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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Game of Thrones - Binevenagh Mountain - Northern Ireland
Where do they film game of thrones? Northern Ireland and other destinations around the world - but the main shoot would be completed in Northern Ireland.
Game of Thrones movie series is an American fantasy drama television series which was adapted of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is Game of Thrones. The movie series was filmed in different locations around the world and one of those which happened to be where most of the scenes appeared is Northern Ireland - that's how proud and happy we are so that we could easily visit these locations :-)
Some of these different filming locations are already from the touristic places which people flying over to Northern Ireland would be interested to visit, but there are also those which gained their fame after appearing in the movie and started attracting lots of tourists and visitors to the place all the time.
Binevenagh Mountain in county Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is one of those Game of Thrones filming locations which attracted the audience and which we decided to visit. What we have realized from those locations chosen for the movie is that they always happen to be different in some kind of way. In the case of Binevenagh Mountain, the difference lies in the history of the place which marks the western extent of the Antrim Plateau that was formed around 60 million years ago by molten lava.
This plateau and the steep cliffs extend for about 6 miles across the Peninsula of Magilligan and takes over the skyline over the villages of Bellarena, Downhill, Castlerock, and Benone Beach; this place with its huge space is considered good for different sports such as gliding, hang gliding and paragliding, fishing, and motorsport.
One of the other reasons that make this mountain different is the fact that it has been classified as an Area of Special Scientific Interest and was also considered an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - calling out for more visitors to come and check this heavenly piece that took its part in the Game of Thrones movie series.
Going to Binevenagh Mountain is a chance that will offer you a panoramic views over Lough Foyle, the Roe Valley, Inishowen, as well as the west coast of Scotland; so you will get a lot of beautiful scenery and at the same time will experience visiting a new place in Northern Ireland that has to do with Game of Thrones movie series.
We enjoyed experiencing the views from this mountain and getting to see this place in Northern Ireland and so we would recommend the place for those travelling around Northern Ireland and not just those who are tracing the steps of Game of Thrones filming locations around the country.
There are other different locations in Northern Ireland where Game of Thrones was filmed; some of them are already known while others where considered a new discovery for the place. From those which we visited, we have been to the Dark Hedges which is the place that is all about those old trees forming a tunnel ( we also visited Toome Canal in Toomebridge ( another location was the Cushendun Caves which we fell in love with immediately ( we have also visited Portstewart Strand in Portrush which also appeared in the movie series ( we have been to Downhill Beach in Castlerock as well ( we visited Larrybane which is just beside Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge ( we also went to the Ballintoy Harbour ( managed to go to Leitrim Lodge ( and of course we didn't miss being at the Lough Neagh (
The interesting thing about those locations related to Game of Thrones and which happen to be in Northern Ireland is that some of the 10 doors which also appeared throughout the movie episodes are also found in hotels, bars, pubs, and restaurants that are scattered all around the country, not just that, but even two dire wolves happen to be from Northern Ireland as well (
You must visit Binevenagh Mountain!
Some of the best locations around Ireland / Northern Ireland and further afield. A travel blog/vlog of the hidden treasures that are on our doorstep.
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