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The Ulster Museum 1 Nov 2010 | 10:37 am
The Ulster Museum is located in The Botanic Gardens in Belfast and has around 8000 metres of display space. The museum features collections of Fine Art, Applied Art, Archaeology, Spanish Armada, Local...
The Giants Causeway 1 Nov 2010 | 10:05 am
A Brief History The Causeway was formed 50 to 60 million years ago when Co. Antrim was subjected to intense volcanic activity. The lava rose through the chalk beds and cooled to form the hexagonal co...
Old Bushmills Distillery 1 Nov 2010 | 10:03 am
Old Bushmills Distillery, Bushmills, Co.Antrim. The Home of the ledgendary Bushmills Irish Whiskey. Located three miles away from The Giants Causeway. History Bushmills Distillery was founded in 160...
Milltown Cemetary 1 Nov 2010 | 09:59 am
Milltown Cemetary is located on the Falls Road in Belfast, Co.Antrim. It opened in in 1869 and aproximately 200,000 of Belfast's citizens are buried there. Those interred there are mostly Roman Cathol...
Botanic Gardens 1 Nov 2010 | 09:57 am
Belfast Botanic Gardens is a public park occupying 28 acres of South Belfast popular with tourists and students. The gardens are situated on the stranmillis road, a few hundred metres from Queens Univ...
Crumlin Road Jail (HMP Belfast) 1 Nov 2010 | 09:26 am
Crumlin Road Jail is a former prison situated in North Belfast. It is the only victorian prison left in Northern Ireland. The prison is a Grade A listed building because of its architectural and histo...
Harland & Wolf Cranes- Samson and Goliath 12 Oct 2010 | 08:09 am
The Cranes The Harland & Wolf cranes, Known as Samson and Goliath are the two yellow gantry cranes, situated at Queen's Island, that dominate the Belfast Skyline and are trademark sructures of the ci...
Titanic Quarter-The Thompson Dry-Dock and Pump-House 18 Jul 2010 | 10:33 am
The Thompson Dock and Gate At the time of its construction The Thompson Dock was the biggest Dry Dock in the world, built for the biggest ships in the world. RMS Olympic was the first ship docked her...
Engraving of the Giant's Causeway 1 Jun 2010 | 09:28 am
In 1740 an artist named Susanna Drury made two gouache drawings of The Giant's Causeway - one viewed from the east and one from the west. Virtually nothing is known about Drury, but she did exceptiona...
Binevenagh 31 Mar 2010 | 06:41 am
A view of the beautiful Binevenagh, the western extent of the Antrim Plateau formed around 60 million years ago by molten lava. The plateau and steep cliffs extend for over 6 miles across the peninsul...
