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Local Attractions A6 Strabane 14 B40 ANTRIM B47 B536 Armagh Cavan B47 A31 B165 1 Navan Fort 20 Cavan Town A5 DERRY Local Attractions A6 Strabane 14 B40 ANTRIM B47 B536 Armagh Cavan B47 A31 B165 1 Navan Fort 20 Cavan Town A5 B48 2 Armagh Planetarium 21 Killykeen Forest Park B47 Newtownstewart B46 3 The Mall 22 Lough Oughter Castle B46 4 Armagh County Museum 23 The Cavan Way 16 5 Shambles Market 24 Fishing in Cavan (Lough Sillan / Lough A29 B48 6 The Market Place Theatre and Ramor / Lough Sheelin) 15 A505 17 Arts Centre Cookstown Monaghan A505 Lough Neagh Belfast Fermanagh 25 Patrick Kavanagh Rural and Literary TYRONE Omagh 7 Florence Court Resource Centre A29 8 Castle Coole 26 Monaghan County Museum 9 The Marble Arch Caves 27 Rossmore Forest Park 10 Correalea Activity Centre 28 Coral Leisure Centre 18 Lisburn 11 Belleek Poery 29 Iontas Theatre Castleblayney Dungannon M1 30 Concra Wood Golf and Country Club A4 M1 Lower Lough Erne A5 Tyrone A32 A3 Belleek Lurgan A29 12 Aughnacloy Golf Club 11 19 13 Sliabh Beagh Walk A1 13 12 Portadown 14 Sperrin Mountains A46 15 The Ulster American Folk Park A3 16 Gortin Glen Forest Park A4 Castle 2-5 17 Wellbrook Beetling Mill Leslie 1 A27 R186 Caledon 18 The Linen Green Complex Estate Armagh A28 19 Benburb Valley and Castle Enniskillen 8 Emyvale A4 B210 Tynan A4 N2 A3 A28 10 DOWN N16 FERMANAGH R185 Middletown A1 26 ARMAGH A32 28 7 Upper Monaghan Keady 9 B86 R187 Lough Erne N2 A509 27 A29 B127 N54 A25 R189 R162 A34 Clones R184 Newry A3 A29 A509 N87 MONAGHAN ARMAGH A1 R135 23 MONAGHAN Castleblayney TOWNCENTRE A29 / Railway Street TOWNCENTRE N87 N2 30 N3 N53 N54 29 R162 A37 R201 R177 R188 R192 N53 A3 / College Hill 22 2 24 25 R179 Dundalk North Road North Patena 5 21 20 R178 Lake R199 Lough Carrickmacross Glaslough Street Cavan CAVAN Sillan R178 R165 N2 4 R178 6 3 26 R154 Dublin Street N3 LOUTH R196 Dawson Street R194 Ardee R194 R178 A28 24 24 N54 Broad Road A28 R194 Lough MEATH A3 / Friary Road R154 Lough Sheelin Ramor A29 Drogheda N3 Dublin Kells via M1 ROSCOMMON M3 WESTMEATH Navan Tyrone monAghAn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 The19 20Linen21 Green22 23 Complex24 25 26 27 28 29 Housed in the former Moygashel Linen Mills, the Linen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 111 122 Aughnacloy133 144 155 Golf166 177Club188 199 2010 2111 2212 2313 2414 2515 2616 2717 2818 2919 20 21 22 23 24 25 26Patrick27 Kavanagh28 29 Rural and Literary Founded in 1995, this 9 hole parkland course is Green complex includes a range of designer shops and Resource Centre located in Aughnacloy, County Tyrone. Shower and factory outlets, plus a visitor centre with an exhibition Local Attractions Considered by many as one of Ireland’s best poets, changing facilities are available. Visitors welcome any covering the history of the local linen industry. It’s Kavanagh’s work is little known outside Ireland, but day except Sat. a good place to shop for bargain men’s and women’s fashion, shoes, accessories and linen goods or to stop the centre in the village chapel of Iniskeen offers a good of Green Fees – Weekend: €20, Weekdays: €15 Map Local for lunch at the Deli on the Green. introduction to his life and work. The centre is open Address: 99A Tullyvar Road, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone all year between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays, and Mon-Sat, 9:30am-5:30pm BT69 6BL Opening Hours: 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturdays (June to September) and Address: Moygashel, Main Rd, Dungannon, BT71 7HB ArmAgh FermAnAgh T: +44 (0)28 85557050 Sundays (March to November). Attractions Around the town are other Kavanagh memorials including a plaque with some of his writings, his 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 11 6 121 7 132 8 143 9 154 10165 11 176 121 187 132 198 143209 154 2110165 2211 1762312 1872413 19825Sliabh142092615 2110Beagh271622112817 Walk23122918 2413 192514202615 21271622281723291824 1925Benburb2026 2127 22 Valley282329 and24 Castle25 26 27 28 29 Navan Fort Florence Court The main attraction of the park is the Heritage Centre, grave and his childhood home. The last weekend in Nearby Places Worth a Visit Navan Fort is the most important archaeological There is something for all the family at this warm and Take Glaslough Road in the direction of Emyvale. Enter a charmingly restored linen weaving factory that still November is the town’s annual Patrick Kavanagh and historical site in Northern Ireland. There is free welcoming 18th-century property, the former home of Emyvale and turn right on the N2. Continue on the N2 houses original machinery