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County Antrim Slideshow
Travel Blogs from County Antrim, United Kingdom
A chance to help Smile!
This is a top pick! BARN DANCE!! When - Saturday 12th April 2008 @ 7pm Where - Greenisland, Co Antrim, N Ireland Help to support Smile's work in Sri Lanka. You can see a snippet of what they do by reading my blog! Great night's entertainment for all ages and you get ...
4 days to go....
This is a top pick! Hi all!! This is my 1st entry and i'm still in bright and sunny NI!! I've uploaded some photos (if i ever work out how to do that!) which show details of where i'll be staying, who i'll be working with etc! I'm just thinking, the next time i'm ...
Hop on the Tourist Train
This is a top pick! Shot out of camping hell just as soon as we could (but not before 9am as that was when the office opened so we could get our deposit $ back from the bathroom key). Couldn't even manage to wash the breaky dishes as I didn't want to walk 5min to pay for ...
And so the Sri Lankan chapter ends
This is a top pick! And so the travel blog ends as it started, back in Baltic Carrickfergus! It's hard to believe that the Sri Lankan adventure is over. Here's a summing up of the last few days in sunny Hambantota. Wednesday was our last official day with the kids ...
Goodbye Ireland
This is a top pick! ... it couldn’t have been any better if I’d ordered it off a menu! What a great way to finish out a tour of a county. Awoke to a damp, grey and windy morning - I didn’t even want to get out of bed. But upon hitting the ...
North coast of N. Ireland
This is a top pick! After being inundated with some serious history in Derry, we decided to take in a little more nature on our way to our next stop of Ballycastle. We headed for the Giants Causeway on the north coast. The causeway is comprised of over 38,000 hexagonal ...
Shamrocks and Leprechauns
This is a top pick! For the first time in three and a half months we had to wake up with an alarm clock. We had breakfast, packed the car, said our farewells to George and Sheila and were on the road by 8am. We drove for an hour down to Troon and caught the ferry across to ...
Happy Eurovision Day
Not much news to report - running the hostel is fun, and everyone thinks I'm lovely for staying on and helping out. I went to Derry last weekend for a few days, which happened to coincide with Irish weather reverting to autumn rather than spring. I will ...
Giant Whiskey Bridge
Northern Ireland is a remarkable place, through little picturesque towns all boasting their own unique Irish character, we came to the northern coast, and to the Giant's Causeway. The Giant’s Causeway in no small terms is the most thrillingly and ...
Giant's Causeway
Portrush, Northern Ireland August 10 Day 21: A long day of train travel all the way to Portrush, Northern Ireland. Saw amazing coastal views from the train. Stayed at "The Skerries" Campground. Ate chips and curry for dinner. That's French ...
Giant's Causeway
I slept OK, woke up at 9 and had breakfast. We left at 10:30 to meet Cathy at a park and ride to the Giant’s Causeway. John, Jill, and Cathy had all been there, but it had been years since they were there last. I hear similar ...
Bushmills, Whiskey
... we found our way to the destillery, Bushmills and had a nice tour and taste of Whiskey. It might be the best whiskey in the world! ;-) After the taste, we drove along the Co. Antrim coast, aganinst Giants Causaway. We found a cheap inn in ...
A day of falls
WOW.... What a day! What an amazing day! Today we went to the oldest garden in Northern Ireland and I saw some of the most amazing flowers I have ever seen and we took amazing pictures and it was just incredible and I cannot wait ...
From the Forest to the City
... . It was similar terrain to Glenariff, minus the large waterfalls, and plus the Mourne Mountains in the background instead of the Antrim Hills. Todays walk was slightly longer, over 5km, and took us about an hour. The first bit followed the river for ...
Northern Ireland and NW Rebublic of Ireland
(View the photos; also, check out this site of photographs of Belfast for reference.) God, where to begin. From April 6-9, 2007, eight of us, in two rental cars, set out from Limerick to see the coasts of eastern and northwestern Ireland, as well as ...
The Antrim Coastal Road (Rockstar Style)
... walk. So we took the walk back up the hill to the carpark instead and bought a few postcards as mementos to take home. The Antrim Coastal Drive continued still further from GC and we still had a fair bit of time and daylight to use up (thank you BST!), ...
On the road again...
Today we say goodbye to our friends in Cushendall and we head to Omagh. It's been an incredible first week. Yesterday at the Giant's Causeway and Bushmill's distillery was incredible, but I'll update on that later. For now, we say goodbye and hit the ...
A giant, a bridge, a distillery and a castle
October 17, 2010 Sunday Headed out a little after 9:00 am to see the sites along the coastline. Our first stop was at “The Giant’s Causeway” which is Ireland’s top attraction and a Unesco World Heritage Site. The ...
Fairy-trees and farm animals... including sheep!
... this one quick!! Aug 23 We did some grocery shopping before heading out with Britts 3rd cousin (or something) Stephen to a Ballymena United football match... we lost! Aug 24 We drove and drove and drove up to the Northern-most tip of Ireland, ...
Singing in the Rain... in Northern Ireland
Sorry, I cant write much, but see Britt's blog to read more... her username is bploh! We are in Northern Ireland now, we arrived here a few days ago and have already seen so much... not real touristy stuff, but a lot nonetheless. Britt's family ...
Aontroim - Solitary Farm
aka. most beautiful place in the world. i don't think thats overstating it much, and i'm definitely qualified to make that statement! we got back on the bus bright and early and drove up the coast to dunluce castle. it was a really beautiful day which ...
St Briony of Ballycastle
It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is a global conspiracy of evil against me. I could cite numerous examples of this, however I will stick with just one that has been recently bought to my attention. I was in New Orleans. I left New ...
Giant's Causeway
... was so strong that he could lift a hundred men in one of his enormous hands. Finn lived with his wife in the hills of County Antrim. Finn's wife was called Oonagh. One day a messenger came to Finn's castle. He had come all the way from Scotland with news ...
The Northern Irish Coast
From Carrickfergus we traveled north through County Antrim along a fantastic coastal highway. Our driver told us we were going though a region known as The Glens, a series of nine glens (translated as "at the foot of the hill," or valleys) with sloping ...
Preparations...
Ok first entry. Basically just a bit of a tester to see if this thing works at all! Obviously we haven't left yet, but various thing have had to happen, most of which Brownie, true to form, has chosen to leave until the last minute! Actually to ...
I wish I was................in Carrickfergus
Would you "Adam and Eve it"....................one year, 7 continents, 65 different beds, 200000 KMs later and we are back at home sweet home. Let's home the old house looks the same as we step down from the plane.........and is 'till ...
From the Museum in Derry to Portrush
... . We then walked back to the B&B to collect our luggage. Portrush, our next destination is a short distance away via the Antrim Coast which has a very scenic coastline. We arrived at the Beulah Guest House around 2:30 pm Our room at the B&B ...
Portrush
A cheap hostel was found. I remembered the town as the partyplace while I studied at UCC, but this was summertime and all was quiet. To bad. An early night and we where soon on our road ...
