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Moville Pub Guide

Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006

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Corner Bar

This is the first pub that you see when you come into the town from the Derry Road. It is right on the first corner as you swing into town. The Landlord does a lot of work on the outside of the pub and it looks great. It gets many licks of paint and it has beautiful hanging baskets of flowers in the summer.

Inside there is a very warm atmosphere. Saturday is a particularly good night with good music on, which is normally Country & Western. There is always a few people in, even on weekdays and there is always good chat with whoever is behind the bar for townies and visitors alike.

Have a look inside by clicking here - Inside the Corner Bar

Bar-A-Cuda (ex-Eggman's)

This is on the right hand side of Lower Main Street as you come in from Derry. This is a good pub even during the week as there are always people there any night. There is always a bit of banter and some of the town's best craicsters go in there.

It is particularly good on a midweek European football night when the banter reaches new levels between supporters of different Premiership clubs.

Have a look around it here - View of Bar-A-Cuda

Foyle Hotel

The Foyle, which is situated at the top right of the main square, has two very different bars. They have an upmarket restaurant and bar as you enter it from the main square and down the stairs at the back they have the Function Room.

The main bar has music at weekends. The Foyle is also a hotel and has a mixture of locals and hotel residents.

See the Foyle also under Restaurants and Hotels.

As well as having a top restaurant they also have bar food.

Have a look inside it by clicking here - Inside The Foyle

McGettigans

This bar is owned by a local couple and there is always a very warm welcome. Attached to the pub is a good off licence where I normally get my occasional carry out.

It's also a good bar when the football's on with some lively opinions. From memory the manager is a Celtic supporter and so they get shown a lot.

Have a look inside by clicking here - Inside McGettigan's

Maguires

This pub is at the bottom of the main square in the town. It is very lively at the weekends and very popular with youngsters. They have a DJ on Saturday nights.

Have a look inside here - Inside Maguires

McNamaras

McNamara's is one of only two hotels in the town. It has quite a lot of different facilities including a bar, restaurant and function rooms.

I always liked it because it had a relaxed attitude to children, it being a hotel. It's a good place where you can take your children, have some food and a beer and not worry too much about your children wandering round the place.

They have music at the weekends.

See McNamara's also under Restaurants and Hotels.

Here's how it looked - McNamara's. It is closed now and under new ownership and is likely to look very different when it re-opens.

Rawdons

They say it is location, location, location for any business. This is one business that has shown that good management is even more important. Despite it being in possibly the worst location in town it is one of the most popular.

It is one of those pubs where you'll always get people in there during the week where they normally gather round the bar and have a bit of craic with the owner or manager.

They have a popular quiz every Wednesday night which is good during the year but has got up to 22 teams at the peak of the summer.

On Friday nights they have traditional Irish folk music with Paddy McLaughlin, arguably Moville's finest musician, and they are happy for volunteers to bring their instruments with them to join in and for anybody who wants to sing a song to come up.

Saturday night is hugely popular with Paddy, Sean and Tim playing a selection of pop and rock classics with Bob Dylan songs particularly popular. Again guest singers and guitar players are welcome. I one brought my keyboards up there and played along with Paddy and Tim. They, along with Sean, are very accomplished musicians and can play along with whatever you play.

It is one of my favourite pubs.

Have a look inside here - Inside Rawdons

Rosatos

Rosatos is found on the Malin Road. It has a striking, red exterior. It is one of those quaint olde worlde looking pubs. It's one of my favourites.

They have Texas Holdem Poker on a Wednesday which is very popular. There's usually about fifteen people playing there. They also have the occasional bonanza quiz for local charities.

The weekends are very popular with music on a Saturday and sometimes a Friday too. They have good quality music there with The Plea, the Boo Hoos from Greencastle, Stratospheric and Mark Divers in rotation.

 

Susies

This is at the top of the main square. You can't miss it. It says Susie's in big letters.

It has a TV behind the bar which usually has sports on it. You'll find horse racing on during the day and probably football by night. Gaelic is particularly popular here and bus trips to away games are often organised here.

There's a good bar conversation any night of the week.

 

Town Clock

This pub really comes into its own on a Friday and Saturday night. It is the only pub in the town with a late music licence and it is teeming with people late on on a Friday and especially a Saturday night. There is a resident DJ and the music is belted out.

It is the closest thing that Moville has to a singles bar. Don't come too late on a Saturday night or the bouncers won't let you in.

Have a look inside by clicking here - Inside the Town Clock

Trawlerman

This is a real locals bar – but that's not to say that non-locals are not welcome. They are indeed. I'm told that if you are not from town but your relatives are from the town that this would be a good place to go to find someone who knew who they are or were and knew something about them.

The bar takes up most of the pub and they have some great conversation and craic often orchestrated by the family 'firm' behind the bar. There's always great conversation there.

There's also a huge backroom. The really big night in the Trawlerman is Sunday night where they have old time music and dancing in the backroom.

 

Waterfront

This is a relatively new bar which used to be called The Prospect before it was closed for refurbishment. It thrives all week but it is especially busy on Friday and Saturday nights when they have a DJ. It is very popular with the younger crowd who boogie to the disco music at the weekends.

As it is very new, and redecorated at great expense, it looks very plush.

It has a great location overlooking Lough Foyle.

Here's how it used to look when it was The Prospect