heritage centres ireland

The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland's premier attraction, has for centuries astounded people from all over the world with the splendid sight of it's 38,000 stone columns, mostly hexagonal, formed millions of years ago by the cooling of molten lava, although legends say that the Causeway was created by the Irish Giant Finn McCool as a crossing to Scotland.

No journey to the Giant's Causeway is complete without a visit to Moyle District Council's Award winning Visitor's Centre. Facili...

The former courthouse has now become the Lismore Heritage Centre where Lismore's Celtic Origins are on view in the historical display room. The story of Lismore dating from 636 is told in an award winning multi-lingual audio visual presentation narrated by Niall Tobin. Hear about Monastic Lismore, Vikings, Normans, Walter Raleigh, Lismore Castle, Cathedral and Church....

Dunfanaghy Workhouse opened in 1845 on the eve of the great famine - one of the greatest disasters ever to affect Ireland. The Workhouse soon proved its worth as people fled there to escape from the distress caused by the failure of their staple food - the potato.

This exhibition recalls the desperate days of the famine period and examines what life was like in the Workhouse.

Facilities include café, coach parking, shop, facilities for disabled and toilets....

Slieveardagh Heritage Centre was opened in 1995. It is located in a former 19th cent. church. The Heritage Centre tells the interesting story of the area which has had a varied and chequered history ranging form coal mining to the Young Irelanders of the mid 19th century....

Given the fine condition of the Old Constabulary Barracks on Well Road it is not difficult to let your mind wander and imagine mounted policemen in its yard as they would have been during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries....

The Giant's Causeway is a World Heritage Site, famous for the beauty and extent of its extraordinary geological features which can easily be reached and enjoyed....

Mainistir Laoise is the gaelic for Abbeyleix, which is located on the River Nore. The town is know as this as there is an old 12th century Cistercian abbey located here.  You can learn about the history and development of the town within the heritage centre.

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A converted school building which houses displays of spademaking, Roslea lace and a reconstructed early 20th century classroom. The centre also offers a genealogy service for County Fermangh....

The finest and best preserved of all the town fortifications of Ireland are the walls of the city of Derry, or Londonderry as it became known after the city was granted to the London Companies by a charter of James 1 in 1613. It was these planters who laid out the town on a cross-shaped street grid and surrounded it with town walls between 1613 and 1618.

These walls successfully withstood three sieges - in 1641, 1648-9 and, most memorably, in 1688-89, when Irish and French Jacobite for...

Located on the banks of the Erne, the Heritage Centre exhibits the collections of the County Museum in award winning displays enhanced by audio visual programmes spanning the history of Fermanagh, its wildlife and landscapes. There's a range of special exhibitions throughout the year.
The Castle Keep houses the Museum of the Royal Inniskilling Fusilers - displays span the history of the Castle and the development of Enniskillen town. The Curved Barracks includes displays on the country...