Jennifer, a Canadian living in Derry~Londonderry and Director of Airporter wants to tell you about her city. Today marks the beginning of a new city. Derry~Londonderry will be the UK City of Culture for 2013 and the program of events has just been announced, and it is astounding. Events will cover music, drama, visual art, [...]
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 [...]
Canada’s favourite national breakfast program, Canada AM, is broadcasting live from Northern Ireland today and tomorrow! This morning, Jeff Hutcheson was live at Carrickfergus Castle, about 20 km from Belfast city, to explore the Norman castle, which was built in 1177. We’ve gathered some of our favourite clips to share with you! Historian Ken McElroy [...]
Winter, eh? What’s it all about? Biting cold, eight sweaters on at once, only the thickest, fluffiest slippers will do. Nope. For some people, winter means ‘Right, boots on, huge walk in frosty fantasy land and a hot whiskey as reward. Grab your mittens!’ These guys are on to something, and they’re in very good [...]
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 [...]
You know how Hollywood movies always portray Halloween as this amazing city-wide fiasco? Perfectly-carved pumpkins flicker grotesque grins, candy appears by the bucket-load, ghosts and goblins creep out of every corner and every character has an amazing costume (the studio costume department probably helps). How sad that life is never how it appears in the [...]
‘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 [...]
Nobody missed super swinger Rory McIlroy from County Down claim his first major title on June 19th. The baby-faced, 22-year-old lifted the US Open trophy after a record-breaking win in Maryland. Of course, the trophy won’t have far to travel, since it was in Northern Ireland until recently in the safe custody of defending champion [...]
