{"id":18242,"date":"2020-01-19T21:23:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=18242"},"modified":"2020-01-19T21:23:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T20:23:20","slug":"10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2020\/01\/10-things-to-do-in-northern-ireland-74\/","title":{"rendered":"10 things to do in Northern Ireland!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are ten exciting things taking place 27 Jan \u2013 2 February 2020. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.      \nOut-to-Lunch-Festival<\/a> Out to Lunch Festival<\/strong>\nBelfast, 3 \u2013 26 January. A lunch-based arts festival featuring the best in\nComedy, Theatre, Literature and Music held in Belfast\u2019s vibrant Cathedral\nQuarter. The 2020 edition features Badly Drawn Boy, Cerys Matthews, Janey\nGodley, Val McDermid, Joanne Harris and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.      \n4-Vicars-Burns-Night-Dinner<\/a>  4 Vicars\nBurns Night Dinner<\/strong> Armagh, 25 January. Join 4 Vicars Catering for a Burns\nNight Supper on Sat 25 Jan. A delightful evening of food, drink, music and\npoetry. Wine, whiskey and fun and a club bar for the extra thirsty. The floor\nwill be open for anyone to recite Burns poetry or their own composition.\nMusicians also welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.      \nBelfast-Gin-School<\/a> Belfast Gin School <\/strong>Belfast,\n25 Jan \u2013 28 March. Through experiential learning, with master distiller, Ian,\nyou will have the opportunity to see gin being distilled, learn about flavour\ncombinations and make your own! Each participant will receive a goodie bag\ncontaining their own miniature bottle of gin to serve with their tonic of\nchoice at home. A great afternoon with gin and cupcakes, what\u2019s not to love?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.      \nTyrella-Point-to-Point<\/a> Tyrella Point to Point<\/strong>\nDownpatrick, 25 January. Tyrella point-to-point is the perfect day out for all\nthe family in the Irish countryside and where you will get to witness the\nfuture stars of the racing industry make their introduction into competitive\nracing.  Unlike most racecourses, spectators can stand beside one of the\nfences and feel the power of the horses as they jump a fence in full flight or\nget close to the winning post for a bird eye view of the thrilling action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.      \nParanormal-Investigation<\/a> Paranormal\nInvestigation<\/strong> Belfast, 18 Jan \u2013 31 March. On this four hour investigation\nyou will be taken to the most active areas in the Gaol and will be given the\nchance to use equipment as used by experts while conducting your very own ghost\nhunt. The areas you will visit will include the reception, the condemned man\u2019s\ncell, execution chamber, the tunnel and the flogging room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.      \nSimplyE-Exhibition<\/a> SimplyE Exhibition<\/strong> Armagh,\n2 \u2013 31 January. Craftswirl @ Armagh Visitor Information Centre are delighted to\nshowcase a beautiful exhibition by SimplyE for their January exhibition.\nSimplyE is a maker, designer and a weaver of bespoke leather and weave products\nfor use within the home and fashion industry which are all individually hand\nwoven from her design studio in County Armagh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7.      \nWalled-City-400<\/a> Walled City 400<\/strong>\nDerry~Londonderry, 18 February 2019 to 31 March 2020. Last year marked the\n400th anniversary of the completion of the Derry Walls. Built from 1613-1619,\nthe Walls are the largest ancient monument in Northern Ireland, the only\nremaining Walled City in Ireland and one of the finest examples of Walled\nCities in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8.      \nLife-Cycles-by-Lorna-Smyth<\/a> Life Cycle by Lorna\nSmyth<\/strong> Enniskillen, 2 December 2019 \u2013 18 April 2020. This showcase of new\nworks, curated by renowned artist Lorna Smyth, encompasses the four seasons in\none year. Lorna’s art emphasises the world around us, highlights her love of\nnature and captures a sense of belonging regardless of the place name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9.      \nLost-Childhood-Exhibition<\/a> Lost Childhood\nExhibition<\/strong> Derry~Londonderry, 2 December 2019 \u2013 31st<\/sup> January\n2020. This December, take a trip to the award-winning Museum of Free Derry to\nsee one of their most poignant and affective exhibitions yet, \u2018Lost Childhood\nExhibition\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.  \nPhilanthropy-Past-and-Present-Tour<\/a> Philanthropy\nPast and Present, Tour of Clifton House<\/strong> Belfast, 10 January \u2013 28 February.\nClifton House is an impressive Georgian building, set in tranquil landscaped\ngardens in the heart of Belfast. Opened in 1774 by Belfast Charitable Society,\nthe building was used as a nursing home and hospital for older people, now\ntransformed into a unique event venue and visitor attraction. The January and\nFebruary tours explore the city\u2019s oldest working building, set up by\nphilanthropic merchants as the Belfast Poor House. Hear stories of its work and\nthose who sought refuge in its walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more\ninformation on these events or to plan a short break in Northern Ireland, visit\n<\/em><\/strong>www.discovernorthernireland.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are ten exciting things taking place 27 Jan \u2013 2 February 2020. 1.       Out-to-Lunch-Festival Out to Lunch Festival Belfast, 3 \u2013 26 January. A lunch-based arts festival featuring the best in Comedy, Theatre, Literature and Music held in Belfast\u2019s vibrant Cathedral Quarter. The 2020 edition features Badly Drawn Boy, Cerys Matthews, Janey Godley, Val … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18243,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18242\/revisions\/18243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}