Enniskillen, County Fermanagh I Est. 1944
PubAid Community Pub Hero 2024
The Community Pub Hero 2024 winners were announced at a prestigious awards ceremony at the House of Commons on Tuesday 5 March 2024. From 1,000 entries, 24 were shortlisted as finalists and 12 took home trophies presented by the Minister Of Hospitality, Kevin Hollinrake.
Charlie's Bar, Enniskillen was presented with the award for, 'Community Support Hero' Ireland 2024.
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The awards were judged by Rita King, Honorary Secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group; George Kyle from sponsor, Matthew Clark; Paula Smith, Head of Marketing at the Licensed Trade Charity; Darryl Hinksman Head of Business Development and MD for Westons Australia; Andrew Buchanan, Operations Director for pubs and brewing at Daniel Thwaites who also sits on the BBPA Future Pub group and Molly Davis, Head of Communications for BII (British Institute of Innkeeping).
Community Pub of the Year 2023
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Charlies Bar, Enniskillen was presented with the LCN 2023 'Community Pub of the Year' Gong in June 2023.
The award, which is sponsored by Drinks Inc. was designed to recognise bars that have engaged with and supported the local community, providing a wide range of services and events to meet the needs of their customers.
To be shortlisted alongside six other NI businesses was a massive achievement but to take home the coveted title to Charlie’s was a real honour. We’ve always believed that if you’re in a position where you can help people, why wouldn’t you?
All our staff work hard to provide a ‘home-from-home’ atmosphere for our customers and we are only too happy to support the admirable work that takes place across the Enniskillen community.
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Ulster Pub of the Year 2022
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Charlies Bar, Enniskillen was named ‘Fermanagh Pub of the Year’ in August 2022. Following on from this, the staff celebrated being crowed 'Ulster Pub of the Year’ at the Irish Restaurant Awards which took place in the Dublin Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) on Monday 19th September 2022. Almost 900 restaurant and hospitality business owners and staff turned out to see if they had won in one of the twenty one prestigious award categories.
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Trip Advisor 2022 & 2023 Travellers Choice Award
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Charlies Bar, Enniskillen was awarded a Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Award for 2022. This award celebrates businesses that have received great traveller reviews from around the globe on TripAdvisor over the last 12 months.
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“Congratulations to the 2022 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Winners,” said Kanika Soni, Chief Commercial Officer at TripAdvisor. “The Travellers’ Choice Awards recognise the best in tourism and hospitality, according to those who matter most: your guests. Ranking among the Travellers’ Choice winners is always tough — but never more so than this year as we emerge from the pandemic. Whether it's using new technology, implementing safety measures, or hiring outstanding staff, I’m impressed by the steps you've taken to meet travellers’ new demands. You've adapted brilliantly in the face of adversity.”
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Awards
‘Best Guinness in Enniskillen’
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Daragh Curran, best known as Guinness Guru, rated his pint in Charlie’s Bar, Enniskillen as the best in the town. In a later video, The Guinness Guru described his visit to Charlie’s as, ‘The Maddest Craic’ Review.