{"id":6680,"date":"2013-11-29T18:48:59","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=6680"},"modified":"2013-11-29T18:50:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-29T17:50:14","slug":"lough-neagh-partnership-launches-christmas-at-the-lough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2013\/11\/lough-neagh-partnership-launches-christmas-at-the-lough\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUGH NEAGH PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS AT THE LOUGH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s newest recognised destination, which surrounds the UK and Ireland\u2019s largest lake, is getting ready to celebrate Christmas with a record number of twinkle filled activities scheduled for the enjoyment of visitors to Lough Neagh & Its Waterways in 2013.<\/h2>\n
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Eimear Kearney, Marketing Officer at Lough Neagh Partnership, visited the much loved resident swans of Antrim Loughshore park to launch Christmas 2013 for the Lough Neagh destination. Along with a record number of festive events across the 7 local council areas that touch the UK and Ireland\u2019s largest lake, Lough Neagh Partnership has for the first time created an e-greeting to be shared across the world by those who #loveloughneagh. Visit http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/loveloughneagh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visitors to the Lough Neagh destination can take a stroll around the Enchanted Winter Gardens in Antrim from 5th<\/sup> to 24th<\/sup> December, dash with Santa in Lisburn on 7th<\/sup> December, see Cinderella in Pantomime in Ballymena or take a road trip with the kids, right to Oxford Island, on the shores of the lough, where Craigavon will play host to a newly constructed magical Santa\u2019s Wonderland.<\/p>\n

The variety of events and activities available in Lough Neagh destination throughout December provide a sure way to get everyone excited about this special time of year, and offer young and old the opportunity to enjoy quality time with friends and family.<\/p>\n

To investigate the age old claim of \u2018something for everyone\u2019 Lough Neagh Partnership asked a well-known local character to choose their top 5 things to do in Lough Neagh this Christmas and the findings were inspiring:<\/p>\n

Con Law, former Isle of Man TT winner and owner of Lough Neagh\u2019s largest passenger vessel, The Maid of Antrim, chose snow tubing with Santa at Craigavon Golf & Ski Centre, watching the Snow Queen at Ranfurly Arts & Visitor Centre in Dungannon, visiting the Festive Food Fair at the Burnavon in Cookstown, taking at trip to the Christmas Wonderland at the Jungle in Moneymore and taking in A Christmas Carol at the Old Courthouse in Antrim.<\/p>\n

Eimear Kearney, Marketing Officer at Lough Neagh Partnership, said: \u201cLough Neagh & Its Waterways destination is delighted to be host to so many wonderful Christmas events which span right across our 90 mile circumference. As a mother of two young children myself it is a privilege to have so much for my family, our residents and our visitors to enjoy right on our doorsteps… and that is not all – for the first time ever Lough Neagh Partnership has tipped its cap in a nod to the environmental concerns of the Ramsar designation which positions our Lough as a\u00a0wetland of international importance\u00a0and has launched a community e-greeting card which can be shared from the Lough Neagh youtube channel at:\u00a0www.youtube.com\/loveloughneagh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Our classic e-greeting involved no culling of trees or emptying of pockets. We hope that the residents of Lough Neagh, our ex-pats and our cousins abroad spread the joy of a Lough Neagh Christmas and tip their own caps to all in a nod to their pride of their heritage.”<\/p>\n

A full list of Christmas events across the Lough Neagh & Its Waterways destination can be found at:\u00a0www.discoverloughneagh.com<\/a>. You can also join Lough Neagh Partnership on facebook at:www.facebook.com\/loughneaghanditswaterways<\/a> and on twitter: @loveloughneagh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland Tourist Board’s newest recognised destination, which surrounds the UK and Ireland\u2019s largest lake, is getting ready to celebrate Christmas with a record number of twinkle filled activities scheduled for the enjoyment of visitors to Lough Neagh & Its Waterways in 2013. Visitors to the Lough Neagh destination can take a stroll around the … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680"}],"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=6680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6683,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6680\/revisions\/6683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}