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  Culture of Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elements of the culture of Ireland and culture of the United Kingdom are to be found.
The Ulster Cycle is pertinent to the history of literature in the territory of present-day Northern Ireland.
Unionists tend to use the Union flag and sometimes the Northern Ireland Flag, while nationalists usually use the Flag of Ireland, or sometimes the Flag of Ulster.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Northern_Ireland   (528 words)

  
 Visit Ireland - Attractions and Activities: Gardens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
County Wicklow is known as "The Garden of Ireland".
The gardens surround a wrought iron and glass greenhouse, built in 1839, which is considered the largest greenhouse in the world.
Tullynally Castle and Gardens, Castlepollard, County Westmeath is 12 hectacres of gardens and parkland.
www.visitireland.com /attractions/gardens.asp   (1244 words)

  
 Essential British Gardens - Northern Ireland Gardens
The garden surround the 18th century house and was largely created by Edith, wife of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry, with an unrivaled collection of plants, colourful parterres and magnificent vistas.
There is a tremendous, sunken formal garden to the side of the house with pergola walks, topiary, a great range of climbers and with 8 massive tree heathers at its stairs: I loved this and was amazed at the size of the heathers which were the biggest I've ever seen.
In 1903 the garden passed to his nephew Hugh Armitage Moore, a keen plantsman who used the shelter created by his uncle and natural features such as the outcrops of whinstone rock to assemble a collection of plants from many parts of the world.
www.gardenarena.co.uk /n_ireland.htm   (696 words)

  
 travel wise :: Medieval Gardens of Tully Castle Northern Ireland
Tully Castle in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland is a lovely example of a sixteenth century garden.
Monastery gardens, where herbs were grown for medicinal use, are thought to have been the first gardens in Ireland.
Among those listed are the classical gardens at Castle Coole and the pretty gardens of Florence Court, both in the same general area as Tully Castle.
www.travel-wise.com /europe/ireland/tully.html   (573 words)

  
 Gardens of Northern Ireland
The over-riding impression you have on arriving in Northern Ireland for the first time is the quiet beauty of the lush green hills, tree-fringed loughs and open skies.
Nowhere is this more evident than at the dazzling and idiosyncratic garden of Mount Stewart, which stands on rising wooded grounded with excellent views over the Lough – this is truly one of the great gardens of the world.
Rowallane is a romantic and mysterious garden, with a lively walled garden packed full of old shrubs and some rare and startling rhododendrons.
www.brightwaterholidays.co.uk /uktours/uk_north_ireland/uk_north_ireland.htm   (361 words)

  
 Nitowns-Botanic Gardens Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Botanic gardens 28 acre public park is situated close to the junction of the Malone road and Botanic avenue in south Belfast.
Queens University is just a short distance away and the Ulster Museum practically in the same grounds as the gardens.
On the 22th June 1839 the foundation stone of the curvilinear dome, Palm House was laid by the Marquis of Donegal.
ni_towns.tripod.com /belfast/botanic_gardens.html   (233 words)

  
 press releases
The latest issue of the BTO's Garden BirdWatch magazine, Bird Table, reports on those bird species found in the gardens of Northern Ireland, highlighting how important they are for a wide range of species.
Britain’s longest running study of the changing fortunes of garden bird populations is celebrating a third of a century of dedicated recording.
Garden BirdWatch, the national all-year survey of Britain's garden birds is starting to receive reports of dead birds at garden feeding stations.
www.bto.org /gbw/GBW_NEWS_PRESS.htm   (500 words)

  
 northern ireland, searchnoodle.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Police Authority for Northern Irelandfor Northern Ireland was dissolved on 4 November 2001 and replaced by the Northern Ireland Policing Board.
Northern Ireland - Status: Part of United Kingdom First Minister: (suspended Oct. The Middle East and Northern Ireland - The embryonic Northern Irish coalition government was.
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 BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Birds 'come in from the cold'
The numbers of waxwings visiting Northern Ireland vary from a dozen in most years to well over 1,000 in winters like the present one.
"Numbers arriving in Northern Ireland are determined by the crop of berries in Scandinavia," said Dr James Robinson, conservation manager, RSPB.
The RSPB suggests that if people have room to plant one tree in the garden in November, they should opt for a hawthorn, which produces berries favoured by waxwings and winter thrushes.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/4002101.stm   (405 words)

  
 BBC - Northern Ireland - Gardeners Corner - Armchair Gardening
The challenge of transforming a small or tiny space - be it an overlooked backyard, a balcony, a miniature front garden, a shady basement area or a narrow passageway - into a beautiful garden would daunt even the most experienced gardener.
Yet Thomasina Tarling, a specialist in creating minute gardens welcomes the challenge of turning the shadiest, most unpromising area into a haven of vibrant planting and original design.
This is an inspiring and practically useful book for anyone considering a "Make Over" of an existing small garden or someone moving into a new townhouse or apartment.
www.bbc.co.uk /northernireland/gardenerscorner/armchair9.shtml   (304 words)

