Free Entrance ONE WEEKEND OVER 300 PROPERTIES AND EVENTS SATURDAY 14 & SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER /ehodni @ehodni @loveheritageni Free Entrance ONE WEEKEND OVER 300 PROPERTIES AND EVENTS Our historic environment provides authentic and attractive places which increase our pride, character and identity, can lead to improved wellbeing and community vitality, and to increased prosperity through tourism, investment, skills, regeneration and creativity. I am therefore delighted to have the key to our experience and identity, and key opportunity to introduce this year’s European to sharing our unique way of life. The theme Heritage Open Days. With over 300 this year is “Arts and Entertainment”, and properties and events open free of charge a programme of cultural events hosted in during the weekend of 14-15 September, venues across Northern Ireland has been many of which do not usually open to the organised providing you the opportunity to public, I hope you enjoy the variety of our explore our heritage of art and entertainment historic environment on offer. EHOD provides and its links to our community and its built a great opportunity to see behind closed and cultural heritage, even if we aren’t always doors. Our heritage in all its expressions – aware of this. tangible and intangible – is part of us. It is You can also experience our rich heritage EHOD is a great success due to the efforts through events organised by Historic of a wide range of communities and Environment Division and others including individuals which help deliver a largely events at our State Care Monuments and volunteer led programme. I would therefore various talks and tours. like to take this opportunity to thank the many individual owners, groups and Last year EHOD was a key event in the volunteers who allow access to these European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH), wonderful buildings which capture our a year which encouraged the sharing and heritage. Without their enthusiasm and appreciation of Europe’s cultural heritage generosity these weekend events would raising an awareness of our common history not be possible. and values. We came together with the Arts and Cultural sector to explore how joint working might increase the relevance and use Iain Greenway of heritage sites and EHOD enjoyed its biggest Director Historic Environment Division year yet welcoming over 75,000 visitors. Department for Communities 01 Capture your weekend and share it with us! We love to see pictures of your EHOD experience. Take a photo of your day out at an EHOD event and post it on our: Facebook: /ehodni Twitter: @ehodni Instagram: @loveheritageni #ehodni Subscribe If you would like to be kept up to date with DfC Historic Environment news, events and family days out, including the annual European Heritage Open Days please subscribe at bit.ly/hed-subscribe 02 Contents Art & Entertainment ............................................................................05 Good Relations Week ...........................................................................09 Some Family Friendly Buildings and Events ...........................................10 New Openers and Only Opening for EHOD .............................................12 North Belfast Heritage Cluster .............................................................14 Ulster Architectural Heritage ................................................................15 Openers County Antrim ............................................... 17 County Armagh .............................................. 39 Belfast .......................................................... 53 County Down ................................................. 73 County Fermanagh ........................................ 93 County Londonderry ....................................... 101 County Tyrone ................................................ 111 Our brochure is designed to give you a flavour of all the events that are happening across Northern Ireland this weekend for European Heritage Open Days. The website, however, will provide greater details including an image, directions for those harder to find properties and a full description of properties and events. Visit the website: www.discovernorthernireland.com/ehod Or download our EHOD WebApp www.communities-ni.gov.uk/ehod-map or follow us on Facebook: /ehodni Instagram @loveheritageni and Twitter @ehodni Remember to tag us in your posts #ehodni 03 Pre-Booking A number of properties have limited places. So you will need to pre-book your place, otherwise access will be denied. Properties which need to be pre-booked Disabled Access are clearly indicated. Please book as early If you intend to visit a particular property as possible to avoid disappointment. and have a disability, please contact the Bookings through GetInvited.to will not EHOD office on: open until Monday 19 August and will cease on Thursday 12 September 2019. 