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Mountsandel Fort
Just 1.5km south of the town centre, on the east bank of the river, Mountsandel Fort is a massive and mysterious earthwork that may have been an early-Christian stronghold or a later Anglo-Norman fortification. From the Mountsandel Forest parking area on Mountsandel Rd, a 2.5km cir
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Kilbroney Forest Park
This 16-sq-km forest park unfolds 1km east of Rostrevor. From the car park at the top of the forest drive, a 10-minute hike leads up to a superb view over the lough to Carlingford Mountain, as well as to the Cloughmore Stone , a 30-tonne granite boulder inscribed with Victorian-era
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Ecos Environmental Centre
This visitor centre on the eastern edge of town is dedicated to alternative energy sources and sustainable technology – the centres waste water is filtered through reed beds and used to irrigate nearby willow coppices, which provide fuel for heating and electricity, supplemented by
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West Belfast
Though scarred by three decades of civil unrest, the former battleground of West Belfast is one of the most compelling places to visit in Northern Ireland. Falls Rd and Shankill Rd are adorned with famous murals expressing local political and religious passions, and divided by the
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Marconi Memorial
In the harbour car park, a plaque at the foot of a rock pinnacle commemorates the day in 1898 when Guglielmo Marconis assistants contacted Rathlin Island by radio from Ballycastle to prove to Lloyds of London that wireless communication was a viable proposition. The idea was to sen
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Sinclair Seamens Church
Built by Charles Lanyon in 1857–58 to meet the spiritual needs of visiting sailors, this part church, part maritime museum has a pulpit shaped like a ships prow (complete with red-and-green port and starboard lights), a brass ships wheel and binnacle (used as a baptismal font) salv
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Albert Memorial Clock Tower
At the east end of High St is Belfasts very own leaning tower. Erected in 1867 in honour of Queen Victorias dear departed husband, it is not as dramatically out of kilter as the more famously tilted tower in Pisa, but does, nevertheless, lean noticeably to the south – as the locals
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Killevy Churches
Surrounded by beech trees, these ruined, conjoined churches, 6km south of Camlough, were constructed on the site of a 5th-century nunnery founded by St Moninna. The eastern church dates from the 15th century and shares a gable wall with the 12th-century western one. The west door,
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Giants Ring
This huge prehistoric earthwork, nearly 200m in diameter, is a circular Neolithic ritual complex with a dolmen (known as the Druids Altar) in the centre. Prehistoric rings were commonly believed to be the home of fairies and consequently treated with respect, but this one was comma
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Giants Causeway & Bushmills Railway
Brought from a private line on the shores of Lough Neagh, the narrow-gauge line and locomotives (two steam and one diesel) follow the route of a 19th-century tourist tramway for 3km from Bushmills to below the Giants Causeway Visitor Experience. Seasonal trains run hourly between 1
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Mall
This long grassy expanse east of the centre was a horse-racing, cock-fighting and bull-baiting venue until the 18th century, when Archbishop Robinson decided that it was all a tad vulgar for a city of learning, and transformed it into an elegant Georgian park. Its flanked by notabl
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Kinbane Castle
On a limestone headland jutting out from the basalt cliffs, with stupendous views of Rathlin Island and Scotland, this ruined castle was first built in 1547 by Colla MacDonnell (son of Alexander MacDonnell, Lord of Islay and Kintyre, and Catherine, daughter of the Lord of Ardnamurc
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Harbour Commissioners Office
The striking marble and stained-glass interior of the Italianate Harbour Commissioners Office (1854) features art and sculpture inspired by Belfasts maritime history. The captains table that was built for the Titanic survives here – completed behind schedule, it never made it on bo
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Custom House
Opposite the west end of Lagan Weir is the elegant Custom House, built by Charles Lanyon in Italianate style between 1854 and 1857; the writer Anthony Trollope once worked in the post office here. On the waterfront side, the pediment carries sculpted portrayals of Britannia, Neptun
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Grant Ancestral Homestead
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822–85) led Union forces to victory in the American Civil War and later served as the USAs 18th president for two terms, from 1869–77. His maternal grandfather, John Simpson, emigrated from County Tyrone to Pennsylvania in 1760, but the farm he left behind a
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Seaforde Gardens & Tropical Butterfly House
Adults and kids alike will enjoy this oasis in the Seaforde demesne, which is home to an 18th-century walled garden with ornamental flower beds, a hedge maze, spiral-staircase tower with viewing platform and strutting iridescent-blue peacocks. Its rainforest-like butterfly house is
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Slemish
The skyline to the east of Ballymena is dominated by the distinctive craggy peak of Slemish (438m). The hill is one of many sites in the North associated with Irelands patron saint – the young St Patrick is said to have tended goats on its slopes. On St Patricks Day, thousands of p
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Long Tower Church
Outside the city walls to the southwest is Long Tower Church , Derry’s first post-Reformation Catholic church. Built in 1784 in neo-Renaissance style, it stands on the site of the medieval Teampall Mór (Great Church), built in 1164, whose stones were used to help build the city wal
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Hilden Brewery
Irelands oldest independent brewing company, dating from 1981, produces superior brews including caramel-malt Twisted Hop, smooth Titanic Quarter, Barneys Brew wheat beer with coriander and golden Belfast Blonde pale ale. Tours lasting 45 minutes show you how theyre made and includ
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Ulster Transport Museum
The Transport Museum at the Ulster Folk & Transport Museums has steam locomotives, rolling stock, motorcycles, trams, buses and cars. Most popular is the Titanica exhibit, which includes the original design drawings for the Titanic and its sister ship Olympic . The highlight of
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