  
 The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon - Calendar
Tickets are $5 per garden, or coupon books of 6 for $25; available at each garden.
Garden descriptions may be found in the "The Open Days, West Coast Edition", available at bookstores and the HPSO office, as well as at each garden.
Following the program, three gardens of historic significance and horticultural beauty will be open for afternoon visits.
www.hardyplantsociety.org /calendar.htm   (277 words)

  
 Visit Ireland Travel Ireland @ Irelandseye.com
The Crown Bar - This saloon really deserves its name - it is the crowning glory of Northern Ireland's pubs, and thought by some to be the finest example of ornate Victorian Gothic décor to be found anywhere.
Salmon fishing is available on the river at the bottom of the garden.
Ireland offers a friendly welcome to all who visit, and what better way to visit than to stay in one of its wonderful Bed & Breakfasts.
www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/travel/index.shtm   (457 words)

  
 Northern Ireland Housing Executive : News Releases : Celebrations at Ashfield Gardens Marks Year Of Achevement -20th ...
Ashfield Gardens community has been identified as being one of the most disadvantaged communities in the province and selected for the Creating Common Ground Programme in January 2003.
Last year extensive consultation was carried out with residents to identify their main concerns within the estate, one of which was the lack of play facilities for the young.
The Grants programme was open to disadvantaged communities through Northern Ireland for 2 years up to 28 February 2003, when it closed to applications.
www.nihe.gov.uk /news/news.asp?Id=662   (953 words)

  
 Gardens Open By Appointment 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A three-quarter acre cottage garden in a rural setting with mixed plantings including acers, rhododendrons and perennials; there are over 300 roses, an unusual sweetpea wall and some emphasis on containers and exhibition varieties.
This is a connoisseur’s garden with a superb collection of alpines and clematis cleverly planted with herbaceous plants and shrubs.
The garden is a quarter of a mile from the main road.
www.ulstergardensscheme.freeserve.co.uk /byappointment.html   (1256 words)

  
 Official Guide to Northern Ireland
Driving in Northern Ireland is to recapture motoring's glad confident morning.
Because Northern Ireland is only 5,500 square miles in area - about the size of Yorkshire or Connecticut - you can see most of the main attractions in a week without clocking up more than 500 miles.
The heritage of Northern Ireland is largely rural.
www.geographia.com /northern-ireland   (522 words)

  
 National Trust | Northern Ireland
The National Trust has been active in Northern Ireland since 1936.
In total, 63 Northern Irish places, covering around 120 square kilometres of scenic local countryside and around 200 kilometres of the outstanding Northern Ireland coastline, are under National Trust care.
There's something for everyone this autumn with the National Trust in Northern Ireland.
www.ntni.org.uk   (129 words)

  
 Ulster Museum : Collections : Art : Paintings : Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
By good fortune, the works by Gainsborough, Reynolds and Lawrence are portraits of sitters with strong Northern Irish connections, namely Arthur, 1st Marquess of Donegall (c.1780) by Gainsborough, Miss Theodosia Magill, afterwards Countess of Clanwilliam (1765) by both Gainsborough and Reynolds, and Harriet Anne, Countess of Belfast (c.1822-23) by Lawrence.
The 'modernists' include Mainie Jellett - the first artist to bring cubism to Ireland - Mary Swanzy and a host of others, not least Jack B Yeats, the single most important Irish painter of the first half of the 20th century.
The inter-war landscape tradition, shaped in the main by the Northern painters such as Paul Henry, J.H. Craig and Frank McKelvey, is also well represented, as is the post-Second World War generation, of whom Louis le Brocquy, Colin Middleton, Gerard Dillon, Dan O'Neill, John Luke and William Conor are the best known.
www.ulstermuseum.org.uk /collections/art/paintings   (1512 words)

  
 The Northern Ireland Assembly -
In addition, controls are in place under the Special Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 requiring the keeping of records in connection with the safe management of special waste and also on restricting the mixing of different categories of special waste with waste which is not special.
A Northern Ireland Model Policy Statement for Greening Government Operations was also developed and circulated for discussion to the then NI Departments in April 1999.
Among the recommendations is a proposal that the current Northern Ireland Model Policy Statement should be reissued with the support of the Executive and encouragement to put it into operation in each Department.
www.niassembly.gov.uk /qanda/writtenans/011019.htm   (8982 words)

  
 Ulster Museum : Homepage : Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Welcome to the Ulster Museum - Northern Ireland's treasure house of the past and present.
Take 8,000 square metres of galleries, add rich collections of art, archaeology, local history and natural sciences, mix them with a constantly changing programme of temporary exhibitions and events, and you have all the ingredients for a fascinating voyage of discovery.
From ancient Ireland to the South Pacific, from masterpieces of modern art to rare flowers, the museum is a window to the north of Ireland and a window on the world.
www.ulstermuseum.org.uk   (168 words)

