DESTINATION COUNTY ANTRIM
The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage site, Bushmills produces legendary whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of the capital city of Northern Ireland, Belfast, is also in County Antrim.
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Carnlough,
Carrickfergus Castle,
Fair Head,
Giant's Causeway,
Portballintrae,
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DESTINATION BELFAST
Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, there has been significant urban regeneration in Belfast including Victoria Square, Queen's Island and Laganside as well as the Odyssey complex and the landmark Waterfront Hall. The city is served by two airports: The George Best Belfast City Airport and Belfast International Airport which is near Lough Neagh...
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ANTRIM
Antrim is a town in County Antrim, on the banks of the Six Mile Water. A battle was fought near Antrim between the English and Irish in the reign of Edward III; and in 1642 a naval engagement took place on Lough Neagh, for Viscount Massereene and Ferrard (who founded Antrim Castle in 1662) had a right to maintain a fighting fleet on the lough ...
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BALLYCASTLE
The town of Ballycastle has a beach, and views across to Rathlin Island and the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland. The town is at the northern mainland limit of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Ballycastle is also famous for its Lammas Fair, which is held every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of August ...
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BALLYMENA
The recorded history of the Ballymena area dates to the Early Christian period from the 5th to the 7th centuries. Ringforts found in the townland of Ballykeel and a site known as Camphill Fort in the townland of Ballee may also have been of this type. There are a number of souterrain sites within a 1¼ mile (2 km) radius of the centre of Ballymena ...
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BUSHMILLS
The village of Bushmills is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery, founded in 1608, which is the oldest licensed distillery in the world. The distillery's range includes the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends and the 10, 12, 16, and 21 year old Bushmills Single Malts. Giant's Causeway, located 2 miles (3 km) north ...
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CARNLOUGH
The Carnlough harbour was built by the owners of the quarries west of the village. These were connected to the harbour by means of a mineral tramway network, which include a bridge over each of two parallel streets in the village (both of which remain today). The harbour has recently been renovated and is used by pleasure boats and small fishing boats ...
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CARRICKFERGUS CASTLE
Carrickfergus Castle is a castle with Norman architecture in Northern Ireland, situated in the town of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, on the northern shore of Belfast Lough. Besieged in turn by the Scots, Irish, English and French, the castle played an important military role until 1928 and remains one of the best preserved medieval structures in Ireland ...
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FAIR HEAD
Fair Head (Irish: an Bhinn Mhór) is a rocky headland at the north-eastern corner of Northern Ireland, in County Antrim. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of Ballycastle town, and is the closest part of the mainland to Rathlin Island. It is a very highly-regarded rock-climbing location, and is believed to be the biggest expanse of climbable rock in either Ireland or Britain ...
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GIANT'S CAUSEWAY
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles northeast of the town of Bushmills. Owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland...
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PORTBALLINTRAE
Originally a fishing village, nestled around the horse shoe-shaped Ballintrae Bay, Porballintrae was a cluster of whitewashed cottages nestling around the bay. Many of its earlier buildings have been restored and maintained. The original village houses were built in a line along the seashore and many old cottages still stand on the shore. ...
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