Brady’s Bar Bans Lesbians, Late 70s
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Ian Townson holding placard
Ashley McKay on the right sister of David. Both worked at Union Place Community resource Centre as did Colm Clifford and Ian Townson
The manager of Brady’s on the right looking bemused at all the picketers
This picket outside the entrance was there to demand a boycott of the pub for banning lesbians. We were joined by other members of the community demanding their reinstatement (late 1970s).
The Railway Tavern on Atlantic Road (now a branch of a Mexican-style restaurant), better know as Brady's after the name of the landlord, was the watering hole for LGBT+ people, socialists and Revolutionary Left organisations.
The Railway Tavern on Atlantic Road (now a branch of a Mexican-style restaurant), better know as Brady's after the name of the landlord, was the watering hole for LGBT+ people, socialists and Left organisations. This picket outside the entrance was there to demand a boycott of the pub for banning lesbians. We were joined by other members of the community demanding their reinstatement (late 1970s).