![]() Ballygally Castle, Larne, County Antrim €Ĥ. Ballyealy Cottage, Castle Shane Estate, County Antrim €€ for two, € for 3-5Ģ. Wilmont House (park only), Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Rose Gardens.ġ. Malone House, Belfast, County Antrim – wedding and conference venueĩ. George MacCartney, 1st and last Earl Macartney, lived at Lissanoure Castle, is an ancestor of my husband, Stephen! His mother was a Winder.Ĩ. Lissanoure Castle, County Antrim – private, wedding venue Glenarm Castle & Garden, photo by Donal Maloney 2021 for Tourism Ireland ĭates are limited and booking in advance is required.ħ. Glenarm Castle, County Antrim – private, can book a tour Galgorm Castle, County Antrim – now part of a golf club.Ħ. The stable block, built in the 1840s and now known as Clotworthy House, is used as an arts centre.ĥ. Antrim Castle and Clotworthy House, County Antrim – estate and gardens open to the public, the Castle was destroyed by fire. €€ – up to approx €250 per night for two ġ. € = up to approximately €150 per night for two people sharing On the map, what I call “whole house accommodation,” by which I mean for 10 or more guests, such as wedding venues, are marked in orange.įor places to stay, I have made a rough estimate of prices at time of publication: I am listing the Section 482 properties in purple to distinguish them from other places to visit. Here is the Summary List – I hope it will be useful for you for trips around the country, including Northern Ireland which is a treasure trove! Let me know if you have any other recommendations! This list is neither exhaustive nor necessarily accurate – check listing in advance to see if they are still open to the public. Some big houses are now hotels or b&bs, and may be possible to visit, so I am including them on this list. I am working on fuller descriptions with photographs of places that may not be Section 482 but may be open to the public on specific dates, and will be publishing these soon, probably by Province, as I did for the Office of Public Works properties. Sharni and Robyn will marry Tuesday 11 February at 2pm at the Loughshore Hotel in Carrickfergus.I am compiling a list of Historic Houses open for visits. Next week will be a landmark for equal rights in Northern Ireland.” We could not be happier for Sharni and Robyn, and all the other couples who will follow them down the aisle. “This is what our campaign has been all about – love and equality. ![]() Patrick Corrigan, Northern Ireland director of Amnesty International, said: “Sharni and Robyn’s wedding is set to be the first of many for same-sex couples in Northern Ireland – who can finally get married as equal citizens. Together we’ve made history – it’s quite overwhelming.” “We want to thank everyone who made this day possible – the Love Equality campaign, the thousands who marched in Belfast and beyond, and the MPs in Westminster who changed the law. Now the law finally allows us to do this. ![]() ![]() We’re just a couple in love, who want to make a life-long commitment through marriage. Robyn added: “We did not set out to make history. “It’s thanks to everyone who has campaigned that next week we’ll be making our vows to each other – equal to other couples in the eyes of the law.” Robyn and I have been together for six years but the campaign for marriage equality has been going longer. “It’s a big day for us, but an even bigger day for equal rights in Northern Ireland. “We’re so excited for our wedding day,” Sharni said. At a press conference in Belfast earlier this week, the couple joined campaigners from the Love Equality campaign, who championed the change in law. Sharni Edwards, 27, and Robyn Peoples, 26, will get married 11 February in Carrickfergus. “ It’s a big day for us, but an even bigger day for equal rights in Northern Ireland.”Ī Belfast couple who are poised to become the first same-sex couple to tie the knot in Northern Ireland, following the historic change in the law last year, say they are “overwhelmed” to be making history.
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