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GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL History • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HERITAGE • CHRISTIAN HERITAGE • CREATIVE • NATURE • ACTIVEA Hoke In Heaney CountryTake a ‘hoke’ in Heaney country and find out more about the people, places and landscapethat inspired the area’s most famous son, poet and Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney on theultimate Seamus Heaney tour.Begin this unique and absorbing tour at Laurel Villa Townhouse 1 in Magherafelt,Ireland’s only poetry guesthouse and winner of the Highly Commended award in the2010 Northern Ireland Tourism awards. Blue Badge guide Eugene Kielt will give youan introductory talk while you enjoy a welcome cup of tea or coffee before you viewLaurel Villa’s unique collection of rare Heaney special editions and memorabilia.You will then retrace the footsteps of the young Heaney as he makes his way to school inthe townland of Anahorish – ‘My place of clear water’ as he calls it. Visit ‘Devlin’s Forge’,a place the famous poet immortalised in his writing and experience many other placesthat inspired him.After lunch in one of the district’s many fine eateries and an opportunity for someshopping, visit Bellaghy to meet ‘The Turfman’, a life-size representation of Heaney’smost famous poem, ‘Digging’. Then it’s up the hill to Bellaghy Bawn 2, a 17th centuryPlantation house and walled enclosure where you can have a look at the Heaney Library,consisting of a media archive, a unique collection of radio and television broadcastsfeaturing Seamus Heaney and some of his books and manuscripts.TO BOOK CONTACTEugene Kielt, Blue Badge Guide T: (028) 7930 1459 E: info@laurel-villa.comVisit contacts1Laurel Villa Townhouse60 Church Street, Magherafelt,Co. Londonderry, BT45 6AW.(028) 7930 14592Bellaghy BawnCastle Street, Bellaghy,Co. Londonderry, BT45 8LA.(028) 7938 6812WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - Bryson’s Bar; Ditty’s Coffee Shop; The Terrace Hotel.Retail therapy - Mid-Ulster Garden Centre; Meadowlane Shopping Centre;Saville Row Factory Shop.Extending your visit - Springhill House; Ardboe High Cross; Tirkane Sweat House.When I hoked there, I wouldfind an acorn and a rustedbolt. If I lifted my eyes,a factory chimney.And a dormant mountain.An extract from Terminusby Seamus Heaneyyour day outAt a glance6HOURS214For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groups©National Portrait Gallery, London, Seamus Heaney by Ross Wilson
GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL History • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HeritaGE • CHristian HeritaGE • CREATIVE • nature • ACTIVEAbbeys, Organics And The BannTake a tour of the Lower Bann Valley and learn about its local history and heritage. Specialvisits to Bethlehem Abbey and Culmore Organic Farm.Meet your guide Tommy Collins, a registered Blue Badge Guide, at a suitable locationbefore heading to Our Lady of Bethlehem Abbey 1, Portglenone, where you will hearfirst-hand from one of the resident Brothers about the Cistercian Order and Monastic life.A coffee stop will be made at the Abbey tea shop. Then the tour travels through Portglenonewhere you will hear of Timothy Eaton of Eaton’s stores in Toronto and his connections tothe town. Following the Bann Valley downstream you’ll learn of the industries associatedwith the river such as the Diatomite and the Bann clay brick industries.Next stop is at Portna, where you will see one of the canals of the Bann navigation systemand the river floodgate systems used to control the water levels on Lough Neagh andenjoy a short walk.At Kilrea, you’ll learn about the Plantation of Ulster and the Mercers Company who builtKilrea in the 1600s. You’ll have time to enjoy lunch, browse the shops and experience thefamous locally made Mullins ice cream. Finally, you’ll visit Culmore Organic Farm 2 for a talkon organic farming by dairy farmer David Laughlin, before a scenic drive back to theoriginal departure point.TO BOOK CONTACTTommy Collins, Blue Badge Guide T: (028) 2954 0645 M: 07989397942E: collinskilrea@dsl.pipex.com W: www.beguided.co.ukVisit contacts1OUR LADY OFBethlehem Abbey11 Ballymena Road, Portglenone,Ballymena,Co. Antrim, BT44 8BL.(028) 2582 12112Culmore Organic FarmKilrea,Co. Londonderry,BT51 5RY.07711441818WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - Arbutus Restaurant; The Manor House & Golf Club.Retail therapy - Ballymena Town Centre; Coleraine Town Centre.Extending your visit - River Bann trips on the Maid of Antrim can also be organised.your day outAt a glance6-7HOURS216For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groupsPORTNA LOCKS, KILREA
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