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Argory, Dungannon, Co
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Argory, built in the 1820s, this handsome Irish gentry house is
surrounded by its 130-hectare (320-acre) wooded riverside estate.
The former home of the MacGeough Bond family, a tour of this
Neo-classical masterpiece reveals it is unchanged since 1900.
Outside there are sweeping vistas, superb spring bulbs,
scenic walks and fascinating courtyard displays. A second-hand
bookshop, adventure playground and Lady Ada's award-winning
tea-room. |
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Ardboe Cross, Cookstown,
Co Tyrone |
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Ardboe Cross is one of the finest
examples of the Irish High cross in
Ulster, and is situated in Ardboe,
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is
sited on a small hillock close to the
western shore of Lough Neagh, was
erected in the 9th or 10th century and
is all that now remains of a 6th century
monastery. |
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Benburb Castle,
Benburb, Co Tyrone |
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Benburb Castle is a castle situated in
Benburb, County Tyrone, Northern
Ireland. It is a plantation bawn built
in 1611 by Sir Richard Wingfield. It is
an irregular four-sided bawn with the
entrance in the north wall. There are
large rectangular flanking towers at the
north-east and north-west corners and a
smaller round tower at the south-east
corner It is built on a limestone cliff
overlooking the River Blackwater, the
border between County Tyrone and County
Armagh. A 19th century house occupies
the south west area of the bawn. The
castle is in excellent condition having
been recently restored and stands in the
grounds of the imposing Servite Priory,
a religious order based in the village.
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Beaghmore Stone Circles, Cookstown,
Co Tyrone |
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Beaghmore Stone Circles, Cookstown it is a complex of early Bronze
Age megalithic features, stone circles and cairns, 8.5 miles north
west of Cookstown, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, on the
south-east edge of the Sperrin Mountains. |
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Castle Caulfield,
Dungannon, Co Tyrone |
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Castle Caulfield, situated in
Castlecaulfield, County Tyrone, Northern
Ireland. Built by Sir Toby Caulfeild
between 1611 and 1619. The oldest part
of the existing building is the
gatehouse, which has Tudor-style
doorways. Caulfeild Coat of Arms can be
see over the entrance. The building is
three storeys high with attics, many
large mullioned windows and tall
chimneystacks. The castle was burned in
the Irish Rebellion of 1641 but was
repaired and reoccupied by the
Caulfeilds until the 1660s. Oliver
Plunkett is known to have held a service
at the castle in 1670. |
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Clogher Cathedral, Clogher, Co Tyrone
Errigle Keerouge Cross & Church, Ballygawley, Co
Tyrone Harry Averys
Castle, Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone
Killymoon Castle, Cookstown, Co Tyrone
Mountjoy Castel, Co Tyrone
Roughan Castle, Newmills, Co Tyrone
Stewart Castle
Tullyhogue Fort close to the town of Cookstown in
Co.Tyrone is one of the most important historical sites in Ireland. This
is where the old Irish chieftains of Ulster were crowned. Tullaghoge is
believed to have been a place of great significance from very early
times and it likely had some ritual importance before the O’Neill
expansion south east in the11th century, initially it may even have been
a pagan sanctuary. However, the date of the construction of the
earthwork is not known.
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