The Albert Memorial Clock
12Dec
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The Albert Memorial Clock- Belfast’s ‘Big Ben’ and Ireland’s leaning tower. Queen’s Square, Belfast Photo © William Murphy (cc-by-sa/2.0) In 1865, to...
Ballynoe Stone Circle
06Dec
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Ballynoe Stone Circle, the earliest and the largest Megalithic Structure surviving in Ulster Photo © Eric Jones (cc-by-sa/2.0) Just a few miles inland...
Holywood Spectacles
02Dec
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Finlay's Stone Sitting in the middle of a lawn at Willisden nursing home, Church Road, Holywood is a great block...
The Magic Hills
21Aug
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Along the rolling hills of Tyrone, there is a small stretch of road, where things are not as they seem...
Bushmills Whiskey
07Aug
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A number of countries compete today to win the allegiance of the world’s whiskey drinkers. A small number of them...
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
17Jul
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Europe’s oldest suspension bridge. It is well signposted just 3 miles north-east of Ballintoy and a few miles down the causeway...
Arboe, the High Cross and the Wishing Tree
10Jul
In the middle of the graveyard at Arboe [The height of the Cow] on the western shores of Lough Neagh,...
Transportation in Old Belfast
19Jun
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The almost unpronounceable BALLYCASHEGALGIE is the ancient name for Belfast. Translated it literally means; the Fort of Calgagh’s Corner or...