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Ulster Hotel

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The current Ulster Hotel, at the corner of Brisbane and Mortimer Streets, Ipswich was completed March 1911. It replaced the old Ulster Hotel dating from 1881 on this site. The building contractors were W. Hastie and F. Halliwell. The architect was H.E. Wyman, with joinery by Arthur Foote of City Joinery at North Ipswich. Hanby & Dangerfield of Brisbane Street completed the plumbing, and plastering was by J. Jamieson. Painting was performed by T. Holmes, with ironwork by S. Shillito & Son. The Ulster was a 2-storey building with underground cellar. Facing the street on 2 sides the construction was brick with cement. The pub was owned by Mrs Mahaffey of Warwick Street, Ipswich. Mr B. Kennedy was licensee. The Ulster Hotel was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.

Dan Dempsey became publican in 1934. His daughter Norma married Denis Flannery. The Dempsey and Flannery families operated the pub until 2016 when it finished trading as a hotel. Since then a restaurant named Memories of India has operated in the pub building.

During World War II the hotel cellar was used as an air raid shelter.

The hotel was flooded in both 1974 and 2011. Following the 2011 floods the pub was closed for about 18 months to repair, rebuild and renovate.

Prior to being called the Ulster Hotel this site was the location of the Horse & Jockey Hotel from 1872-1880. Thomas Breen was granted the liquor license for the Horse & Jockey and to rename it the Ulster in September 1880. At this time the building was owned by Patrick Sullivan.

References (offline)Queensland Times, Wednesday 18 July 1984, P14, Snippets from our Past.

The Week (Brisbane, Qld. : 1876 - 1934), Saturday 18 September 1880, P14, Ipswich.

Queensland Times Ipswich Herald & General Advertiser, Tuesday 17 August 1880, P2, Advertising. References (online)Ulster Hotel

Images

Brisbane Street, Ipswich, during flooding in January 1974

Children in backyard at Ulster Hotel, Ipswich, 1930s

Children thought to be playing at the back of the Ulster Hotel, Ipswich, 1932

Dan Dempsey, from Ipswich, Queensland and Rugby League Australian representative, Hull, Great Britain, 1929

Model of the Ulster Hotel, detail, Ipswich Mini Crafters

Ulster Hotel, 25 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1996

Ulster Hotel, Ipswich Mini Crafters, display at Railway Workshops Museum, North Ipswich, 2021

Ulster Hotel, Ipswich, during flood of 1974

Images - Whitehead Studio

Bank of New South Wales, corner East and Brisbane Streets, during flood, Ipswich, 1893

House removal travelling through town, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1957

Histories

Ipswich - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 3

Ipswich Heritage Register, 1991

Pub Trivia

The Bee newspaper pages, No. 361 Vol. VI, Ipswich, 1909

Images - Queensland Times

John Cleary at the Ipswich Turf Club, Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland, January 1978

John Cleary with unidentified men inside at the Ipswich Turf Club, Bundamba, Ipswich Queensland, January 1978

Maisie O'Dempsey and Denis Flannery, and unidentified customers at the Ulster Hotel, Ipswich, December 2003

Video

City of Contrasts - Alice Knudsen

Oral History with Bev Johnston on her father Denis Flannery, 2018

Oral History with Bev Johnston on her grandfather Dan Dempsey, 2018

Images - I.X.L. Studio

Flooding at corner of Brisbane and Mortimer Street, Ipswich, Queensland, 1893

Flooding at corner of Brisbane and Mortimer Streets, Ipswich, 1898

People & Families

Henry Wyman - Architect

Businesses

Hanby & Dangerfield

Horse & Jockey Inn

Curated Collections

Hotels & Taverns

Queensland Heritage Register

Slideshows

Series of images of main streets of Ipswich during flood, Ipswich, 1974

Location

Street Brisbane StreetSuburbIpswichCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandGeo Coordinates^[1]25 Brisbane Street

Connections

Business OwnersNorma FlanneryCarlton & United BreweriesBulimba BeerBev JohnstonDenis FlanneryHotel LicenseesWilliam ThompsonThomas BreenDan DempseyCharlie WoodsDenis FlanneryNorma FlanneryDan NaylorB. KennedyBusinessesShillito & SonsHanby & DangerfieldThe City Joinery, Arthur Foote Ltd.Arthur Foote Pty Ltd.People & FamiliesFlannery familyT. HolmesF. HalliwellW. HastieJ. JamiesonArthur FooteH.E. WymanCurated CollectionsHotels & TavernsQueensland Heritage Register

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