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walls, which incidentally, were never breached; hence Derry’s sobriquet
‘the Maiden City’. The views from the top of the walls are breathtaking.
An added attraction is the new Millennium Forum, tel: (028) 7126
4455. At the Tourist Information Centre, 44 Foyle Street, you’ll find
information on the 32 counties in Ireland. Tel: (028) 7126 7284.
For a unique experience, take one of the following delightful tours
through the city. Further details can be obtained from (028) 7126 7284.
Take a stroll through the Bogside; site of Bloody Sunday and the
Battle of the Bogside, which still displays murals that were painted
during the ‘troubles’. Guided Inner City Walking Tours: These excellent
tours are organised by the Derry Visitor and Convention Bureau. They
cover all Derry’s famous landmarks such as the Ferryquay Gate, St.
Columb’s, the City Walls, the Diamond and Craft Village. The tours last
for one and a half hours and further details can be obtained from
(028) 7137 7577. Daily cruises of the Foyle are available and are The spectacular Fermanagh countryside.
well worth it. Bookings can be made through the office at the Harbour
Museum at Harbour Square, tel: (028) 7136 2857. composer Jane Ross (1810–1879) wrote one of the world’s most
The Guildhall, Shipquay Gate: This red-brick building was famous songs, the Londonderry Air, or Danny Boy. A plaque on the
completed at the turn of the 19th century and features fine stained- wall of 51 Main Street where she lived commemorates this. Just south
glass windows, including one showing the coronation of King George V. of the town, Roe Valley Country Park was once an important linen-
Open Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. St. Columb’s Cathedral: The manufacturing area and the park exhibits the old scutch mill, weaving
architecture of this austere and atmospheric Church of Ireland shed and watch-towers from that time. You’ll find the Tourist Information
cathedral is in the Planter Gothic style. Dating from 1628, a mortar in Centre at the Limavady Council Offices. Tel: (028) 7776 0307.
the porch carries the Terms of Surrender during the Jacobite siege.
PORTSTEWART
publicbuilding places of interest This elegant, well-planned seaside town is noted for its superb
The Heritage and Museum Service, Derry City Council Heritage and beaches, including the National Trust-managed Portstewart Strand. It’s
Museum Service, Harbour Square, Derry, BT48 6AF. Tel: +44 (28) 71 an excellent base for exploring the Causeway Coast to the east. Each
37 7331; Fax: +44 (28) 71377633; Email: year in May, around 70,000 spectators gather around Portstewart to
museums@derrycity.gov.uk; Web:
www.derrycity.gov.uk/museums. The watch the uniquely dangerous North West 200 Motorcycle Race, one
Heritage and Museum Service for Derry City Council has four of the last of its kind in Europe to be run on enclosed public roads.
museums for you to visit. The award winning Tower Museum is located The race runs through Portstewart, Portrush and Coleraine.
within the city’s historic walls at Union Hall Place. Permanent
exhibitions at the museum include ‘The Story of Derry’ exhibition and
ANTRIM
CO. ARMAGH
an Armada shipwreck; ‘La Trinidad Valencera’. The Harbour Museum TYRONE Armagh, the Orchard of Apples, is
has an eclectic collection of objects on display which illustrate the Craigavon named after the pagan goddess, Macha
Portadown
city’s maritime connections. Visit the Workhouse Museum showing who, according to legend, built a
artefacts and archives of workhouse life, 19th century poverty and the Armagh fortress here. In the early Christian era,
Famine. Or visit the Amelia Earhart Centre a small interpretative Markethill St. Patrick chose the county as a base
centre located on the outskirts of the city.
Keady
DOWN
from which to spread his message.
Armagh City is one of Ireland’s oldest
COLERAINE settlements and by the 8th century was
MONAGHAN
On the banks of the River Bann, Coleraine is home to the University of the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland.
Ulster. Mountsandel Mound, just south of the town, is a mysterious
LOUTH
Around the county you’ll find wonderful
oval hillock, which may have been either early Christian or Norman in historic and prehistoric sites, from the
origin. Near the mound, however, a Mesolithic site dating back to magnificent Gothic Cathedral of St. Patrick’s to the ancient Navan Fort or
around 7000 BC bears testament to the fact that this was the first Emain Macha, once the most important site in Celtic Ulster.
site of human habitation in Ireland. The Tourist Information Centre is
on Railway Road. Tel: (028) 7034 4723. ARMAGH CITY
Armagh City is one of Ireland’s oldest settlements and the surrounding
LIMAVADY countryside features some spectacular pre-historic sites, reflecting
The small town of Limavady, about 30km east of Derry, is where the over 7,500 years of history. The ancient fort of Emain Macha (Navan
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