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375 Fore Street, Portland, Maine 04101



BULL FEENEY'S CEASED OPERATIONS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023.


After 21 years serving the Portland community and visitors from all over New England and the world, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors after one final weekend of operation. We just celebrated St. Patrick’s Day for the 19th time, taking great pride in being able to bring the incredible experience of St. Patrick’s Day at Bull Feeney’s to a generation born during the year we opened. We would like to thank the Portland community for supporting us for all of of these years. A pub wouldn’t be a pub without the lively conversation, laughter, singing, and dancing of its customers. We wish we could thank each and every one of you personally.


Looking to open your own Irish pub? The Bull Feeney's brand, website, Facebook presence, etc. is for sale! If interested, please contact Doug Fuss at the number listed below.



Scratch Made
Nice People
Authentic



375 Fore Street, Portland, Maine 04101



BULL FEENEY'S CEASED OPERATIONS ON SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2023.


After 21 years serving the Portland community and visitors from all over New England and the world, we have made the difficult decision to close our doors after one final weekend of operation. We just celebrated St. Patrick’s Day for the 19th time, taking great pride in being able to bring the incredible experience of St. Patrick’s Day at Bull Feeney’s to a generation born during the year we opened. We would like to thank the Portland community for supporting us for all of of these years. A pub wouldn’t be a pub without the lively conversation, laughter, singing, and dancing of its customers. We wish we could thank each and every one of you personally.


Looking to open your own Irish pub? The Bull Feeney's brand, website, Facebook presence, etc. is for sale! If interested, please contact Doug Fuss at the number listed below.



Scratch Made
Nice People
Authentic



375 Fore Street, Portland, Maine 04101



Bull Feeney's was an authentic Irish pub and restaurant serving scratch-made pub fare complemented by 14 local craft and 7 premium imported drafts as well as Maine’s most extensive whiskey selection with 105 single malt Scotch, 9 blended Scotch, 43 Irish, 41 Bourbon, 5 Rye, 6 American, 3 Canadian, 1 French and 4 Japanese whiskies.



Scratch Made
Nice People
Authentic



375 Fore Street, Portland, Maine 04101



Bull Feeney's was an authentic Irish pub and restaurant serving scratch-made pub fare complemented by 14 local craft and 7 premium imported drafts as well as Maine’s most extensive whiskey selection with 105 single malt Scotch, 9 blended Scotch, 43 Irish, 41 Bourbon, 5 Rye, 6 American, 3 Canadian, 1 French and 4 Japanese whiskies.



Scratch Made
Nice People
Authentic



375 Fore Street, Portland, Maine 04101



Bull Feeney's was an authentic Irish pub and restaurant serving scratch-made pub fare complemented by 14 local craft and 7 premium imported drafts as well as Maine’s most extensive whiskey selection with 105 single malt Scotch, 9 blended Scotch, 43 Irish, 41 Bourbon, 5 Rye, 6 American, 3 Canadian, 1 French and 4 Japanese whiskies.



The Story of John A. Feeney
and His Son, “Bull”



John A. Feeney was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland, on June 15, 1854. By 1878 John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a grocery store, at 42 Center Street, that posed as a front
for a saloon. John opened four others in following years which we’ve mapped in a mural on the first floor. His saloons became gathering places where John would greet new immigrants, help them settle, find jobs, and register them as citizens and voters.


John’s son, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team. He earned the nickname “Bull” because he would lower his leather helmet like a bull and charge through the line. Bull followed his brother Francis Feeney (later Francis Ford) to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and directed the classic Irish film, “The Quiet Man” among others. You’ll find his statue at Gorham’s Corner, where Fore, Bank, York, Pleasant and Danforth streets meet, a short walk from Bull Feeney’s and not far from where his father once operated his “grocer.”


Bull Feeney’s would like to honor those families who immigrated to Portland and elsewhere in the U.S. whether recently or, like Bull’s family, generations ago.



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Our last day of operation was March 26, 2023.

207-773-7210


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