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Craigavon
Ancestry / Tracing your routes
The Lough Neagh Discovery and Conference Centre boasts 3 conference rooms, Tourist Info,footpaths, bird watching hides, woodland, ponds, wildflower meadows, picnic and play areas. Enjoy stunning, panoramic views of the Lough from the loughside café.
Derry~Londonderry
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Ashbrook has been family home of the Ash family since before 1595. The Honorable The Irish Society records the Ash family as one of only four 'native land owners' prior to the plantation.
Enniskillen
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Pleasantly wooded town park with walks, shrub gardens and children's play area. Started in 1845, the monument took twelve years to complete. It is built in memory of Sir G Lowry Cole G.C.B.
Larne
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
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.'
Newtownbutler
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
One of Ireland's most important conservation areas, Crom is home to a wealth of wildlife. Discover it whether you are fishing, woodland walking, butterfly spotting or bird watching.
Warrenpoint
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
These are the contact details for Narrow Water Castle which is located in Warrenpoint, County Down. The castle is not open to the public but occasional group visits can be organised by making an application in writing.
Whitehead
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
The RPSI maintains a museum at Whitehead and operates steam-hauled excursions over the present day Irish railway network for families and enthusiasts.
Larne
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Enjoy a lovely walk along a one mile long stretch of Promenade running from Larne Leisure Centre, parallel with the Causeway Coastal route. Pass by Waterloo Bay, view lots of bird life and dramatic scenery or walk to Town Parks and the Coast Road.
Carnlough
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Learn all about the development of Carnlough through the centuries, including its unique industrial heritage, by visiting the Heritage Hub in Carnlough Town Hall before going on an energetic walk to Cranny Falls via Carnlough Harbour.
Lisnaskea
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Built in about 1618 by Sir James Balfour, a Scottish planter, the castle was in continuous occupation until the early 19th century.
Downpatrick
Churches & Sacred Sites
Two miles outside Downpatrick is the replica of St Patrick's first church in Ireland. Close by, on the crest of Slieve Patrick is a massive statue of St Patrick. Bronze panels illustrate scenes from the life of Ireland's Patron Saint.
Larne
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
The ruins of Olderfleet Castle stand on the Curran Point facing Larne Lough. It is suggested that it was built by a Scottish family called Bissett of Glenarm circa 1250, others say it was built by the Vikings some 300 years earlier.
Newry
Archaeological sites
This unusual megalithic monument is set on the eastern edge of a low ridge, overlooked by Slieve Gullion to the west and around 750m south of the badly disturbed remains of Clonlum court tomb.
Strangford
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Kilclief Castle was built between 1413 and 1441, reputedly by John Sely, bishop of Down. This makes it the earliest datable tower-house in County Down and is often used to date other tower-houses in the County.
Holywood
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Holywoods most well known feature is the towns Maypole, the only surviving in Ireland. Early maps show a Maypole has stood on the site since the 1620`s and today is still the focus of the May Day Celebrations and Fair in the town.
Newry
Archaeological sites
The court tomb at Annaghmare is one of the best preserved examples of its type, with many of its features preserved in good condition after they were first revealed during excavation in 1963-64.
Downpatrick
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Down Cathedral, a Cathedral of the Church of Ireland with magnificent stain glass windows, box pews and beautiful organ case was built in 1183 as a Benedictine Monastry. The patron saint, Patrick is believed to be buried in the nearby graveyard.
Portadown
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
A 1890 sophisticated three-storey brick building in the centre of Portadown.
Facilities suitable for a range of performances such as concerts, musicals, dance and drama and private functions, exhibitions and weddings.
Enniskillen
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
Situated beside the River Erne in County Fermanagh, was built almost 600 years ago by Gaelic Maguires. It was strategically important throughout its history. In the 17th century it became a garrison fort and later a military barracks.
Rathfriland
Historic Sites, Houses, Castles & Buildings
The fertile land of County Down has been farming country for centuries. It was here that Patrick Brontë, father of Charlotte, Emily and Anne - the famous Brontë sisters, was born into a farming family on 17th March 1777.