028 9082 3207 or email [email protected] We cannot guarantee that access and facilities will be suitable for you at participating properties but we will endeavour to find out what measures are in place. Alterations & Cancellations Inevitably there will be some alterations and cancellations after print and these will be posted on: www.discovernortherireland.com/ehod and the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ehodni Please check before you travel to avoid disappointment. 04 Arts & Entertainment Arts and Entertainment heritage has transformed through the ages together with its makers, admirers and custodians. Visitors to EHOD will be given access to some of the most remarkable and iconic places that have shaped arts and entertainment in Northern Ireland. There is a great variety of buildings and events organised for enjoyment, exploration and inspiration to all generations of heritage enthusiasts. Browse through the Brochure for the arts and entertainment icon or check out the highlights on the Web App. Here are just some of the themed events on offer this year: The Braid Ballymena Town Hall, Museum and Arts Centre: The Fiddle and the Fife (See page 33) Saturday 14 September 14.00 - 15.30 There will be a new, temporary exhibition: ‘The Fiddle and the Fife’ which explores musical and cultural heritage locally, including music performed on stage and music played to accompany traditional dance. Enjoy a performance from local traditional musicians who have been involved with the project and a chance to view the exhibition in the museum gallery. 05 Arts & Entertainment Milford House - ART HIGHLIGHT TOUR and Bunty Turner Exhibition (see page 47) Saturday 14 September 10.00 - 18.00 and Sunday 15 September 11.00 - 18.00. To celebrate the Arts & Entertainment theme Milford House has special tours exploring their Art Collection on Saturday at 15.00 and on Sunday at 11.30 and 15.00. They also have a special exhibition where you can discover the career of the famous actress Bunty Turner. Carnegie Oldpark (see page 71) Saturday 14 September and Sunday 15 September 11.00 - 15.00 To complement this year’s theme, local groups will exhibit and sell arts and crafts and local musicians will be performing over the weekend. NI Screen and the Digital Film Archive will show short films from the old Belfast. For our little friends there will be storytelling sessions and a drawing corner, where they can draw how they imagine the building after it has been restored. Strand Arts Centre (see page 62) Saturday 14 September 12.30 - 19.30 and Sunday 15 September 14.30 - 19.30 You can enjoy a behind the scenes tour of Northern Ireland’s oldest cinema and hear all about a planned restoration. There will be creative activity to allow you to say what you would want to see in the new venue! Portaferry Visitor Information Centre (see page 77) Saturday 14 September 10.00 -17.00 and Sunday 15 September 13.00 – 17.00. Situated beside Portaferry Castle, overlooking scenic Strangford Lough it is a short walk from the village centre. On Saturday from 14.00 - 16.00 there will be traditional skills demonstrations and a circus skills workshop. 06 Newry and Mourne Museum (see page 88) Saturday 14 September 10.00 -16.30 and Sunday 15 September 13.30 – 17.00. On Saturday 14, 11.30 and 14.30, there will be a bread making demonstration, with sampling of course. On Sunday 15, 14.00 and 15.00 there will be tours of the Museum. You will be guided through the galleries including a temporary exhibition “War Declared: the local impact of World War II” and displays that highlight the history of this unique region. Pre-Booking is Essential. Film Night at Enniskillen Castle - Irish Language Short Films (see page 94) Friday 13 September 19.00 – 21.00 Enjoy an evening where you can try out your cúpla focal with three short Irish language films - ‘Lipservice’, ‘Yu Ming is ainm dom’ and ‘Aqua’. Red Sails Memory Share, Portstewart Town Hall (see page 110) Saturday 14 September 14.00 -17.00 The picturesque seaside town of Portstewart celebrated the 50th anniversary in 2018 of its annual July Community Arts Festival - Red Sails where many happy family memories have been created. To celebrate this priceless piece of Portstewart’s heritage, Portstewart Community Association are hosting a Memory Sharing day. There will be a display of old memorabilia dating back to 1968 and you’re invited to come along and share photographs, videos and memories of the festival. Refreshments will be provided. Public Art Walking Tour in Omagh (see page 116) Saturday 14 September 11.00 -12.30 Enjoy a free Public Walking Tour and learn more about the public art on display