodropshots3277 9 месяцев назад +8

    The force of ulster mural is to commemorate the troops of RAF Ulster who helped defend England against the germans in the Air Raids

    • @rippedtorn2310
      @rippedtorn2310 9 месяцев назад

      Wasn't it about beginnings of a certain outfit?

  • @steveljub1
    @steveljub1 4 месяца назад +1

    In Belfast or certain parts of Glasgow, other Brits are usually very welcome. Also, times have changed and you would be welcome almost everywhere. I love what you do. During the troubles you would have experienced things very differently because of your accent and short hair 😂. I'm ex-Army and Scottish accent so used to let my hair grow before visiting family anywhere in Ulster, although I'd be fine in the pubs you visit here.

  • @DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb
    @DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb 9 месяцев назад +5

    ahhh Belfast especially shankhill great people great Guinness-great video as always fella

  • @jamesBELL-d4w
    @jamesBELL-d4w 5 месяцев назад +1

    Belfast is on my bucket list. Canada here. I want to go to more local pubs for sure.

  • @Abeyptfc
    @Abeyptfc 9 месяцев назад +2

    Nice one Danny lad, not sure how that Subway was allowed the green white n gold sign😂 They aren’t allowed that in finest Larkhall, even the green traffic lights get smashed! Great videos man, keep them
    coming! See what’s kickin’ off!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      Didn't know it was that bad with the green! 🤣 cheers pal

  • @colincanyon2519
    @colincanyon2519 9 месяцев назад +1

    Northern ireland in general is the safest place in the world if you don't get involved in politics, talk about the weather, cars or food and you'll have a very relaxing time, we generally hate trouble as we've heard and seen way too much of it 😉👍

  • @jamesburns3763
    @jamesburns3763 9 месяцев назад +6

    sunflower bar does a lovely beamish in the the city centre.. John Hewitts does a lovely Murphys mate enjoy

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад

      @@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...

  • @MrSimonson
    @MrSimonson 9 месяцев назад +2

    2pm on a Saturday you walk in and you see a boxing dinosaur that’s when you know it’s going to be good. 😂

  • @StevieM94
    @StevieM94 9 месяцев назад +17

    I’ve been following your videos for good while now and enjoy them. I’m Ni living in England, but you went to one side of belfast and I wonder why… You never went to the other side which kinda annoyed me and I’m annoyed it annoyed me. You haven’t done it right this time 🤷🏻‍♂️

    • @beautifulNornIron
      @beautifulNornIron 9 месяцев назад

      Are the English welcome on the "other side" 😂

    • @markoneill8188
      @markoneill8188 9 месяцев назад

      ​@beautifulNornIron why wouldn't they be..

    • @StevieM94
      @StevieM94 9 месяцев назад

      @@beautifulNornIron course they are, like everyone else

    • @beautifulNornIron
      @beautifulNornIron 9 месяцев назад

      @@markoneill8188 brits out maybe

  • @AffectionatePrinter-sj5ie
    @AffectionatePrinter-sj5ie Месяц назад

    Belfast is a great wee city we were over there cimeing from Glasgow went 2a few bars in the city 4.40 a pint went 4a walked down the falls rd 3.80 a pint lovely great place

  • @stephenbradley3153
    @stephenbradley3153 9 месяцев назад +3

    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

    • @Terence-j7t
      @Terence-j7t 2 месяца назад

      Bullshit

    • @vincentmccready
      @vincentmccready Месяц назад

      absolute cock custard lad
      lolol

    • @barry5138
      @barry5138 Месяц назад

      ​@@Terence-j7t 💯 you're not wearing a Doire jersey in the Royal Bar!!

  • @badhabit3737
    @badhabit3737 4 месяца назад +2

    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.

  • @OLIVERHARDY100
    @OLIVERHARDY100 Месяц назад +3

    If you want a pint of Beamish you gotta try the Sunflower pub

  • @stephenyoxall3039
    @stephenyoxall3039 Месяц назад

    Came to befast for the first time 2 weeks ago a bit apprehensive but loved every minute made welcome in loyalist and republican areas most people very happy to talk to us some lovely funny people drank mostly in centre of city and loved crack with locals black cab tour fantstic and informative on both sides of the troubles and asked a taxi driver to take us to roselawn cemetery to see george best and back to centre asked him how much he said free even took us to the grave and a pub he used to drink in with georges dad where else in the uk would that happen ?? already booked again going to see ulster and republican museums what a fantastic place Belfast thanks for having us see you in September

  • @joshuakirkaldy7978
    @joshuakirkaldy7978 9 месяцев назад +6

    Far rougher pubs you could have went too around Belfast. Went into probably the most welcoming pubs you could have found outside the center 😂

  • @newforestpixie5297
    @newforestpixie5297 4 месяца назад

    9:51 - what had Steve Wright in the Afternoon to do with Belfast & does this somehow explain his unexpected demise ?

