America 250 - the Peggy Barclay Tavern
The lantern light flickers against stone walls as the evening mist rolls through the narrow streets of Belfast’s old merchant quarter.
Ships creak in the harbour. Sailors shout along the quays. In taverns across the town, talk grows heated about revolution in the American colonies and the changing tides of empire.
Your journey begins at the door of The Peggy Barclay, reimagined for one night as an 18th-century Belfast tavern.
Length and Duration
This tour lasts for 2 hours and includes finger food and a drink. The distance is two kilometres over flat ground.
Meeting Point: Peggy Barclay Tavern on Sugar House Entry
When: Every Wednesday at 11.00am
Route:
Peggy Barclay’s for introductions and typical finger food fare from 1776
Waring Street & Old Town Area - Oil paintings at the Muggler’s Club
The Belfast News Letter offices (original site)
The Exchange and Assembly Rooms
First Presbyterian Church Belfast
Joy’s Entry on High Street
Return to Peggy Barclay’s for a wee dram of the beverage of choice back in 1776 Belfast.
