Sunday World Northern Ireland (2024)

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How can I remember the six counties of Northern Ireland? ›

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Northern Ireland is Home to Spectacular Landscapes

Northern Ireland is renowned for its stunning landscapes. It's all but impossible to not feel captivated by its natural beauty. One of the most iconic attractions is Giant's Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

If all you want to do is take photos, five nights is enough to speed through highlights: two in Belfast then a three-day blast around the Causeway Coast. To take in walks, a few interesting backroads, perhaps the occasional Guinness on a sunny harbour, I'd allow at least a week.

Getting around in Northern Ireland

One of the most cost-effective ways to travel around Northern Ireland is by bus. Translink is the main bus and train operator in Northern Ireland. They offer a great range of combo deal tickets and Smartcards which help lower your day to day travel cost.

Donegal - "The Forgotten County" or "The County of the Gaels" Donegal is home to some of the most dramatic landscapes along the Wild Atlantic Way. The word 'wild' is often used to describe the scenic masterpiece that is Donegal.

It's good to remember that mainly Catholics wanted to be independent from the UK. What is this? The idea was, that by choosing areas with a Protestant majority, it would be easier to keep the land for the UK, with less protest. As Donegal was almost entirely Catholic, it was left outside the lines of Northern Ireland.

Is it safe to visit Northern Ireland? Yes. Northern Ireland has the second lowest crime rate in Europe.

Northern Ireland is a complicated place, but it's a generally safe and welcoming destination these days – just be mindful of talking about politics and religion.

As the two states share a Common Travel Area and (as of 2021) Northern Ireland (the only exception within the UK and only in some respects) and the Republic of Ireland are participants in the European Single Market, the border is essentially an open one, allowing free passage of people since 1923 and of goods since ...

How difficult is it to travel between Ireland and Northern Ireland? ›

Traveling from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland is surprisingly easy to do, in fact, you may not even notice you have crossed the border.

The people of Northern Ireland are some of the most friendly and welcoming people on the planet. In fact, Northern Ireland was actually once voted the friendliest part of the UK!

Do you need an international Drivers Licence to drive in Ireland? No. Your full US, Canadian or EU driving licence allows you to drive in Ireland both North and South. There are some age and other restrictions on renting cars in Ireland, for more details on this please click here.

Legal residents of the Republic of Ireland will not need a permit to cross the border into Northern Ireland.

When Northern Ireland was formed in 1920, it was decided, partly because of where Catholic and Protestant populations lived, to only include six of the nine counties of Ulster within the new state. Thus, the remaining three counties eventually formed part of the Irish Free State.

Northern Ireland is divided into six counties, namely: Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone. Six largely rural administrative counties based on these were among the eight primary local government areas of Northern Ireland from its 1921 creation until 1973.