If you look close enough at an ordinance map of the Lecale district in County Down you will note a crossroads where the townlands of Coniamstown – Whigamatown and Bright…
If you look close enough at an ordinance map of the Lecale district in County Down you will note a crossroads where the townlands of Coniamstown – Whigamatown and Bright…
The cuttings, embankment, and bridges of the old narrow-gauge railway from Ballymena to Retreat Station are still visible reminders of an unusual if unprofitable service. It was called the Ballymena,…
In the large beautiful landscaped gardens of Tubber House, Kircubbin up till a few years ago an underground World War II bunker was to be found. It was named ‘THE…
Twice every day 400 million tons of water rushes up the Strangford lough through the deep seething strait, and down again into the Irish Sea. When the wind is in…
The road from Strangford to Ardglass is a beguiling one with changing views around every corner. Just a short distance from the town on the right amongst the trees is the…
A peace maze in Castlewellan Forest Park has made it into the Guinness Book of Records 2004. It is now recognised as being both the largest and the longest permanent…
The little-known Rival to the River Boyne ‘Flow gently, sweet Callan, flow gently along, And down by your green banks I’ll sing a sweet song’ Not many Ulster people are…
Just four miles south of Belfast city centre and close to Shaw’s bridge, in the townland of Ballyleeson stands the Giants Ring one of the finest, prehistoric fortifications of this kind…
Commoner of the Wood The White Hawthorn grows in hedges throughout our fair land, blooming come May. Known in ancient Ireland as ‘the commoner of the wood’, the hardwood of…
Along the rolling hills of Tyrone, there is a small stretch of road, where things are not as they seem to be. Going up the hill, a car rolls upwards…