NI Grapevine brings to you information from around Northern Ireland. Our focus is primarily based on the tourism, hospitality and events industry.
If you intend to visit Northern Ireland for vacation, exploring, touring or just a short break then NI Grapevine can help you decide what to do, where to stay and the best places to eat. Whatever your plans may be whilst visiting, NI Grapevine has the most up to date information to help make your choice easier.
Northern Ireland is steeped in history and has the most fascinating heritage, along with beautful countryside and some of the most breathtaking coastline’s to explore in the world.
There’s so much going on and so much for you to do in Northern Ireland that it’s difficult to know where to start. There are plenty of Tourist attractions, from the Giants Causeway, Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Glens of Antrim to name a few along with plenty of good value accommodation, shops and facilities you’ll ever need to make your stay a truely memorable experience. Northern Ireland in spite of it’s past troubles is one of the safest countries in the world to travel around. They say that wherever you go here, you’ll never be short of someone to talk too. You will be emersed in a really friendly environment, where everyone wants know what the ‘craic’ is – what’s going on, what’s the news, gossip, and fun conversation.
Dispite Northern Ireland’s small size, with around 1,789,000 inhabitants it makes major contributions to the world.
Almost a quarter US Presidents have their roots in Northern Ireland.
Andrew Jackson: 7th President 1829-37, James Knox Polk: 11th President 1845-49, James Buchanan: 15th President 1857-61, Andrew Johnson: 17th President 1865-69
Ulysses Simpson Grant: 18th President 1869-77, Chester Alan Arthur: 21st President 1881-85, Grover Cleveland: 22nd and 24th President 1885-89 and 1893-97
Benjamin Harrison: 23rd President 1889-93, William McKinley: 25th President 1897-1901, Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President 1901-04, Woodrow Wilson: 28th President 1913-21, Richard Milhous Nixon: 37th President 1969-74, not bad for a small country of only 5,345 square miles ( 85 Miles north to south and 110 miles east to west )
Some other interesting points about Northern Ireland are:
The ocean liner Titantic was built in Belfast and there are still some people in Northern Ireland who remember seeing the launching of this famous vessel.
Famous Northern Irelanders include Oscar-winning actor Liam Neeson, Author of the Chronicles of Narnia CS Lewis, Actor Kenneth Branagh, singer/song-writer Van Morrison, Rock Guitarist Gary Moore,Van Morrison, James Galway, Phil Coulter, Brian Kennedy, The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers and Snow Patrol and Ricky Warwick of Thin Lizzy. Noble Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, Formula One Racing driver Eddie Irvine, Soccer Player George Best, World Champion snooker player Alex Higgins and professional golfer Darren Clark,.motorcycling hero Joey Dunlop
The Car in the Movie Back to the Future was manufactured and designed in Northern Ireland.
Whatever your reasons for visiting Northern Ireland we are sure that you will have a memorable experience here. Don’t forget to check back to our site to review the places you have visited
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