Ballygally Castle - Larne - United Kingdom
Ballygally Castle hotel city: Larne - Country: United Kingdom
Address: Coast Road, Ballygally; zip code: BT40 2QZ
Built in 1625, Ballygally Castle boasts original features and scenic views of Ballygally Bay. Set on the Antrim Coast, there is free parking, spacious rooms and a beautiful walled garden.
-- Construit en 1625, l'établissement Ballygally Castle présente un style original. Il offre des vues panoramiques sur la baie de Ballygally.
-- El Ballygally Castle, construido en 1625, cuenta con elementos originales y vistas panorámicas a la bahía de Ballygally. Se encuentra en la costa de Antrim y ofrece aparcamiento gratuito, habitaciones amplias y un hermoso jardín vallado.
-- Das im Jahr 1625 erbaute Ballygally Castle bewahrt bis heute seinen ursprünglichen Eigenschaften und bietet eine schöne Aussicht über die Ballygally Bay.
-- Ballygally Castle dateert uit 1625 en beschikt over originele details en uitzicht over de Ballygally Bay. Het ligt aan de Antrim kust en is voorzien van gratis parkeergelegenheid, ruime kamers en een prachtige ommuurde tuin.
-- Situato sulla costa di Antrim e costruito nel 1625, il Ballygally Castle vanta elementi originali e viste panoramiche sulla Baia di Ballygally, e offre un parcheggio gratuito, sistemazioni spaziose e uno splendido giardino recintato.
-- Construído em 1625, o Ballygally Castle apresenta características originais e vistas panorâmicas sobre a Baía de Ballygally. Situado na costa de Antrim, desfruta de estacionamento gratuito, de quartos espaçosos e de um belo jardim murado.
-- 1625年築のBallygally Castleはオリジナルの特徴の残るホテルで、バリーギャリー湾の美しい景色を望めます。アントリム海岸に位置し、無料駐車場、広々とした客室、壁に囲まれた美しい庭園を提供しています。 客室はエレガントな内装で、多くからは印象的な海の景色を望めるほか、オリジナルの梁も残っています。全室には紅茶/コーヒーメーカー、居心地の良いシーティングエリアが備わります。 ...
-- Ballygally Castl酒店建于1625年,拥有原始特色并享有Ballygally Bay湾的美景。酒店位于安特里姆海岸上(Antrim Coast),设有免费停车场、宽敞的客房和一座美丽的围墙花园。 Ballygally酒店布置独特的客房拥有典雅的装饰,许多客房都享有令人印象深刻的海景和原始的横梁。所有客房都设有茶及咖啡设施和舒适的休息区。 四星级的Ballygally Castle...
-- Zbudowany w 1625 roku hotel Ballygally Castle pełen jest oryginalnych elementów i oferuje malownicze widoki na zatokę Ballygally Bay.
-- Отель Ballygally Castle, построенный в 1625 году, сохраняет свои оригинальные черты и располагает живописным видом на залив Баллигоули. Он расположен на побережье в графстве Антрим.
-- Ballygally Castle byggdes 1625 och har ursprungliga detaljer och vacker utsikt över Ballygallys bukt. Detta slottshotell ligger på Antrimkusten och har gratis parkering, rymliga rum och en vacker muromgärdad trädgård.
-- تم بناء Ballygally Castle عام 1625، ويتميز بميزات أصيلة وإطلالات خلابة على خليج باليغالي. ويقع على ساحل أنتريم، ويوفر موقف سيارات مجاني وغرف فسيحة وحديقة جميلة مسورة.
-- Χτισμένο το 1625, το Ballygally Castle διαθέτει αυθεντικά χαρακτηριστικά και όμορφη θέα στο κόλπο Ballygally. Βρίσκεται στην ακτή του Antrim και προσφέρει δωρεάν χώρο στάθμευσης, ευρύχωρα δωμάτια και έναν όμορφο, περιφραγμένο κήπο.
-- Ballygally Castle fra 1625 har originale detaljer og naturskjønn utsikt over Ballygally Bay. Dette hotellet på Antrim-kysten har avgiftsfri parkering, romslige rom og vakker, inngjerdet hage.
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Places to see in ( Downpatrick - UK )
Places to see in ( Downpatrick - UK )
Downpatrick is a medium-sized town about 33 km south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been an important site since ancient times. Its cathedral is said to be the burial place of Saint Patrick.
