The former Long Mile Inn, this premises had recently enough closed when I did my trip to the pubs of this end of Drimnagh, so its reopening created a blue pin on the map I use for my own trip planning (not the same as The Map of all pubs) against a surround of green. However, opportunities for pub bagging have been limited recently with work, eventually catching COVID and house renovations amongst other things, so my usual individual trips to "correct" / catch reopenings and new pubs have been rare.
However, I've now made it.
The pub has been renovated inside and out - albeit ignoring the de-Beamish'ed clock which shows two incorrect times - to a high standard.
The interior could be seen as faux-old, but this pub isn't particularly new itself. It became the Long Mile Inn in the mid-late 70s, but traded previously as Slatterys, probably opening in 1956.
This Slatterys was a small chain of pubs in 50s/60s - I don't know if they are connected to any of the other pubs with this name, but none of them are called Slatterys now - and while "Slatts" (126a Tyrconnell Park) must have got its name there, its licenced to a Noonan. One of these is now a Tesco!
Back in the present, the pub trades with a large bar and large lounge, and an upstairs/outdoor seating area. The food operation would appear to be a franchise, as there are separate ordering and payment systems, but this isn't all that uncommon in suburban pubs.
There are better known pubs in Drimnagh, which I've written up before their change in ownership, and didn't like to begin with... so its really between N1118 Halfway House and here; and while the Halfway gets points for having Macardles (or at least it did when I was there - quite some time ago), the Castle feels nicer over all.
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