The Thatch Inn, Broughshane
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Image: © Kenneth Allen Taken: 1 Jul 2010
Located in the centre of the village at Main Street. Famous visitors have called here like Prince Charles (twice) and of course me! Also Barry McGuigan, Sir Patrick Mayhew and Graham Norton when he was filming Who Do You Think You Are for the BBC.” The Thatch is the only pub in Ireland to have its own brand of single malt whiskey called the Podhreen Mare. “The podhreen mare means the rosary mare. Legend has it that Lord O’Neill had a horse that ran with rosary beads around its neck and it won every race. “But one day it ran without them and it dropped dead afterwards.” Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/blooming-gorgeous-broughshanes-secret-14564049.html#ixzz0shSc3rAi Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/blooming-gorgeous-broughshanes-secret-14564049.html#ixzz0shRleQC9