Harp of Erin Hotel

The Harp of Erin was 'established on the arrival of the first steamer which ever navigated our beautiful river, the Bremer, in 1848', by Martin Byrne who operated the pub for the following few years until about 1851. 

The Harp of Erin was a wooden structure that was removed or demolished in very late 1905 or early 1906 to make way for the construction of a new hotel. It had become somewhat run-down by the 1890s but survived in some form until the early 20th century. Despite its perhaps lack of grandeur the Harp of Erin was clearly a landmark in the town as early as 1861 when Bee-Hive Stores used its name and location to advertise their own clothing & groceries business situated opposite in Brisbane Street.

The public house stood on the property located at the corner of Brisbane and Waghorn Streets.

Hotel Metropole opened on this site 4 October 1906.