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Connor Lynch

McKay's Belfast: Iconic city centre sweet shop says goodbye after 46 years

An iconic Belfast sweet shop is saying goodbye this weekend after 46 years trading in the city centre.

McKay's in Queen's Arcade has seen thousands of loyal customers pop in for everything from a quarter of bons bons to a Cuban cigar since it was opened by brothers Henry and Sean McKay in 1976.

The family shop used to be one of a number that the family owned, with premises on Castle Lane and Castle Place as well as tobacconist Miss Moran on Church Lane also building up a dedicated following over the decades.

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