The biggest of several so-called “holy islands” on Lough Erne in County Fermanagh, Devenish Island is home to one of the finest monastic sites in Northern Ireland.
The Guildhall is a major landmark in Londonderry in Northern Ireland and has been at the centre of city life since the late 19th Century. Built by The Honourable Irish Society in 1890, the neo-Gothic style building dominates Guildhall Square, the city’s main square.
The Armagh Planetarium is the only one in Northern Ireland and is an excellent way of learning about the night skies. It’s not only about the sound and light shows though – there are also spacey exhibits and displays of all kinds.
Construction of the Roman Catholic St. Eugene’s Cathedral in Londonderry began in 1851 as a response to the end of the potato famine, which claimed around a million Irish lives in the 1840s.
Construction of the Roman Catholic St. Eugene’s Cathedral in Londonderry began in 1851 as a response to the end of the potato famine, which claimed around a million Irish lives in the 1840s.
The world’s biggest Titanic museum experience, Titanic Belfast sits on the very slipway where the ill-fated ocean liner was built between 1909 and 1911. The location, Belfast’s former Harland and Wolff shipyard, is dominated by the towering exhibition space, with its glittering blocks recalling four ship hulls.
The Armagh Planetarium is the only one in Northern Ireland and is an excellent way of learning about the night skies. It’s not only about the sound and light shows though – there are also spacey exhibits and displays of all kinds.
There are many places you can visit that you just know you
are going to love, but there are very few that can genuinely surprise you. Derry is a surprise. In fact, Northern Ireland’s second city is an
unexpected delight.