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Dunluce Castle
The ruins of Dunluce Castle perch atop a dramatic basalt crag 5km east of Portrush, a one-hour walk away along the coastal path. A narrow bridge leads from the mainland courtyard across a dizzying gap to the main part of the fortress. Below, a path leads down from the gatehouse to
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Ardboe High Cross
This 6th-century monastic site overlooking Lough Neagh is home to one of Irelands best-preserved and most elaborately decorated Celtic stone crosses. The 10th-century Ardboe high cross stands 5.5m tall, with 22 carved panels depicting biblical scenes. Its an evocative place 16km ea
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An Creagán
Enjoy an exhibition covering the ecology of the surrounding bogs and the archaeology of the region at this museum and nature centre. Informative nature trails range from 400m to 5.5km. There are 44 prehistoric monuments within 8km of the centre, including the Beaghmore Stone Circle
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Lough Navar Forest Park
This forest park lies at the western end of Lower Lough Erne, where the Cliffs of Magho – a 250m-high and 9km-long limestone escarpment – rise above a fringe of native woodland on the south shore. An 11km scenic drive through the park leads to the Magho Viewpoint. The panorama from
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Struell Wells
These supposedly curative spring waters are traditionally associated with St Patrick – it is said he scourged himself here, spending a great part of the night, stark naked and singing psalms immersed in what is now the Drinking Well .He must have been a hardy soul – the well-preser
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St Annes Cathedral
Built in imposing Hiberno-Romanesque style, St Annes Cathedral was started in 1899 but did not reach its final form until 1981. As you enter youll see that the black-and-white marble floor is laid out in a maze pattern – the black route leads to a dead end, the white to the sanctua
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Botanic Gardens
The showpiece of Belfasts green oasis is Charles Lanyons beautiful Palm House , built in 1839 and completed in 1852, with its birdcage dome, a masterpiece in cast-iron and curvilinear glass. Nearby is the 1889 Tropical Ravine , a huge red-brick greenhouse designed by the gardens cu
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Thompson Pump House & Graving Dock
At the far end of Queens Rd is the most impressive monument to the days of the great liners – the vast Thompson Graving Dock where the Titanic was fitted out.Beside it is the Thompson Pump House , which has an exhibition on Belfast shipbuilding. Guided tours (2pm Saturday and Sunda
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Belfast Castle
Built in 1870 for the third Marquess of Donegall, in the Scottish Baronial style made fashionable by Queen Victorias Balmoral, multiturreted Belfast Castle commands the southeastern slopes of Cave Hill. It was presented to the City of Belfast in 1934. Upstairs is the Cave Hill Visi
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Mount Stewart
The magnificent 18th-century Mount Stewart is one of Northern Ireland’s grandest stately homes. It was built for the Marquess of Londonderry and is decorated with lavish plasterwork, marble nudes and priceless artworks. Much of the landscaping of the beautiful gardens was supervise
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Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum
Belfasts southwestern fringes extend as far as Lisburn (Lios na gCearrbhach), 12km southwest of the centre. Like Belfast, Lisburn grew rich on the proceeds of the linen industry in the 18th and 19th centuries. This history is celebrated at this excellent museum, inside the 17th-cen
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Legananny Dolmen
Ulsters most famous Stone Age monument is a strangely elegant tripod dolmen (tomb chamber), that looks as if a giants hand has placed the capstone delicately atop the three slim uprights. Its elevated position on the western slopes of Slieve Croob (532m) gives it an impressive view
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Linen Hall Library
Established in 1788 to improve the mind and excite a spirit of general inquiry, the Linen Hall Library houses some 260,000 books, more than half of which are part of its important Irish- and local-studies collection. The political collection consists of pretty much everything that
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Castle Ward Estate
Famed for its role as Winterfell in Game of Thrones , 1760s-built Castle Ward House enjoys a superb setting overlooking the bay west of Strangford. Entertaining guided tours depart hourly from noon to 4pm.In the grounds are a Victorian laundry museum, the Strangford Lough Wildlife
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Church Ruins
At the eastern tip of the island are the ruins of a small 12th-century church with a beautiful Romanesque door on its southern side. Inside are six extraordinary Celtic stone figures , thought to date from the 9th century, lined up along the wall like miniature Easter Island statue
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Down Cathedral
According to legend, St Patrick died in Saul, where angels told his followers to place his body on a cart drawn by two untamed oxen, and to bury the saint wherever they halted. The oxen supposedly stopped at the church on the hill of Down, now the site of the Church of Irelands Dow
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Cave Hill Country Park
The view from the summit of Cave Hill (368m) takes in the whole sprawl of the city, the docks, Belfast Lough and the Mourne Mountains – on a clear day you can see spot Scotland. Cave Hill Country Park spreads across the hills eastern slopes, with several waymarked walks and an adve
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Queens University
Northern Irelands most prestigious university was founded by Queen Victoria in 1845. In 1908, the Queens College became the Queens University of Belfast and today its campus spreads across some 250 buildings. Queens has around 25,000 students and specialises in medicine, engineerin
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Stormont
Stormonts dazzling white neoclassical facade is one of Belfasts most iconic. The Northern Irish parliament occupies a dramatic position at the end of a gently rising, 1.5km avenue and is fronted by a defiant statue of the arch-Unionist Sir Edward Carson.Occasional free guided tours
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Florence Court
Set in lovely wooded grounds in the shadow of Cuilcagh Mountain, Florence Court is famous for its rococo plasterwork and antique Irish furniture, which you can see on a one-hour tour . In the grounds you can explore the walled garden and, on the edge of Cottage Wood, southeast of t
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