Sounds like the title of a western movie….but its not ! The River Bann is in the North of Ireland and flows into the Atlantic quite spectacularly at the hazardous Bar Mouth. Heading West from the mouth of the river on any Ireland tours you will coma across the little village of Castlerock. On the cliffside you will [...]
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23-08-2010 / Hidden Gems , Must See Attractions
The coast road out of Coleraine leads towards Articlave and on to Castlerock, an attractive seaside village with nowadays an air of affluence, a good golf course, and an even better beach. On the road just before the junction for Castlerock is Hazlett House, a thatched building dating from 1690 – a date which, of [...]
Either as part of your tour of Ireland,or as a day trip out of Belfast(popular with the cruise ships) Ireland Luxury Tours recommend this attraction. Downhill House, near Coleraine, was the residence of the eccentric Anglican Bishop Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol, a descendant of a long line of rascals. Derry was one of [...]