As the largest town in the Lecale area, Downpatrick is a commercial, recreational and administrative centre for the locality and serves as a hub for the nearby towns and villages. Within a 30 minutes drive from Belfast, the location serves as a commuter town for a large number of people. The town has a number of primary and post-primary schools educating students from all over the east Down area.
Downpatrick is characterised by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale area and a legacy of glaciation during the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician and Silurian shales and grits. Its lowest point lies within the marshland surrounding the north east of the town, recorded as being 1.3 ft (0.40 m) below sea level. Downpatrick is approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Belfast and has a regular bus service to the city.
Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles (3.62 km) east of Downpatrick, at grid ref 531 448. Ballynoe Stone Circle, a large circle of over 50 closely spaced upright stones, surrounding a mound which, when excavated, was found to contain two cists in which cremated bones were found, is only 2.5 miles (4 km) south in the hamlet of Ballynoe.
Down County Museum, is located on the Mall in English Street in Downpatrick and was formerly the old Down County Gaol. It was built between 1789 and 1796 at the behest of the County Grand Jury of Down under the supervision of Marquess of Downshire, the Earl of Hillsborough and the Hon Edward Ward, it was designed by architect Charles Lilly.
Downpatrick Racecourse, is located on the Ballydugan Road on the outskirts of Downpatrick. Horse racing has been held at Downpatrick under the charter of James II of England.
Downpatrick & County Down Railway is Ireland's only full-sized heritage railway. Built on the BCDR's former line to Belfast, it links the town with Inch Abbey and various other places of historical interest.
Inch Abbey, a large, ruined Cistercian monastic site featuring early Gothic architecture is 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north-west of Downpatrick on the north bank of the River Quoile off the main road to Belfast. The Lecale peninsula covers an area of some 78 square miles (200 km2) between Downpatrick and Dundrum. It is an area of historical and geographic significance.
The Mound of Down or Rathkeltair is one of the major earthworks of Ulster, situated on the NW edge of Downpatrick it is a good example of an Iron Age defensive earthwork in the middle of which a Norman Motte and Bailey was built by John de Courcy after his defeat of Rory Mac Donlevy in 1177.
St. Patrick Center, is the only permanent exhibition in the world dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland, and one of the best tourist destinations in Ireland. Quoile Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford.
Downpatrick is situated at the junction of the A7 (Downpatrick to Saintfield and Belfast) road, the A25 (Downpatrick to Newry and Dublin) road and the A2 coast road. While there are no rail services in Downpatrick, Ulsterbus provides bus services to and from the Downpatrick Bus Station. Downpatrick railway station on the Belfast and County Down Railway, opened on 23 March 1859 and Downpatrick Loop Platform opened on 24 September 1892.
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The Ferry which went down (MV Princess Victoria) was heading to larne port.
In January of 1953, unusual weather conditions caused Britain's worst national peacetime disaster of the 20th century. A storm surge flooded the eastern coast of England, killing more than 300 people and leaving thousands homeless. Fifty years later, 'Timewatch' re-examines a calamity which is largely forgotten today.
About the Princess Victoria.
Sixty years ago, the MV Princess Victoria sank off the County Down coast in treacherous weather, with the loss of 133 lives. .
One of the worst to happen in British coastal waters - dominated the headlines and devastated families and communities in Larne, Stranraer and further afield.
31 January 1953. Sea and river flooding. Burst banks riverbank.
Parts of western Europe and the UK were in the grip of freak weather from the north Atlantic killing hundreds of people.
Timeline of disaster
0745: Princess Victoria leaves Stranraer
0900: Wave bursts through stern doors
0946: First emergency signal sent: No tugs available
1032: SOS call: Car deck flooded
1100: Portpatrick lifeboat given wrong directions
1300: Starboard engine room flooded - position critical
1308: Ship lying on beam end
1315: We are preparing to abandon ship
1330: Steamer passes Victoria without seeing her
1340: Passengers ordered to deck
1358: Last message from ferry's radio operator
Larne man, John McKnight, 92, is one of the few remaining survivors. He was chief cook on the ferry and remembers that day vividly. (Deceased 2 weeks after interview)
I started work at 5.30am and the train from London arrived (in Stranraer) at 6am. Everything had to be prepared for breakfast, we served that to the passengers before setting sail. The ferry proceeded up Loch Ryan and soon we discovered that there was a severe gale blowing, he recalled.
