If you saw Canada AM’s live broadcast from Belfast, Northern Ireland, last Friday, we’re sure you also saw all of the ‘Titanic SWAG’ (i.e. goodies) that hosts Marci and Jeff displayed while inside Titanic Belfast. See the clip below – click on the 8:30am segment and fast-forward to 1:08 In case you missed it or [...]
It’s Day #2 with Canada’s favourite national breakfast program, Canada AM, broadcasting live from Northern Ireland! Today we find Marci Ien and Jeff Hutcheson at Titanic Belfast, the new all-things-Titanic visitor centre in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. Here Marci and Jeff give us an introduction to Belfast’s new Titanic Belfast visitor centre and the greater Titanic [...]
Titanic Belfast is one of the most distinctive structures of this century – and it’s only 2012. The largest Titanic visitor experience in the world, Titanic Belfast is also the biggest ever investment project in Northern Ireland. Since it began taking shape almost two years ago, its distinctive angles have been a glittering and exciting [...]
“Ladies and Gentlemen – Let the first public words I have spoken to on Irish ground be words of thankfulness to you for your cordial and generous welcome.” -Charles Dickens on stage for the first time in Ireland; August 23, 1858 Let’s call a spade a spade – Charles Dickens understood Christmas. Pen in hand, [...]
Considering these sky-splitting steel structures built the Titanic – the largest man-made object ever built back in 1912 – I shouldn’t be surprised at the size of the Harland & Wolff cranes. These huge machines tower over Belfast’s skyline so dramatically you’d think their bulky arms could lift the entire city and turn it around. [...]
You’ve probably been hearing about Belfast lately. I know I have. All ‘Snow Patrol’ this and ‘Duke Special on the Waterfront’ that and ‘Oh that’s just Rihanna shooting a music video’ – it felt like it was about time I listened up. With the MTV European Music Awards taking place in Northern Ireland’s capital this [...]
Galleries and museums line our lovely streets, packed with art, artifacts and exhibits, from the modern to the ancient. Open their doors and you’ll find a veritable library’s worth of stories that’ll keep you as enchanted as any of our myths and legends… Yes, if we’re honest, we find the tales behind each of these [...]
‘Go where Ireland takes you’ we’re always telling you. Well today, we’re giving you hints, especially for those who’ll drive where Ireland takes them. Promise to keep your eyes on the road as guest blogger Fiona Hilliard reveals four of the most scenic drives in Ireland. The Burren, County Clare In a quiet, unassuming corner [...]
Begin the Causeway Coastal Route at Belfast, and ahead you’ll pass the nine Glens of Antrim; glacier-gouged valleys of charming seaside villages and highlands of forests, bogland and waterfalls. As guest blogger Rick Le Vert finds, these landscapes are also weaved with stories, and have much to linger, and gasp over, along your route north. The [...]
According to some very wise and ancient dietician – you are what you eat. In Ireland, we like to believe that and perhaps that’s the reason why we’re such a cheery bunch. We spend our time munching on drool-inducing potato farls, creamy seafood chowder and hot, out-of-the-oven Guinness bread so it’s natural that we have [...]
