Derry is a city in Ireland. It is the second largest in Northern Ireland, surpassed only by Belfast. It is worth a stop on any tours of Ireland to see the city walls. Those walls were never breached and the city is known as the “maiden city”. The...
This is an ancient ring fort dating from 100 BC. Near the town of Coleraine. It’s definitely worth a stop on any tours of Ireland. The fort was the seat of Rory Mor, king of the Picts, and the capital of their territory. Coleraine itself has a history...
This is a 17th Century house in County Londonderry, Ireland. It is an interesting place to visit on any tours of Ireland due to the character of the house. It has a magnificent oak staircase. The courtyard in front of the house is flanked by attractive and unusual...
This city in Ireland is very interesting. It can be visited easily on tours of Ireland while travelling the North Coast route. The city sits on the River Foyle. Its growth was funded by the London Guilds. In 1614 the last walled city in Europe was created. The walls still...
The oddest sight along the Londonderry coast is this small, domed rotunda perched precariously on a windswept headland outside the family resort of Castlerock. The temple was built in 1785 by Fredrick Augustus Herbey, the eccentric Earl of Bristol and Protestant Bishop of Derry, as...
A popular holiday destination for Victorian middle-class families, the resort still emits a sedate, old-fashioned air. Its long, crescent-shaped seafront promenade is sheltered by rocky headlands. Just west of town, and accessible by road or by a Cliffside walk, stretches Portstewart Strand, a magnificent, long,...
The earliest known human settlement of Ireland occurred in the Mesolithic 8000BC, when tribes from Europe crossed to Ireland by boat from Scotland, or possibly across a land-bridge from Britain or the Isle of Man, to the east coast of Ireland. Hunter-gatherer habitation sites and...
The River Bann divides this village in two, with part of the population living in County Londonderry and the rest in County Antrim. They are connected by a wide bridge. Black basalt stone has been used in many of the buildings in the village, particularly the...