All advertising is free till May 1st 2008. Please contact Webmaster@CraicOn.com

Moville Pub Guide

Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006

 E-mail this page    Printer-friendly page

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)

It is only opened atthe weekend but it has its own stage in the back room where a lot of teh festival acts play.

The Snug is very comfortable with a log fire burning.

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

Foyle Hotel

It is closed unfortunately.

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 owner 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 now under new ownership and looks very different.

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 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 different acts playing a selection of pop and rock classics with Bob Dylan songs particularly popular. Again guest singers and guitar players are welcome. They 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 from the acts who play the rock and pop classics.

 

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

Sadly it burnt down in a fire and there is no sign yet of it being rebuilt.

That's a shame as it was in an excellent location overlooking the Lough.

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