[caption id="attachment_5905" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Devenish Island[/caption] Northern Ireland has some of the most enchanting landscapes on the whole island - untouched by the strife that keeps the province in the news. From the rugged Atlantic-torn cliffs of Antrim in the north to the warm, wooded shores...
Fortresses In Ireland At almost every turn in the Irish countryside there are remnants of ancient forts, some now reduced to mounds overgrown with grass, others the crumbling fragments of once-massive strongholds. The story they tell is of a harsh and often dangerous existence endured over...
Thanks to being retained for parish worship for much of the 17th and 18th centuries, more remains of Grey Abbey church than of many other Irish monasteries. Built on Strangford Lough, it is set in mature parkland and has an atmosphere of monastic calm. The...
Castle Green dominated the town. Built by John de Courcy , it remained in continuous use until 1928 , serving mainly as the seat of English power in the North. Carrickfergus also has many literary connections: Jonathan Swift was a Church of England incumbent based...