Royal Connections

Glentaisie, the northernmost of the nine Glens of Antrim, is named after the legendary figure of Princess Taisie, who was gifted the lands and the Dun […]

The Giant’s Sconce, on Sconce Hill, with extensive views in all directions was the ideal location for a hilltop fort. The oval Iron Age hilltop fort, […]

Garvagh forest is the location of a structure more commonly associated with Egypt and the pharaohs – Northern Ireland’s only pyramid. The pyramid was erected by […]

One of the five great royal roads from Tara, seat of the high kings of Ireland, led to Dunseverick. The first castle on the site is […]

The priory stands on the site of early churches founded in the 5th and 7th centuries. The O’Cahans invited the monks of the Augustinian Order to […]

Drumceatt Mound, also known as Mullagh Hill and Daisy Hill, just outside Limavady, is traditionally held to be the site where the great Convention of Drumceatt […]

The Dark Hedges is a popular landmark made up of curved beech trees which form intertwined patterns along a country road. Planted by the Stuart family […]

In AD 502, Fergus, son of King Erc and Prince of the Dalriada kingdom in North Antrim, with his two brothers, Lorne and Angus, crossed over […]

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Coleraine on four occasions – in 1953, 1977, 2007 and 2014. In July 1953, the Royal Train halted at Coleraine […]

There are two sites on Rathlin Island said to be connected with Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland – Bruce’s Cave and Bruce’s Castle. Bruce and […]

In Ballywillan Old Churchyard, just south of Portrush, there is a gravestone at the southwest corner of the old church belonging to a Mrs Dorothea Ross, […]