Northern Ireland pubs 'charm' Canadian visitor

27 October 2008 -

A journalist for the North Shore News in Canada has described how she fell in love with the pubs in Northern Ireland, as well as the Causeway coastal route.

Caroline Skelton said while the taste of Guinness was impressive, what she fell in love with were the establishments where she drank.

"Pubs with fireplaces, pubs with pianos, pubs with knitters, pubs with flautists … each a little town in and of itself, its square a perfect place to people-watch and discuss adventures had and still to come," she stated.

One such adventure was along the Causeway coastal route, where Ms Skelton described the spectacular landscape ranging from cliffs to farmland and limestone boulders.

She also highlighted the 16th century ruins of Dunseverick Castle on her journey, as well as the suspension bridge at Carrick-a-Rede Island, where the waves crashed underfoot.

Another traveller who fell in love with the pubs in Northern Ireland was Joshua Hammer, who wrote in the New York Times recently the music made them enjoyable places to be.