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Kelly's Cellars
54°35′56″N 5°55′55″W / 54.599°N 5.932°W
Kellys Cellars is a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, situated at 30 Bank Street in the city centre. Built on March 14, 1720, it is one of the oldest pubs of Belfast.
It sits in what used to be an alley way off Royal Avenue, but a few buildings were knocked down and now Kellys sits in a square beside Castlecourt, a major Belfast shopping centre. It provides pub food and traditional music sessions. It remains resolutely old-fashioned, with vaulted ceiling and elbow-worn bar and is crammed with bric-a-brac.
It was a meeting place for Henry Joy McCracken and the United Irishmen when they were planning the 1798 Rising.
The story goes that McCracken hid behind the bar when British soldiers came for him. In September 2004 the pub had a grand re-opening under new management.
In 2007 a blue plaque was erected on the site by the Ulster History Circle stating that the Society of United Irishmen met there during the period 1791 to 1798.
The influential nationalist politician Joseph Devlin was assistant manager of the pub in the 1890s.
From 2000 to 2024 the pub was owned by Lily Mulholland and Martin O’Hara. In 2024 the pub was bought by the Downey pub-owning group of brothers Henry, Seamus and John.
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Kelly's Cellars
54°35′56″N 5°55′55″W / 54.599°N 5.932°W
Kellys Cellars is a pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, situated at 30 Bank Street in the city centre. Built on March 14, 1720, it is one of the oldest pubs of Belfast.
It sits in what used to be an alley way off Royal Avenue, but a few buildings were knocked down and now Kellys sits in a square beside Castlecourt, a major Belfast shopping centre. It provides pub food and traditional music sessions. It remains resolutely old-fashioned, with vaulted ceiling and elbow-worn bar and is crammed with bric-a-brac.
It was a meeting place for Henry Joy McCracken and the United Irishmen when they were planning the 1798 Rising.
The story goes that McCracken hid behind the bar when British soldiers came for him. In September 2004 the pub had a grand re-opening under new management.
In 2007 a blue plaque was erected on the site by the Ulster History Circle stating that the Society of United Irishmen met there during the period 1791 to 1798.
The influential nationalist politician Joseph Devlin was assistant manager of the pub in the 1890s.
From 2000 to 2024 the pub was owned by Lily Mulholland and Martin O’Hara. In 2024 the pub was bought by the Downey pub-owning group of brothers Henry, Seamus and John.