  • @ChrisGreen-qh1wp
    @ChrisGreen-qh1wp 9 месяцев назад +4

    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. 👍👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      Cheers pal. I did go there mate, pukka!

    • @ChrisGreen-qh1wp
      @ChrisGreen-qh1wp 9 месяцев назад

      @honestplaces Great Guinness there isn't there mate? 😊👍

    • @Mary-lx3zs
      @Mary-lx3zs 9 месяцев назад

      Loved Kelly's cellars back in the day

  • @jrussell5243
    @jrussell5243 9 месяцев назад

    Call them rough areas, but how long would that memorial and open beer garden at 10:40 last unvandalised in any English city?

    • @grantallardyce5282
      @grantallardyce5282 3 месяца назад

      There’s a good reason you don’t mess with it unless you want to crawl home with yer knees in a plastic bag😂

  • @jiltedjohn9294
    @jiltedjohn9294 9 месяцев назад +4

    Love Northern Ireland,was there last week.

  • @tiocfaidh28
    @tiocfaidh28 7 месяцев назад +2

    I've only drank on the Falls Road, did you go to any?

  • @turnerproductions
    @turnerproductions 9 месяцев назад +11

    I dont think id be going to a place with 'Shank' and 'Kill' in the same word. Also, you have the best adverts on RUclips

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +4

      Get yourself down there! Cheers pal

    • @ciderman1888
      @ciderman1888 9 месяцев назад +13

      The name Shankill comes from the original Irish word Seanchille which means "old church"

    • @Theoriginalbigbrillo
      @Theoriginalbigbrillo 9 месяцев назад

      @@ciderman1888 That makes perfect sense then

    • @bouse23
      @bouse23 9 месяцев назад +4

      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

    • @newforestpixie5297
      @newforestpixie5297 4 месяца назад

      Zlatan Ibrahimovich has cloned himself & thus quadrupling his value during every video i watch except this one. I’m starting to miss him already 😃👍

  • @DavidNolan-fi8gi
    @DavidNolan-fi8gi 2 месяца назад

    Your content gets better and better,nice gig brother 👍👏👏

  • @hahahead
    @hahahead 9 месяцев назад +7

    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 👍

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад

      Deffo round 2. Cheers pal

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад +1

      Deffo Falls Rd. Davitts GAA club and The Rock. Avoid The Fort on Springfield Road (they rip off tourists).

    • @scottc.7993
      @scottc.7993 8 месяцев назад +1

      Or in to the Roddy McCorley, then we'd have a video

  • @ignatiushorstmann2526
    @ignatiushorstmann2526 3 месяца назад

    i love watching these types of videos

  • @kilburn66
    @kilburn66 9 месяцев назад +5

    Maybe your best adventure so far, that was magic mate! 👍

  • @oddities-whatnot
    @oddities-whatnot 9 месяцев назад +2

    Another top video, interesting about the Titanic at the start. Great channel.

  • @petermurray7055
    @petermurray7055 9 месяцев назад +8

    Pints looked lovely

  • @LFC-yy7ev
    @LFC-yy7ev 9 месяцев назад +1

    My brother served you in the bar at the Pony Club mate. More than welcome back anytime. 🤝

  • @BabylonCentral
    @BabylonCentral 9 месяцев назад +2

    Logo in the foam!?
    Is that a Super Hans reference?
    If so, I'm subbing.😂

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      100% 🤣

    • @BabylonCentral
      @BabylonCentral 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@honestplaces Subbed!!!

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      @@BabylonCentral the secret ingredient is subbing to me 😉

    • @BabylonCentral
      @BabylonCentral 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@honestplaces Getting some real Man Feelings here.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад

      @@BabylonCentral 🤣🤣

  • @colinjames7569
    @colinjames7569 3 месяца назад

    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 ❤️☘️✌️

  • @davidkotze4140
    @davidkotze4140 3 месяца назад

    Very relaxed "Rough Pubs" ....be ineresting to check them out once the sun sets ...and thereafter !! ...and I'm from Capetown 😊

  • @MissG-vi9fe
    @MissG-vi9fe 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ahhhhh, belfast, my second home, been a few times now, back again in august, good to see you went there! 🥰🥰🥰

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +1

      Bangin init mate 👍

    • @MissG-vi9fe
      @MissG-vi9fe 9 месяцев назад

      @@honestplaces you chose well there! 😊😊😊

    • @klawlor3659
      @klawlor3659 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@MissG-vi9fe my second home too! Go every year for 10 days plus and chill. Love the place!