  
 Mount Stewart House, Newtownards, Co Down, Northern Ireland - Fjiordlands Visitor Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the late spring the Sunken Garden is a blaze of vivid orange and yellow when the Azaleas reach their peak and the scarlet blooms of the Red Hand of Ulster in the Shamrock Garden are equally splendid.
Garden and House partially accessible to disabled visitors, with specially adapted lavatories.
Rowallane House, which is located in Rowallane Garden, is the National Trust Regional Office for Northern Ireland.
www.fjiordlands.org /strngfrd/mtstwart.htm   (530 words)

  
 MAGNI : Homepage : Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, voted Irish Museum of the Year, illustrates the way of life and the traditions of the people of the North of Ireland.
An open-air museum in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
A visit to the oldest county museum in Ireland is the ideal way to experience a flavour of St Patrick's cathedral city and the 'Orchard County'.
www.magni.org.uk   (113 words)

  
 Home And Away - Home Page
Official guide from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board presents links to regions, historic cities, golf, fishing and other tourist activities.
A digest of some of the finest gardens and arboretums in Britain based on my own experiences and those of other keen gardening friends.
Organisation of The Royal Forestry Society for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
www.homeandaway.com /Nireland_gardens.htm   (315 words)

  
 NUI Galway, Women's Studies Centre, Subject Listing for the Directory of Women's Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Description: Part of the Lenadoon Community Forum which was borne out of the many social and economic needs of the community providing both formal and non-formal education, créche facilities and counselling, encouraging women to avail of educational, training and employment opportunities as well as personal development..
To relieve poverty, to advance education and to preserve and safeguard health in particular to provide the Market's area ('The area of benefit'), facilities in the interest of social welfare for the education, recreation and leisure-time occupation of women.
The objectives of the Association are to bring women together in fellowship and through co-operative effort, to develop and improve the standard of rural and urban life in Ireland, having due regard for our Irish culture and to encourage the use of the Irish language on the affairs of Bantracht na Traithe.
www.nuigalway.ie /faculties_departments/womens_studies/directory/subjectdirectory/dir_sub_community_single_issue_groups.htm   (4464 words)

  
 Swan Landscapes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Swan Landscapes was founded in 1989 and is one of Northern Irelandsleading and innovative landscaping firms.
Our objective is to offer high quality garden design,construction and maintenance atvery competitive rates.
Our company also offers a complete garden maintenance serviceto both private gardens and commercial premises including grass cutting, hedge cutting and tree felling.
www.swanlandscapes.co.uk   (86 words)

  
 NUI Galway, Women's Studies Centre, Subject Listing for the Directory of Women's Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Description: The object of the Association are to bring women together in fellowship and through co-operative effort, to develop and improve the standard of rural and urban life in Ireland having due regard for our Irish culture and to encourage the use of the Irish language in the affairs of Bantracht na Tuaithe.
Description: The Woman's Studies Centre at the National University of Ireland, Galway was established in 1988 to facilitate teaching, research, publishing, consultancy and awareness in Women's Studies, feminism and gender related issues at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway in particular and in Ireland in general.
The objectives of the Association are to bring women together in fellowship and through co-operative effort, to develop and improve the standard of rural and urban life in Ireland, having due regard for our Irish culture and to encourage the use of the Irish Language in the affairs of Bantracht na Tuaithe.
www.nuigalway.ie /faculties_departments/womens_studies/directory/subjectdirectory/dir_sub_education_training.htm   (7210 words)

  
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The only full colour book dedicated to the Men and Women of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives in Northern Ireland and The Falkland Islands...
The foundations for the one-and-half-acre site of the memorial garden in Palace Barracks were laid in 1994.
The garden and this website is maintained on a voluntary basic.
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org   (349 words)

  
 Strangford Lough - Landscape & Wildlife, Co Down, Northern Ireland - Fjiordlands Visitor Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Castle Ward, near Strangford village, is a 700 acre estate of woodland, lake, seashore and formal gardens with fine shrubs and specimen trees.
Killyleagh, is a country park with display gardens, walks through wooded drumlin countryside and panoramic views to the Mourne mountains.
Mountstewart, near Newtownards, home of Lord Castlereagh, has superb formal gardens and is world-famous for its unique collection of rare and unusual plants.
www.fjiordlands.org /strngfrd/lscape.htm   (933 words)

  
 Gardens in Northern Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gardens in Northern Ireland is a link page for any garden open to the public in Northern Ireland.
See: List of gardens, List of botanical gardens, List of Conservation topics, Conservation in the United Kingdom, Gardens in the Republic of Ireland
This page was last modified 10:16, 3 September 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gardens_in_Northern_Ireland   (76 words)

  
 Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.
Welcome to Palace Barracks Memorial Garden, these memorials stones are dedicated to some of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the Armed Forces.
The Garden in Palace Barracks remembers some of those who have lost their lives in Northern Ireland, The Falkland Islands, Kuwait, August 1990 - July 1991, Iraq 2003 and the United Kingdom.
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org /Intro.htm   (270 words)

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