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260  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

Exploring Northern Ireland

The starting point for most visitors to the Province is its capital
city, Belfast, with its grand Victorian buildings, good pubs and the
excellent Ulster Museum. However, Northern Ireland’s greatest
attrac tions lie along its coast. These range from the extraordinary
volcanic landscape of the Giant’s Causeway to Carrickfergus,
Ireland’s best-preserved Norman castle. There are also Victorian RATHLIN
ISLAND
resorts, like Portstewart, tiny fishing villages and unspoiled sandy CAUSEWAY COAST
GIANT'S
beaches, such as Benone Strand. Ramblers are drawn to the CAUSEWAY Murlough
Bay
Mountains of Mourne, while anglers and boating enthu siasts Magilligan Pt PORTSTEWART Portrush OLD BALLYCASTLE
can enjoy the Fermanagh lakelands of Lower Lough Erne. BENONE STRAND BUSHMILLS
DISTILLERY
Cushendun
Lough MUSSENDEN Coleraine Armoy
Foyle TEMPLE Antrim Hills
Ballykelly Ballymoney CUSHENDALL
Bridgend Limavady
Culmore
LONDONDERRY Bann Clogh Mills
Drumahoe Roe Garvagh GLENARIFF
LONDONDERRY Rasharkin FOREST PARK
St Johnstown Kilrea ANTRIM The
Dungiven Maidens
Foyle Claudy Cullybackey Broughshane Ballygalley
Letterkenny Ballymena
Dunnamanagh Maghera Portglenone LARNE Island
Sawel
Strabane Sperrin Mountains Ahoghill Magee
683m
Draperstown
Harbour and promenade at the Ballybofey Finn Plumbridge Hamilton Castledawson Randalstown Ballynure Whitehead
Mount
seaside resort of Portstewart Mourne BEAGHMORE Toome Ballyclare CARRICKFERGUS
Castlederg Gortin STONE CIRCLES Bridge Antrim
Newtownstewart COOKSTOWN Newtownabbey ULSTER FOLK AND
TRANSPORT MUSEUM
Donegal Bangor Donaghadee
ULSTER-AMERICAN TYRONE Wellbrook
Lough FOLK PARK Omagh Beetling Mill LOUGH Newtownards
Derg Pomeroy NEAGH BELFAST
THE WILSON
ANCESTRAL HOME Dunmurry MOUNT
LOWER LOUGH Peatlands Park Lough Neagh STEWART
ERNE Dromore DUNGANNON Wildlife Reserve Discovery Lisburn
Belleek Kesh Fintona Centre HOUSE ARDS PENINSULA
Sligo Ballygawley Lurgan Saintfield Strangford
BELLEEK POTTERY Tully Irvinestown Aughnacloy Moy Portadown Craigavon HILLSBOROUGH Lough
Lough FERMANAGH Ballynahinch
Melvin DEVENISH Clogher Navan Gilford DOWN Castle Ward Portaferry
Derrygonnelly ISLAND Fivemiletown Blackwater Ulster Canal Fort ARMAGH Banbridge Strangford
ENNISKILLEN DOWNPATRICK LECALE
Belcoo Castle Coole Markethill CASTLEWELLAN PENINSULA Kilclief Castle
Sligo Marble Arch FLORENCE Maguiresbridge Middletown ARM AGH FOREST PARK
Caves Global COURT Lisnaskea Rosslea Keady Castlewellan Dundrum Ardglass
Geopark Mullan Dundrum St John’s Point
Upper Newtownhamilton Hilltown Newcastle Bay
Derrylin Lough Monaghan Slieve Donard
Key Erne Clones Newry MOUNTAINS 852m
Motorway Castleblayney Warrenpoint OF MOURNE
MOURN E
Belturbet Silent
Motorway under construction Rostrevor Valley
Major road Cavan Crossmaglen Carlingford Lough COAST
Secondary road Greencastle
Minor road Dublin Whites Town
Scenic route Getting Around
Main railway Belfast is the transport hub of Northern Ireland.
Minor railway From here the train network runs northwest to
Londonderry and south to Dublin. Buses serve rural
International border
areas in most parts of the Province and are frequent
County border and punctual. However, a car is essential if you want
Summit to go off the beaten track in search of ancient
monuments or tour the coast at leisure.
For additional map symbols see back flap
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Date 17th October 2012
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