O'Doherty's Shop, City of Derry
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Once a famous landmark in Derry, these Bishop Street premises were opened in 1869 as a grocery and public house. Although known for a period as the ‘China Tea Shop’, the premises were recognised by the local population simply as ‘WG’s’, after the owner, WG O’Doherty. Between 1873 and 1883 a bottling plant operated in the basement of this thriving business and the museum has a stoneware beer bottle bearing WG O’Doherty’s own-brand label in its collection. WG’s was regularly advertised in the Derry Almanacs of the late 1800s.
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