Great Days Out for Groups - Discover Northern Ireland

GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL History • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HeritaGE • CHristian HeritaGE • CREATIVE • NATURE • ACTIVESaints, Vikings And Ulster-ScotsA tour of historical North Down with a visit to Bangor Abbey and an opportunity to hearabout Viking attacks and Ulster-Scots connections.The tour begins at Bangor Abbey 1, a site on the St Patrick’s Trail. Enjoy a 30-minute tour ofthe Abbey and its artefacts and learn of its foundation in 558AD by St Comgall through to theAbbey’s demise at the hands of the Vikings. Ulster-Scot James Hamilton rebuilt the Abbeyin the 1600s and was later buried here.The tour will then move on, either by coach or on foot, through Castle Park to Bangor Castleand the North Down Museum 2. After a tea or coffee stop in the Castle Garden Restaurant,take a tour of the museum. Discover the town’s history from the founding of Bangor Abbey,its Ulster-Scots heritage and the development of the town as a seaside destination.You then have free time for lunch in the Castle Garden Restaurant or at one of many excellentcafés and restaurants in the town, as well as sightseeing or retail therapy. After lunchthe group will then travel to Groomsport village and Cockle Row Cottages 3. Here at theatmospheric traditional fishermen’s cottages dating back to the early 1600s, you will learnof the 140 brave Ulster-Scots who made the first attempt to emigrate to America onThe Eagle Wing in 1636.TO BOOK CONTACTBangor Tourist Information Centre T: 028 9127 0069 E: tic@northdown.gov.ukVisit contacts1Bangor AbbeyAbbey Street andNewtownards Road,Bangor, Co. Down.(028) 9127 00692North Down MuseumNorth Down BoroughCouncil, Castle ParkAvenue, Bangor,Co. Down, BT20 4BT.(028) 9127 1200WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - The Castle Garden Restaurant; The Stables.3Cockle Row CottagesGroomsport, Co. Down.(028) 9145 8882Retail therapy - Bangor Town Centre; Bloomfield Shopping Centre.Extending your visit - This day visit can be extended with a guided coach tour down the ArdsPeninsula.your day outAt a glance6-7HOURSGroup50 maxsize122For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groupsBANGOR ABBEY