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Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Bittles Bar is a bar located near Victoria Square in central Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of Belfast's more curious pubs being "flat-iron" in shape. It constitutes the ground floor of a 4-storey red brick warehouse built for a flour merchant in 1868. Until the 1990s the bar was called "The Shakespeare", reflecting its theatrical clientele. In 1973 it was the site of an attempted Provisional IRA bombing: Alan Lundy, later killed in a gun attack, served ten years for the bombing.

It is noted for its eclectic range of artwork adorning the triangular lounge—portraits celebrating Ireland's literary and sporting heroes including Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, W B Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Best, Alex Higgins and Barry McGuigan, plus some of Northern Ireland's most famous politicians.

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References

  1. "The Flat Iron". Future Belfast. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. Lynch, Connor (23 December 2022). "From 'bombed out' city centre bar to pouring 700 pints of Guinness a day". Business Live. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. Deutsch, Richard; Magowan, Vivien (1973). Northern Ireland 1968-73: A Chronology of Events. Blackstaff Press. p. 261.
  4. "Bomb Wrecks a Bar". New York Times. 13 January 1973. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  5. Adair, Johnny (6 July 2009). Mad Dog - They Shot Me in the Head, They Gave Me Cyanide and They Stabbed Me, But I'm Still Standing. Kings Road Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85782-933-4.
  6. "Bittles Bar". World's Best Bars. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.



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