    • @MissG-vi9fe
      @MissG-vi9fe 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, good shopping & nightlife too! 😏

  • @SPerill
    @SPerill 9 месяцев назад +2

    12:15 "Don't know what this is" typical British response to the troubles and the conflict in Ireland in general 😂

  • @TheNotoriousGhost
    @TheNotoriousGhost 9 месяцев назад +4

    Belfast! Nice one. Let's have a little look. ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @bhoward9378
    @bhoward9378 3 месяца назад +2

    Interesting. My ancestors were kicked out of Scotland and went to Ulster (or was it the other way round? It was hundreds of years ago), so I'm interested in the place. Never been there before. It's a shame how the shipbuilding industry is shut down and there are foreigners on the football teams on the telly...

    • @Deranged316
      @Deranged316 Месяц назад

      Kicked out? Or migrated during the plantations?

  • @tc2664
    @tc2664 9 месяцев назад +9

    hahaha YESSS YOU FINALLY CAME TO BELFAST! 😁😁

  • @Madnotmad69
    @Madnotmad69 9 месяцев назад

    Back in the day if we went out on a Saturday 2pm went home at 6 we would have had at least 10 pints of Guinness then went back out at 8:30 for another 10 up the falls road

  • @thebizarredj7871
    @thebizarredj7871 9 месяцев назад +3

    Great video mate, i live in north Belfast, some great bars up the antrim road as well.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад

      Bangin mate, proper boozers

  • @dirkghillebaert9986
    @dirkghillebaert9986 8 месяцев назад

    Love the honest People, real and not fake

  • @jat2319
    @jat2319 9 месяцев назад +4

    Good bit of info there in the start mate, you're evolving ;)

    • @MichaelOfTheMouseFamilyYTC
      @MichaelOfTheMouseFamilyYTC 9 месяцев назад

      He's clueless

    • @239ollie
      @239ollie 8 месяцев назад

      Titanic wasn’t built there it was built in Thompson dry dock which is not filled in and is behind titanic distillery. Was the biggest in the world at the time I think

  • @lukeframe4891
    @lukeframe4891 9 месяцев назад +1

    Just saw my own car drive past. Welcome to Belfast man! Been watching for a while. It’s not as bad as everybody says. Only grew up in the 90’s/early 2000’s; never knew the troubles but always feel welcome on the Falls and Shankill as well as the East. Everybody is welcome; just don’t go wearing SPL t-shirts 😂. Good to have you!
    Edit: only place I’ve ever found Murphy’s in the UK (not well travelled in the Republic) was Glasgow, Kitty O’Sheas and Waxy O’Connors (where I worked, but don’t sell it anymore unfortunately 🙁 the former still do though!)

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад

      Mate thanks for that info! Well hard to find!

    • @lukeframe4891
      @lukeframe4891 9 месяцев назад

      @@honestplaces No bother! But it’s a breath of fresh air when you do. Make sure to try out Caffrey’s if you do find yourself in Waxy’s!

    • @davidtaylor6350
      @davidtaylor6350 7 месяцев назад

      😅​@@lukeframe4891

  • @babyshambler
    @babyshambler 9 месяцев назад +14

    "What time is it? About 6 O'clock now?"
    "It's quarter past three".
    Decent Guinness tbf.

  • @TheLeicaman
    @TheLeicaman 9 месяцев назад +2

    Really expected you to try some Falls Road pubs after the Shankhill, about the two most known places from the troubles! You need a part 2

  • @handsomenumber1393
    @handsomenumber1393 9 месяцев назад +9

    Fair play to youse gents. Refreshing to see an honest part of my city portrayed in an honest light. BTW a test of a good pint of Guinness is if you can rest an old Victorian one penny piece on top without it sinking through the head. Hope you both enjoyed the rest of your stay.

    • @honestplaces
      @honestplaces  9 месяцев назад +2

      Never heard that trick! Cheers pal 👍🍺

    • @diskopartizan0850
      @diskopartizan0850 9 месяцев назад

      I wouldn't recommend trying that

  • @dirkghillebaert9986
    @dirkghillebaert9986 8 месяцев назад +2

    I went as a belgian 2 times, went on my one to a pub to load my phone, the lads where pretty impressif, but once i told them i was on my own to discover some things about there history i was one of them, i ended in a reagae party, just being myself they had lots of respect, and i had the same feeling, authentic lads, great night!!!!