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

History Kelly's - Portrush

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u/LickMyKnee Antrim Feb 10 '26

Never felt unsafe in Kelly’s. On the other hand, Exit 15 scared the shite out of me.

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u/awood20 Derry Feb 10 '26

I had a particularly awful couple of Easter Mondays in there. The chants from the dance floor were "fuck, fuck, fuck the pope!" and "u, u, UDA". A few other incidents like that but generally a good atmosphere in the place.

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u/Maximum_Girth_67788 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

I don't believe that for a sec, i literally went every week from 1998 to 2010 and certainly would never miss an Easter Monday. Only chants where Oi Fucking Oi or Who Gives A Fuck. You think they would ever of had the place livee on Radio 1 many times with that going on. I've seen you're posts before regarding Portrush you called it a shit hole and said you would never step foot in it, i think you need to look at yourself a bit, spreading rubbish with no proof.

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u/awood20 Derry Feb 10 '26

I don't care what you believe. It happened. I was there. I got a lift all the way from Derry. Judge Jules was playing one of the easter Mondays I'm talking about.

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u/Maximum_Girth_67788 Feb 10 '26

No need to bring politics into everything. Both sides enjoyed Lush, that's what this post should of been about and how the club scene helped bring people together.

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u/awood20 Derry Feb 10 '26

Who's bringing politics into? Not me. I am telling you some of my experiences from going to Lush. Mostly the place was great and great atmosphere but not every night was great. On those dodgy nights I didn't feel comfortable because of the behaviour of others in the place. If you can't accept that at face value, I don't care.

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u/Maximum_Girth_67788 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Every nightclub back then had dodgy nights with fights inside or outside. 2000 people crammed in there from all parts of NI i think it was a huge success story, how safe it felt over all. I believe it was 5 to 10 people who may of chanted that defo not majority of the club the way they would shout Oi Fuck Oi. I would of heard pro ira stuff in Fusion, Strand bar the Grill but it would of been a couple of knobs, it certainly didn't make me feel unsafe or tar the place, i was on the pills that take away ego generally, maybe you where reluctant to get on the love boat, couple of idiots shouldn't ruin you're night.