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Ulster Folk & Transport Museum

Ulster Folk & Transport Museum

Step back in time in and uncover a way of life from 100 years ago. Discover cottages, farms, schools and shops as you wander through the beautiful parkland of the Folk Museum chatting to costumed visitor guides demonstrating traditional crafts.

Marble Arch Caves

Marble Arch Caves

Take in the world-famous Marble Arch Caves. Check out our 360° panorama to get a great impression of the caves.

Tollymore National Outdoor Centre

Tollymore National Outdoor Centre

Tollymore National Outdoor Centre stands as a state of the art outdoor centre and is located on the northern edge of the Mourne Mountains

Downpatrick & County Down Railway

Downpatrick & County Down Railway

Travel back into the past with real vintage steam trains. The railway is Northern Ireland’s only standard gauge (i.e. full size) heritage railway and is based in the county town of Down.

Exploris Aquarium

Exploris Aquarium

A visit to Exploris enables the visitors to view and learn about the marine species that are indigenous to Strangford Lough and the coastline of the island. Marine communities are recreated to enable the visitor to gain a better understanding of the complex inter relationships between different species.

Tyrella Beach

Tyrella Beach

With its miles of sandy beach and sparkling clean water, Tyrella is a firm favourite with holidaymakers. Kids can splash around happily in one of the safest, cleanest beaches in Ireland, while adults relax and enjoy the stunning natural setting at the foot of the magnificent Mountains of Mourne.

Derry Playhouse

Derry Playhouse

Few cities in the UK or Ireland can match Derry’s reputation for encouraging community involvement in the arts. One of the principal generators of this growing trend has been the unique Derry Playhouse, one of the first community arts centres in Ireland when established in 1992 and now the largest.

Navan Centre & Fort

Navan Centre & Fort

Navan Fort – known in Old Irish as Emain Macha – is a large circular earthwork on the summit of a drumlin that is thought to be the site of a pagan sanctuary. The impressive earthwork encloses two monuments on the hilltop, a ring barrow (Iron Age burial site) and a large mound.

Braid Arts Centre

Braid Arts Centre

Named after the river that runs through Ballymena – and as tribute to the local flax linen industry – the venue successfully weaves local history, arts and culture alongside contemporary conference, tourism and civic facilities on a site that has been for centuries the centre of local civic life.

Giant’s Causeway Railway

Giant’s Causeway Railway

A truly heritage experience travelling on a steam locomotive along a magnificent coastal stretch of line between Bushmills and the World Heritage Site at the Giant’s Causeway.

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Antrim Town

Antrim is the county town of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. Antrim is a small town not frequently visited by tourists, yet it is one of the more historic towns in Northern Ireland with many interesting sights and buildings of historic note.

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