from the 1800s. Various weekend. The museum also has material on local access to the Fort, but to appreciate the site’s history the Earls of Enniskillen. The house enjoys a peaceful and enter Northern Ireland (the road changes to the A5). galleries showcase the warping, weaving, beetling and history and nearby are the remains of a 6th century St. it is best to go into the Navan Centre, which has been setting in west Fermanagh, with a dramatic backdrop Continue forward entering onto Mill Street entering dyeing processes required to produce the finished cloth. Daig monastery and round tower. creatively built into the side of a grass bank, to look of mountains and forests. There are glorious walks to Aughnacloy. Park on the main street in Aughnacloy. The Benburb Castle was constructed by Gaelic chieftan like a large Bronze Age cairn. enjoy, as well as fine vistas and play areas. There is even route begins next to this on Ravella road. Address: Inniskeen, Co. Monaghan Shane O’Neill in 1616. Not far from the park entrance, a charming walled garden. Address: Ravella Rd Aughnacloy BT69 6AT T: 042 93 7856 The centre has detailed exhibitions displaying finds the castle is located on a high on a cliff. Every aspect of life in this classical Irish house, with its www: http://www.walkni.com/walks/188/sliabh- W: http://www.patrickkavanaghcountry.com/ from the fort and the nearby man made pond, the fine interiors and exquisite decoration, are brought to beagh-way/ Address: 89 Milltown Rd, Benburb, Dungannon, King’s Stables. These include the skull of a Barbary life on fascinating guided tours. BT71 7LZ Ape, which showed that the people at the site were 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27Monaghan28 29 County Museum Outside there are numerous places to explore, including advanced enough to trade with Africa, the skull of a Sperrin Mountains Monaghan County Museum has been serving the 1 2 3 a sawmill,4 5 ice house6 and7 thatched8 summer9 10 house.11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 huge hound and a long curved trumpet horn. There Desolate and beautiful are the best words to describe the people of Monaghan for over 35 years, during which, is also an exhibition about the excavation of the Address: Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, BT92 1DB 64 kilometres of the Sperrin mountains stretching along CAvAn it has diversified to match the needs of a changing fort between 1961 and 1971, with old photographs T: +44 (0) 28 6634 8249 the Tyrone-Derry border. The range’s gently curving community. This award winning museum has a W: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/florence-court/ professional commitment to excellence in caring for and an enigmatic hologram showing how the fort’s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 slopes10 give11 the Sperrins12 13 a deceptively14 15 low16 appearance17 18 19 20 Cavan21 22 Town23 24 25 26 27 28 29 appearance changed from the Bronze Age to the but they actually reach a peak of 682 metres as the farms and displaying its collection, as well as making that Enjoy shopping, interesting churches, grave of Owen present day. Visitors are also introduced to the and woodlands of the lower sections melt into the bog collection as accessible as possible both intellectually 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Castle9 10 Coole11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Roe O’Neill, Lifeforce Mill working baking mill and legends of the site with an entertaining film in the and heather moorland of the top. The only hustling and and physically. The museum has a number of outreach Less than two kilometres from Enniskillen is Castle visitors’ centre, Cavan Crystal Factory, Ireland’s second audiovisual theatre. The centre operates year round. bustling on the mountain is done by the wildlife with exhibitions throughout the county. The museum Coole, described as the leading neoclassical mansion in oldest crystal factory which ran tours around its hand kestrels, sparrowhawks, rabbits, badgers and hares all displays have been recently updated with new Address: 81 Killylea Road, Armagh. BT60 4LD Ireland. The first Earl of Belmore went broke building blowing and cutting operation, canoeing on the having made homes in the Sperrins. Rivers at the foot of accessible exhibits and the museum website and the T: +44 (0) 28 3752 9644 the house in the late 18th century and the decorations Erne River, and County Cavan Swimming and the mountains offer excellent trout fishing. border museum portal website both have up to date W: www.armagh.co.uk/navan-centre-fort/ were left up to his son.
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