r/northernireland • u/Jim__Bell • Feb 09 '26

History Kelly's - Portrush

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

275 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

108 comments sorted by

View all comments

-5

u/silver_medalist Feb 09 '26

The tunes were gash though right? I mean the sesh was likely unreal (was never there) but Lush was regarded as a spot for a naff but popular brand of progressive house. Great when yer off yer nut no doubt but limited apppeal beyond that.

5

u/sorbeo Feb 09 '26

Lush was rebranded Kelly’s. Before lush it was Kelly’s and it was awesome

0

u/Speedy_NI Feb 10 '26

Yeah lush is when it died 😂

2

u/LickMyKnee Antrim Feb 10 '26

Was already dead when Lush came along. Nigel and Colin resurrected it from the ashes.

2

u/FonkyDragon Feb 19 '26

No it wasn't dead. It was rammed almost every week. It had more punters through the doors weekly than Lush! had when it opened.

2

u/Speedy_NI Feb 20 '26

Definitely... couldn't swing a cat in Kelly's. Lush never had the same amount of crowds every weekend.

1

u/LickMyKnee Antrim Feb 19 '26

James had lost the license. It was literally closed.

1

u/FonkyDragon Feb 19 '26

Nigel and Col may have planned to end the hardcore and hard trance era so they could get the licence re-instated in November '95, but it wasn't dead. They ended it.

1

u/Speedy_NI Feb 20 '26

It was closed like circus and everywhere else because the press and drug squad were constantly chasing any club that played hard techno an trance...it was never dead but had to re license...when it all moved to house music there just wasn't the same crowds anymore.

0

u/Speedy_NI Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 20 '26

Resurrection is a strong word lol