A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from January 22, 2024
The Big Apple (bar in Ballyforan, Ireland, 2003?-present)

“The Big Apple” is the name of a bar (with five beds for accommodations) in Ballyforan Village, Roscommon, Ireland. “Arriving in the village of Ballyforan in County Roscommon, he was surprised to see a bar named The Big Apple” was printed in Irish America (New York, NY) on September 30, 2003.
 
 
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The Big Apple
Page · Bar
Ballyforan Village, Roscommon, Ireland
+353 86 833 6587
 
airbnb
Big Apple Bar & Self-Catering Accommodation
Entire home in Ballyforan, Ireland
9 guests 5 bedrooms 5 beds1 bath
   
Restaurant Guru
The Big APPLE
Ballyforan, Ballyforan, County
Roscommon, Ireland
         
Google Books
30 September 2003, Irish America (New York, NY), “Barney Rosset’s Trip of a Lifetime” by Frank Shouldice, pg. 76:
Arriving in the village of Ballyforan in County Roscommon, he was surprised to see a bar named The Big Apple. Either the world is definitely getting smaller, or this was a homecoming with a difference.
 
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Mt.TalbotGAAHandball
@MountTalbotHC
Tonight’s lucky 50-50 Jackpot winners of €561 were Ellen & Oisín Hynes Four Roads. Next weeks draw in The Big Apple Ballyforan @ 11:30pm
7:22 PM · Jun 22, 2013
 
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Shane Kelly
@shanekels
I heard the sheriff was in the big Apple….that’s the pub in Ballyforan not to be mistaken for New York.
6:19 PM · Dec 19, 2018

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