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๐Ÿ› ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐? ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ...
08/09/2026

๐Ÿ› ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž & ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ

๐‹๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐? ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ!

๐†๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š, ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐…๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
Explore Swatragh's famine story through a self-guided visitor experience featuring storytelling, audiovisual displays and impressive bog oak sculptures. Learn about Dr Mooney's local soup kitchen during An Gorta Mรณr and the lasting impact of these events on the community
๐Ÿ“ Friels Bar & Restaurant, Swatragh
๐Ÿ•™ Saturday 12 September | 10:00am to 5:00pm
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ: bit.ly/FamineStory

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐”๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ & ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ
Join historian Dr Robyn Atcheson for an insightful talk exploring the story of Ulster's workhouses, from their introduction in the nineteenth century through to their legacy today. Discover how they experienced the Famine years and why these important sites still matter.
๐Ÿ“ 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast, BT3 9HQ
๐Ÿ• Saturday 12 September | 1:00pm to 2:30pm
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ: bit.ly/WorkhousesofUlsterEHOD

A great opportunity to discover lesser-known stories from the past, right on your doorstep.

๐Ÿ‚๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š)๐Ÿ‚Explore one of Ireland's ancient Royal Sites and the legendar...
08/09/2026

๐Ÿ‚๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ญ (๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐ก๐š)๐Ÿ‚

Explore one of Ireland's ancient Royal Sites and the legendary home of the Red Branch Knights. Discover remarkable earthworks, panoramic views across Armagh, and a landscape steeped in myth, ritual and history.

๐Ÿ“Navan Fort, Armagh
๐Ÿ“… 12-13 September 2026
โฐ 8am-8pm
๐ŸŽŸ Free as part of

๐ŸŽฅ ๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ: Royal Sites of Ireland / Navan Centre & Fort.

๐ŸŽฌ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ž:https://tinyurl.com/48yw3u22

Sacred Places of Ritual, Kingship & Culture. The Royal Sites of Ireland are ancient centres of power, found across the island. These were places โ€จof royal inauguration and gathering, rich in history, mythology, and spiritual significance.

08/09/2026

The cannons are back! ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ’ฃThanks to expert conservation work, visitors can once again see these historic features at Carrickfergus Castle. Add it to your next heritage day out!

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ...๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ !๐†๐ซ๐š๐› ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค...
07/09/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ...๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ !

๐†๐ซ๐š๐› ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ. ๐€๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ. ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐. ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ!

๐Ÿฐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐›๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ ๐ž, ๐†๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐“๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ ๐ŸŽ๐€๐“
A tiny medieval-style castle with plenty of character. Climb to the turreted rooftop for spectacular views across Glenarm village and the sea.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ: bit.ly/BarbicanGatelodgeEHOD
โฐSunday 13th September 10.00am to 4.00pm

๐ŸŒŠ ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ–๐๐„
Set beside a rushing river, this restored 19th-century corn mill is full of character and offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone industrial world.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ: bit.ly/KilnWingEHOD
โฐSunday 13th September 10:00 - 16:00

๐Ÿ“– ๐ƒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐†๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ ๐ž, ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ–๐“๐
With its circular tower and gothic windows, this small lodge has all the charm of a storybook setting and is a real architectural gem.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ: bit.ly/GatelodgeEHOD
Sunday 13th September 10:00 - 16:00

๐ŸŒณ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐๐ ๐ž, ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ”๐๐
This picturesque Tudor-style lodge is packed with charm, beautifully restored details and a wonderfully peaceful setting.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ: bit.ly/MagherintempleLodgeEHOD
โฐSunday 13th September 10:00 - 16:00

๐Ÿฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ...
07/09/2026

๐Ÿฐ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

โœจ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ - Self guided tours on Saturday 12 September, 10am-4.30pm

โœจ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ฒ ๐€๐›๐›๐ž๐ฒ - Guided tours on Saturday (1.15pm) and Sunday (1.30pm) plus family activities

โœจ๐๐ž๐ฐ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž - Saturday & Sunday, 10am-4pm, including the "Art on Your Doorstep" installation

All events are FREE and offer a unique opportunity to explore some of Northern Ireland's most fascinating historic places.

๐Ÿ“…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ญ: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/european-heritage-open-days

๐Ÿš‚๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค... ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ! ๐Ÿพ๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ...
06/09/2026

๐Ÿš‚๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค... ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ! ๐Ÿพ

๐’๐ฐ๐š๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐จ! Discover Ireland's only full-size heritage railway during ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐Ÿš‚ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ญ๐
Explore the station museum, vintage signal cabin, and beautifully restored locomotives and carriages, and learn how volunteers are preserving this treasured piece of railway heritage.

