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Sight-seeing
 Easily
accessible from all the major ports and airports, Tully Bay
is an excellent base to tour the whole region.
The Mountains of Mourne, the Giant's Causeway, Donegal's
Atlantic Coastline are all within a few hours drive away and
locally the area is rich in the immensely varied Celtic and
pre-Christian heritage in the form of castles, idols, stone
circles and churches.
All in all, if you want to discover the Ireland of myths
and legends and breathe the clean fresh air of this beautiful
country in very comfortable surroundings - whether that be
afloat or ashore - there can be few better places to 'be our
guest' than with the Parke family at Tully Bay.
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| Giant's Causeway - a World Heritage site.
Here the visitor can witness a spectacular sight of about 40,000
six sided basalt columns, estimated to be about 55 million years
old, which were formed by cooling lava. The site stretches for
2 miles along the Antrim coast where there are scenic walks
that take you past splendid amphitheaters and fine rock formations.
The visitors' centre provides audio-visual shows and interactive
exhibitions which explain in detail the formation of the causeway
attributed to the giant Finn MacCool (mythology) and also the
actual geology involved. |
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| Old Bushmills Distillery - The oldest licensed
distillery in the world where the renowned Bushmills whiskey
has been distilled legally since 1608 when King James I granted
its license. A guided tour of the distillery is provided where
the secrets of whiskey production is revealed and the visitor
also allowed to sample the distilled product. |
Slieve League - Europe's Highest Sea Cliffs.
An 8 km detour at the village of Carrick will bring you to the
eastern end of Slieve League Mountain, whose sea cliffs are
the highest in Europe (765 ft). At a spot known as 'Amharch
Mór' (the big view) the full gigantic height can be seen.
The Cliff face extending for about 3km has been carved by the
Atlanatic to give a variety of shapes and colours. During summer
months local boat owners will bring you to the cliffs by sea. |
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| Tully Castle - On Tully Point, overlooking
Lough Erne, the impressive remains of a fortified house, surviving
almost to its full height of 2½-storeys, and a bawn (defended
enclosure) with four rectangular flankers (projecting corner
towers, providing flanking fire along walls as well as forward).
First documented in 1619, shortly after being built for the
Hume family, who lived there until 1641, when it was captured
and burned by the Maguires and never re-occupied. |
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| Enniskillen Castle - incorporating The
Regimental Museum, The Watergate History and Heritage Centre.
The Castle also holds a variety of other exhibitions through-out
the year. |
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| Belleek Pottery - This World famous pottery
offers guided tours and has a visitor's centre. |
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| Castle Coole - a magnificent neo-classical
house designed by James Wyatt, family home of the Earls of Belmore.
It has remarkably fine interiors and exquisite furniture and
furnishings from before 1830. |
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| Florence Court - One of the most important
houses in Ulster, built in the mid eighteenth century by John
Cole. The house has magnificent plaster work, the striking rococo
dining-room ceiling was cleverly saved from the fire in 1955.
The rest of the plaster work has been meticulously restored. |
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| Crom Estate - 1,350 acres of woodland,
park land and wetland, one of Northern Ireland's most important
nature conservation areas, including Crom Old Castle. |
| Devenish Island - Reached by cruiser or
ferry, one of the largest of the 154 islands of Lough Erne,
is the site of the ruins of an abbey and of a perfect 12th century
round tower. |
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| Marble Arch Caves - These magnificent Mesozoic limestone
caves have an extensive network of caverns, viewed from a boat. |
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 Charles
and Helen Parke
Blaney, Enniskillen, BT93 7EY, Co. Fermanagh, N.W. Ireland
Tel: 0044 2868 641737
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