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Ready to look into the past and learn about the heritage of this fascinating city? We list historic homes, plantations, battlegrounds, and churches that are rich in history and provide for an educational travel diversion.
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: Donegall Square, Belfast
This century-old Neo-Classical landmark is the focal point of Belfast's Donegall Square. The interior features the marble Great Dome, a grand staircase, stained glass windows, decorative plaster, and a mural depicting the city's industry. Tours of the interior are suspended until renovations are completed in mid-2009, but the landscaped grounds...
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: Carrickfergus BT38 7BG
This well-preserved 12th-century structure is one of Ireland's earliest and largest castles. Built following the Norman invasion, it includes such defense details as arrow slits and a "murder hole" for pouring boiling tar on enemies below. Today the castle is open to visitors and features life-size replicas of historical figures. Educational films...
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: 46 Great Victoria St, Belfast BT2 7BA
Located across from the Europa Hotel, this 19th-century landmark pub is designed with a series of wooden snugs – small private open-topped 'rooms' with their own door – and decorated with a tile floor, etched glass, scalloped lamps, and inlaid marble mosaics framed by ornately carved wood. The delicious menu includes such Irish delights as champ...
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: Off B32, 5km south of the city centre, Ballynaharry
Located within the Lagan Valley Regional Park, Giant's Ring is an enormous circular earthwork with an impressive 600-foot diameter, enclosed by a manmade grassy bank. A megalithic chamber with a single capstone marks its center. Scientists and scholars date the chamber to between 3000 and 2000 BC, and speculate that the earthwork may have been...
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: 17 Donegall Square N, Belfast BT1 5GB
The Linen Hall Library is a historic institution and Belfast's oldest library, dating back to 1788. Situated across from City Hall, it houses an extensive collection of Irish literature including the works of Robert Burns. The Political Collection consists of more than 80,000 publications dealing with Northern Ireland's political strife since...
Category: Historic Sites - Belfast Attractions & Activities
Address: Donegall St, Belfast BT1 2HB
Thick rounded arches typify this century-old neo-Romanesque basilica, and a glass mosaic depicting the creation lines the ceiling of the baptistery. A simple tomb on the floor of the nave holds the remains of Lord Edward Henry Carson, an important figure in the history of Northern Ireland. From the outside, note the Celtic cross (the largest in...
