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Antrim
Tower
Antrim Round Tower was built around the 10th century and is one of the finest of its kind in Ireland. It is 28 metres tall and was built as part of a Monastic Settlement.
Derry~Londonderry
Cathedral
Dominating the skyline on all approaches to the city of Derry~Londonderry is Saint Columb's Cathedral, which has stood on its prominent site inside the famous walls of Derry since 1633. Dedicated to the name of Saint Columba (Columb)
Belfast
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Completed in 1906, Belfast City Hall is a magnificent Baroque Revival 'wedding cake' built to reflect Belfast's city status, granted by Queen Victoria in 1888. The grounds are also used for many events from continental markets to open air concerts.
Newry
Archaeological sites
This monument is an extremely well preserved Neolithic burial site with three chambers. It can be dated between 4000 and 2500 BC.
Holywood
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Holywood Motte is an Anglo-Norman castle mound, which probably had a ditch round its base and a timber palisade round the summit.
Belfast
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
The fine façade of the Main Building, designed by Charles Lanyon, conceals a quiet, restful quadrangle. This was the original Queen's College: the University has expanded throughout the immediate area, including all the houses on University Square.
Enniskillen
Castle / Fort
Built for Malcolm Hamilton and completed in 1618, it has a Scottish look about it, with corner turrets at one narrow end of a rectangular four-storey building and with two massive full-height round towers having angular tops guarding the entrance.
Moortown
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
A Fishermans Thatched Cottage, approximately 250 to 300 years old. The nearby Gort Moss Walk commences here. The house can be visited at any time and interior access is available on Sundays in July and August. Open for groups on request.
Comber
Castle / Fort
This ruined Tower House commands a position at the north end of Mahee Island in Strangford Lough. The house was built in 1570 by an English soldier called Captain Browne. Today, it is badly ruined but still of considerable interest.
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61 reviewsTemplepatrick
The National Trust
Listen to the hammers, smell the grit, feel the heat and witness the thrill of the only surviving water-driven spade mill in Ireland.
Portaferry
Churches & Sacred Sites
These ruined churches are situated one and a half miles north east of Portaferry on the Tullymally Road, east of the A2 to Cloughey and are signposted from Portaferry.
Holywood
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Holywood's most well known feature is the town's Maypole, the only surviving in Ireland. Early maps show a Maypole has stood on the site since the 1620s and today is still the focus of the May Day Celebrations and Fair in the town.
Bellaghy
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Ballyscullion Park is a private house, home of Richard and Rosalind Mulholland and their family, and is available for visits by prior arrangement to its beautiful historic gardens and grounds.
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46 reviewsLarne
Tower
This special memorial tower stands tall on the western side of Larne Lough, at the entrance to Larne harbour greeting visitors arriving by sea. It's an accurate replica of an Irish Round Tower and is known affectionately by locals as 'The Pencil.'
Downpatrick
Churches & Sacred Sites
Restored ruins of a sixth century church of St. Tassach, said to have given the last rites to St. Patrick. Entrance through pillars.
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1110 reviewsBelfast
Public Park
Belfast Castle estate is situated on the lower slopes of Cave Hill Country Park in North Belfast. It contains both parkland and mature mixed woodland and offers superb views of the city from a variety of vantage points.
Killeavy
Churches & Sacred Sites
The site contains two early churches situated back to back. Even earlier, it was the site of a monastery founded by St. Moninna (517) as one of the most important monasteries for nuns in Medieval Ireland.
Groomsport
Visitor Centres & Museums
Take a step back in time with a visit to the lovingly restored Cockle Row Cottages located beside the harbour, Groomsport.
Bellaghy
Churches & Sacred Sites
Church Island is a small island on Lough Beg - 1.5 miles from Bellaghy. On a visit to the island you will discover the ruins of an old church with no spire.
Jonesborough
Castle / Fort
South of the County Armagh village of Jonesborough lie the ruins of Moyry Castle, built in the 17th century to guard the strategic mountain pass known as Moyry Pass or the 'Gap of the North'.