About County Down
County Down is one of Northern Ireland's 6 counties, bordered by Armagh and Antrim. One of the county's most prominent features is the Ards Peninsula, famed for its sandy beaches. Down's county town is Downpatrick and it is here that St Patrick built his first church and where Downpatrick Cathedral now stands. Saint Patrick is buried here, at a spot marked by a bolder with the inscription Patric. By the seaside town of Newcastle is another of County Down's prominent features, the famous Mourne Mountains. These distinctive rolling granite mountains form twelve summits rising above 2,000ft, the tallest Slieve Donard, is
About County Antrim
County Antrim is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, Belfast is its chief city and it is home to the famous Giant's Causeway which forms part of its stunning coastline Antrim's stunning coastline is the county's most scenic asset, particularly the coastal valleys of the Glens of Antrim. Along the northern coast is the Giant's Causeway a collection of hexagonal shaped rock formations created some six million years ago by basaltic lava flows - or (what I chose to believe) by a mythical giant named Finn MacCool. Also in Antrim is the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery