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Armagh County Museum,
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Armagh County Museum
is a museum in The Mall, East
Armagh, BT61 9BE, County Armagh,
Northern Ireland. The displays focus on
the history, natural history and culture
of County Armagh and include
archaeological artefacts, historic
domestic tools and items, textiles and
costumes including military uniforms,
ceramics, natural history and geology
specimens, and railway memorabilia. The
museum also features two galleries with
changing exhibits from its collections
of paintings, prints, ceramics and other
decorative arts, as well as displays of
local art and photography. |
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Eakin
Gallery Armagh, Armagh |
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The Eakin Gallery
specialises in quality works both
by local Armagh artists and other well
known Northern Irish artists. The Eakin
Gallery is part of the Woodview Complex
and is located in the heart of County
Armagh between Portadown and Armagh at
Woodview Garden Centre.Lough Neagh
Discovery and Conference Centre is
situated within the breathtaking Oxford
Island National Nature Reserve |
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Lough Neagh Discovery
Centre, Craigavon |
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The Centre enjoys a unique and beautiful
setting on the edge of the Lough
Neagh, Craigavon
where visitors can learn all
about the history, the culture and
wildlife in and around Lough Neagh. Also
onsite is the Lough
side Café specialising in home
cooking and a craft and gift shop with
examples of local crafts. |
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Navan Fort, Armagh |
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This was the Royal seat of the Kings of
Ulster. The site, on a low hill
approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) west of
the city of Armagh, is a circular
enclosure 250 metres (820 ft) in
diameter Excavations of the large mound
at its centre, carried out between 1963
and 1971, showed that a ditched
enclosure, had been built in the Late
Bronze Age. |
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The Armagh
Observatory |
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The Armagh
Observatory is a modern
astronomical research institute with a
rich heritage. Founded in 1790 by
Archbishop Richard Robinson, the
Observatory is one of the UK and
Ireland's leading scientific research
establishments. Around 20 astronomers
are actively studying the Sun and other
stars, the Solar System, and the Earth's
climate |
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St. Patrick's Trian,
Armagh St. Patrick's Trian, Armagh, located
right in the center of the "Cathedral
City" of Armagh. Housed in historic
buildings it has three separate
exhibitions which cover Saint Patrick,
the history of Armagh and Gulliver's
travels
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