At the helm of the Princess Victoria that day was 55-year-old Captain James Ferguson. An experienced seaman, he had worked on the Larne - Stranraer route for many years.
Jack Hunter, has written about the tragedy,
With the stern doors irreparably damaged, water flooding the car deck and inadequate drainage on board, Captain Ferguson decided the best course of action was to try and steer the ship towards Northern Ireland.
Stephen Cameron, author of a book on the Princess Victoria tragedy, said David Broadfoot was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroic actions.
When Captain Ferguson made the final call to abandon ship, eyewitnesses say he was at the bridge as the Princess Victoria went under. It happened just five miles off the Copeland Islands and within sight of the north Down coast.
On two previous occasions - in 1949 and 1951 - these same design faults had caused problems on the ferry. Jack Hunter believes if they had been fixed back then, things might have been very different.
Most certainly, it is a disaster that could have, and should have been avoided. The problems were discovered, they were known to be there, one assumes they were reported through official channels, yet nothing was done about them,
Whatever the causes of the Princess Victoria sinking to a watery grave on that stormy Saturday afternoon in January 1953, the passing of time has not erased the sorrow felt by many, whose loved ones went down with the ship.
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Built in 1625, Ballygally Castle boasts original features and scenic views of Ballygally Bay. Set on the Antrim Coast, there is free parking, spacious rooms and a beautiful walled garden.
The individual rooms at Ballygally are elegantly decorated, and many offer impressive sea views and original beams. All rooms have tea and coffee facilities and a cozy sitting area.
Said to be haunted, the 4-star Ballygally Castle Hotel has a Ghost Room and atmospheric dungeon. There is also large grounds and terrace, and a lounge with an open fire and antique furniture.
Set within the castle walls, The Garden Restaurant overlooks the grounds and serves a modern British menu for lunch and evening dining. Afternoon teas and morning coffee are also available.
Just 2 miles from Cairndhu Golf Course, Larne center and Ferry Terminal are a 10 minutes drive away. Overlooking the Irish Sea, The Ballygally is just 40 minutes from central Belfast.
You can also enjoy a ton of FREE perks during your stay, like Wi-Fi and parking.
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In 2020 Larne Athletic Club has brought one of the finest international fields ever assembled in Northern Ireland. Seven Olympic finalists have confirmed entry in the elite race, in addition to International teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Starting at the Chaine Memorial Tower, the half marathon race course makes its way through Larne town before moving onto the iconic Antrim Coast Road.
Turning homeward at Ballygally Castle the course offers one of the fastest finishes to any road race.
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The Ghost Room Ballygally Castle Hotel
We are up in the historic Ballygally Castle Hotel ( built 1625 ), found 6 miles north of Larne on the famous Antrim Coast Road.
This is the famous Castle Ghost Room and it's sad spooky story.
The friendly Ghost on the Antrim Coast
Every castle has to have at least one ghost of some kind, and the Ballygally has been recently reported to have as many as three! The one we know most about, The Ghost of Ballygally, has been around for the best part of 400 years. The popular theory is that the ghost is that of Lady Isabella Shaw, wife of Lord James Shaw.
Legend has it that Lord Shaw wanted a son, and when his wife delivered his heir, he snatched the baby from his wife and locked her in a room at the top of the castle. While trying to escape to search for her beloved child, Lady Isabella fell to her death from the tower window! Another theory is that she was actually thrown from the window by the cruel Lord Shaw or one of his henchmen!
Lady Isabella's ghost is reputed to be a friendly spirit who walks the corridors of the old castle. Over the years many guests have reported strange experiences and have felt a presence in their rooms! There are also endless stories of unexplained noises in the night and an eerie green mist over the castle!
At Ballygally Castle we are very proud of our permanent ghost resident and have even dedicated a bedroom to her, The Ghost Room in one of the turrets in the oldest part of the castle.
For those brave enough to visit the room of Lady Isabella, make your way to the top of the spiral staircase. if you would like to find our more about the Castle History and a Ghost Tour with a member of the Hotel staff please call +44 (0)28 2858 1066.