Armagh city, ecclesiastical capital of Ireland, is younger than Rome but older than Canterbury.Its fame as a religious centre is matched by the popularity of its Planetarium and Hall of Astronomy, in each of which the awesome universe can be contemplated, directly by powerful telescope and indirectly by spaceship films.
This drive comprises a series of places associated with famous men and women : St Patrick, Queen Macha and warrior Cuchullain, Swift and Stella, the O'Neills, Carleton, Patrick Kavanagh and Francis Johnston the genius of Georgina architecture,
Its fame as a religious centre is matched by the popularity of its Planetarium and Hall of Astronomy, in each of which the awesome universe can be contemplated, directly by powerful telescope and indirectly by spaceship films. This drive comprises a series of places associated with famous men and women : St Patrick, Queen Macha and warrior Cuchullain, Swift and Stella, the O'Neills, Carleton, Patrick Kavanagh and Francis Johnston the genius of Georgina architecture,
Add apple orchards, the ancient game of road bowls, Monaghan's award winning museum and fine 18th and 19th century public buildings, ultra-modern monks, model villages and forest parks - and you have a route spiced with variety....