Great Days Out for Groups - Discover Northern Ireland

GARDENS • CULTURE • LITERATURE • LOCAL HISTORY • MYTHS & LEGENDS • HERITAGE • CHRISTIAN HERITAGE • CREATIVE • NATURE • ACTIVEDiscover St Patrick’s CountryWho really was St Patrick? He is celebrated all over the world but what has he got to do withCounty Down and can we still trace the man and the myths that surround him in our modernlandscape?Dr Tim Campbell, Director of The Saint Patrick Centre 1 in Downpatrick will greetyour party on arrival at the centre, where toilet facilities and a café are available. Thenrelax as you watch the revolutionary 180 degree film, ‘In the footsteps of St Patrick’, anexhilarating flying trip that zooms over St Patrick’s Irish journey.Dr Campbell will then accompany your group by coach as you drive through ‘St Patrick’sCountry’ in County Down. You will stop at sites like Saul Church, the site of the first churchhe founded in Ireland, the atmospheric ancient wells at Struell where St Patrick is saidto have bathed, and St Tassach’s Church where he died. You will have an opportunity toenjoy lunch at Daisies Café in the St Patrick Centre. After lunch it’s onwards to St Patrick’sGrave and an exploration of medieval Down Cathedral 2 nearby. From the medieval wethen move on to explore the Georgian and Victorian era on a guided tour of Down CountyMuseum 3 and Gaol, from where many convicts were exported to Australia in the 1800s.TO BOOK CONTACTDr Tim Campbell or Marian Dixon, The Saint Patrick CentreT: (028) 4461 9000 E: director@saintpatrickcentre.comVisit contactS1The Saint Patrick Centre53A Lower Market Street,Downpatrick, Co. Down,BT30 6LZ.(028) 4461 90002Down Cathedral35 English Street,Downpatrick,Co. Down, BT30 6AB.(028) 4461 4922WHILE YOU’RE in THE AREAEating Out - Daisies Café; Denvirs Hotel; Castle Ward Tea Rooms.3Down County MuseumThe Mall, English Street,Downpatrick, Co. Down,BT30 6AH.(028) 4461 5218Retail therapy - Saint Patrick Centre Craft Shop; Downpatrick Town Centre.Extending your visit - Inch Abbey; Downpatrick & County Down Railway; Castle Ward.your day outAt a glance5-6HOURS138For additional information and more group day visit ideas, please visitdiscovernorthernireland.com/groupsDown Cathedral on St Patrick's Day