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Traditional handcut turf used in crafting Island Turf Craft designs

Island Turf Crafts Visitor Centre, Coalisland, Dungannon

5000 years ago in Ireland, the great Elk wondered through the forest and mountains. It was a land of sweeping mists, gentle rain and soft sunlight.

Wellbrook Beetling Mill, Cookstown

Wellbrook is nestled in an idyllic wooded valley. As you come over the hill and see the river, the mill, its water wheel and traditional cottage, it looks as if nothing could disturb the tranquillity. But it is not always so quiet!

The Nally Heritage Centre Carrickmore, Sixmilecross, Omagh

Based at Naomh Colm Cille GAA grounds in Carrickmore in mid-Tyrone, the centre encompasses aspects of social, economic, political, sporting and geographical history relating to the local area.

Newtownstewart Castle, Newtownstewart, Omagh

The power of the O’Neill chieftains in Tyrone came to an end in 1607. Defeated in battle by English forces and fearful for their future, Hugh O’Neill and his allies fled Ireland in what has become known as the Flight of the Earls.

The Wilson Ancestral Home, Strabane

The Wilson Ancestral Home provides an opportunity to take a step back in time and enter the world of the "White House." Guided tours during the months of July and August give an insight into the history behind our rich Ulster American connections ...

Harry Avery's Castle, Newtownstewart, Omagh

Thought to have been built around 1320 by a local chieftain of the O’Neill clan, but named after Harry Avery (Henry Aimbreidh) O’Neill, a local chief who died in 1392, this structure is considered unusual in that Irish chieftain’s of the time ...

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Top Things to See & Do

Take a unique railway journey from Coleraine to Derry~Londonderry with a performance of a special show, The Farmer and the Fisherman.
Book your tickets and be among the first to step aboard the restored SS Nomadic, opening June 2013.
Sign up and start training for this year's Lap the Lough and Giant's Causeway Coast Sportive cycle challenges.
Sample the best locally produced food, arts and crafts every Sunday at Victoria Square, Belfast.
Visit The Art of Craft Exhibition 2013 in Armagh - running until 20 July.
Take an equestrian break in Northern Ireland.
Take one of the world's great railway journeys: Derry~Londonderry to Coleraine

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