Hop aboard a heritage train and enjoy a nostalgic journey through the beautiful County Down countryside. ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ’.๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ, offering a unique opportunity to experience travel from a bygone era. ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

๐Ÿ“… Date: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th September 2026
๐Ÿ•› Time: 12.00pm - 5.00pm
๐Ÿ“ Location: Downpatrick Railway Station, Market Street, Downpatrick, BT30 7JW
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Ticket: ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž. ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ https://www.downrail.co.uk/ .
๐Ÿ• Dogs Welcome

๐Ÿฐ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐€๐›๐›๐ž๐ฒ
Step off the train and explore the atmospheric ruins of Inch Abbey, a stunning 12th-century Cistercian monastery set on the banks of the River Quoile. History fans and Game of Thrones enthusiasts may recognise the site from scenes filmed there for the hit TV series.

๐Ÿ“† Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September 2023
โฐ This is an open Site
๐Ÿ“Inch Abbey Road, Downpatrick BT30 9AX
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE

Find the full EHOD 2026 programme: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/european-heritage-open-days

โณ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐“๐Ž ๐†๐Ž!European Heritage Open Days 2026 is almost here!In just one week, hundreds of fascinating places across...
05/09/2026

โณ ๐Ž๐๐„ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š ๐“๐Ž ๐†๐Ž!

European Heritage Open Days 2026 is almost here!

In just one week, hundreds of fascinating places across Northern Ireland will be opening their doors for a weekend of free heritage experiences, behind-the-scenes tours, special events and family-friendly activities.

๐Ÿ“… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐

Start planning your EHOD weekend and discover the stories, places and people that make our heritage so special.

๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/european-heritage-open-days

๐ŸŽจ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!Create an original artwork inspired by a building, monument, landmark or...
04/09/2026

๐ŸŽจ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!

Create an original artwork inspired by a building, monument, landmark or heritage site and you could win a fantastic prize.

๐Ÿ“… EHOD takes place on 12 & 13 September 2026

๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: https://tinyurl.com/42k4k38e

๐ŸŒฟ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! ๐ŸŒฟ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก...
04/09/2026

๐ŸŒฟ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”! ๐ŸŒฟ

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

๐Ÿ“๐๐š๐ง๐›๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‡๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ
Step inside this historic hall and enjoy guided tours, heritage displays, and the opportunity to learn more about the traditions of Freemasonry. Visitors can also enjoy a Big Breakfast fundraising event in support of MindWise.

๐Ÿ“… Date: Saturday 12th September
๐Ÿ•’ Time: 10.00am - 1pm
๐Ÿ“ Location: Union Band Masonic Hall, Banbridge BT32 4AS
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE - Booking Essential: bit.ly/BanbridgeMasonicEHOD

๐Ÿ“ ๐Š๐ข๐ซ๐œ๐ฎ๐›๐›๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž
Built in 1911, this historic building has hosted Masonic meetings for over a century. Explore the centre, learn about its history, and chat with members about the traditions and community role of Freemasonry while enjoying tea and coffee.

๐Ÿ“… Date: Saturday 12th September - ๐Ÿ•’ 10:00 - 16:00
๐Ÿ“† Sunday 13th September - ๐Ÿ•’ 13:00 - 16:00
๐Ÿ“ Location: Kircubbin Masonic Centre BT22 2RJ
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE

๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ญ. ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐‹๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ' ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ
Discover the historic Lightkeepers' Houses at St. John's Point and learn about life beside one of Ireland's most iconic lighthouses. This unique coastal site showcases the importance of preserving historic buildings for future generations. Please note that access to the lighthouse tower is not available

๐Ÿ“… Date: Sunday 13th September 2026
๐Ÿ•’ Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm
๐Ÿ“ Location: St. John's Point Lightkeepers' Houses, Co. Down BT30 7QY
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Booking Essential: bit.ly/StJohnsLightKeepersEHOD

๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž: https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/.../european-heritage

๐Ÿ“ธ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!Have you captured a special moment during a European Heritage ...
03/09/2026

๐Ÿ“ธ๐„๐‡๐Ž๐ƒ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง!

Have you captured a special moment during a European Heritage Open Days visit? Whether it's a hidden detail, historic building, fascinating artefact or stunning landscape, we want to see it!

Share your best heritage-inspired photographs and you could win some fantastic prizes.

๐Ÿ›๏ธ Visit EHOD events across Northern Ireland on 12 & 13 September 2026
๐Ÿ“ท Enter the Heritage Exposed Photo Competition
๐ŸŽ Win great prizes

๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ & ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž: https://tinyurl.com/42k4k38e

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