Counties Fermanagh & Tyrone
The village of Donaghmore, 5km northwest of Dungannon on the road to Pomeroy, is famed for its 10th-century Celtic high cross. It was cobbled together…
Must-see attractions in Northern Ireland
Belfast
At the Victoria St entrance to the Victoria Square shopping mall is the yellow and white Jaffe Memorial Fountain. The gilded, cast iron structure and…
Belfast
Across the River Lagan from the Titanic Quarter lies the Clarendon Dock. It's been restored to incorporate a soulless business park, but leading off it…
County Antrim
Built as an interpretative centre designed to increase awareness of environmental issues and alternative energy sources, the impressive Ecos Centre…
Belfast
Conway Mill is a restored 19th-century flax mill that now houses artists' studios and work spaces for local enterprises. It also contains the Eileen…
Belfast
Irish artist Conor Harrington painted The Duel of Belfast, Dance by Candlelight on a Hill St gable wall as part of the 2012 Cathedral Quarter Arts…
Counties Down & Armagh
At the northern end of the Mall stands Armagh Courthouse, rebuilt after being destroyed by a huge IRA bomb blast in 1993. It originally dates from 1809,…
Belfast
Just inside the Stranmillis Rd gate of Belfast's Botanic Gardens is a statue of Belfast-born William Thomson – Lord Kelvin – who helped lay the foundation…
Sheelin Antique Irish Lace Shop
County Fermanagh
This lace shop also houses a small collection of Irish lace dating from 1850 to 1900. Lace-making was an important cottage industry in the region both…
County Down
Overlooking Hillsborough village is St Malachy's, a splendid 18th-century church, with twin towers at the ends of the transepts and a tall spire at the…
Belfast
Just northeast of Titanic Belfast you'll see the huge paint hall where ship component parts were painted in a climate-controlled environment. Today it's…
Belfast
The most prominent of several modern artworks on the riverbank between Clarendon Dock and Ormeau Bridge, Bigfish (1999), by Belfast-born artist John…
Derry (Londonderry)
In the 19th century, Derry was one of the main ports of emigration to the USA; this is commemorated by these sculptures of an emigrant family at the site…
County Londonderry
On Magilligan Point itself, watching over the entrance to Lough Foyle, stands a well-preserved Martello tower, built during the Napoleonic Wars in 1812 to…
County Down
About 2km northwest of Warrenpoint's town centre, you'll see Narrow Water Castle, a fine Elizabethan tower house built in 1568 to command the entrance to…
Counties Down & Armagh
On the Mall opposite the courthouse is the once-forbidding Armagh Gaol. Built in 1780 to the design of Thomas Cooley, it remained in use as a women's…
County Antrim
Antrim's 10th-century Round Tower, on the northeast edge of town, is 28m tall, and is one of the finest examples of these monastic towers in Ireland. The…
Belfast
This light is one of the largest optics of its kind. It was used in Tory Island lighthouse from 1887 to 1924 and then on Mew Island until 2014. It is…
Belfast
This tree-fringed loop in the river to the right of the Lagan towpath (heading south towards Lisburn) is a good place for a picnic on a summer's day.
County Antrim
Ballymena's museum is housed in a dramatic modern building that is also home to the town hall, tourist office and arts centre. Interesting exhibitions…
County Fermanagh
Dominating the centre of Enniskillen, this soaring church dates to only 1875, having replaced an early church that was collapsing. There's lavish artwork…
Glens of Antrim
The unusual red sandstone Curfew Tower at the central crossroads was built in 1817 and based on a building the landowner had seen in China. It was…
County Down
Portaferry's castle is a small 16th-century tower house that, together with the tower house in Strangford, once controlled sea traffic through the Narrows…
County Fermanagh
A bronze soldier stands atop a monument in memory of Fermanagh's war dead. Doves on the plinth commemorate the 11 people killed by an IRA bomb at the site…
Counties Down & Armagh
The east side of the Mall is lined with handsome Georgian terraces including Charlemont Place, designed by local Francis Johnston, who later became one of…
County Down
Dating from 1765, this fine old Georgian market house was used as a courthouse from 1810 until 1986. It now contains a few displays describing the working…
Belfast
This bridge, not to be confused with the adjacent Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, was designed by Charles Lanyon. It was constructed in 1844 and widened in…
Belfast
The 1933 neoclassical Royal Courts of Justice were bombed by the IRA in 1990 but are now freed of the massive security screens that once concealed them.
Belfast
Ireland's tallest building, the 2010-completed, 27-storey Obel, contains luxury apartments and dominates the waterfront at Donegall Quay.
County Londonderry
At the entrance to Roe Valley Country Park, the Green Lane Museum contains old photographs and relics of the valley’s flax industry.
Belfast
This five-arched stone bridge is a popular starting point for riverside walks and kayaking.
Belfast
This gallery showcases local and international contemporary art in changing exhibitions.
Derry (Londonderry)
The H-shaped Hunger Strikers' Memorial is near the Free Derry Corner.
County Fermanagh
Completed in 1901, Enniskillen's clock tower is watched over by two stone soldiers – an Inniskilling Fusilier and an Inniskilling Dragoon – representing…
