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For a list of books about Coleraine and Ulster, look at our UK suppliers list and our USA suppliers list! Send a friend an E-Mail Postcard with a picture of Dunluce Castle, the Giant's Causeway, Portrush, Coleraine or Ulster. Looking for a Calendar with great Irish & Scottish scenery? Check out the Max Ule's Greatest Internet Hits 1999 Photo Calendar - Max Ule offers a photo website of over 600 images from Europe, Montreal, and New York. His new photo calendar includes 16 of the most requested pictures on the site. The photos are added free content to the users of his discount brokerage service which
Never been to Coleraine? Anna Friel has - check out her interview with the Coleraine Times newspaper! And if you're a fan of hers, why not check out some of her movies?
Jimmy Kennedy was inspired to write his famous song "Red sails in the sunset" by the view from Portstewart Promenade.
The celebrated Victorian writer William Makepeace Thackeray [author of "Vanity Fair"] visited the area in the mid-19th Century, and stayed in Portstewart. Check out his works, available at the ORB Movies, Books & Music store from the USA, the UK and the German suppliers.
Jimi Hendrix visited Portstewart, and played in the hall of the Dominican Convent.
Another famous person originally from Ulster was C.S. Lewis; Check out a selection of his novels at the USA, the UK and the German suppliers of the ORB Movies, Books & Music store.
Coleraine is one of the main provincial centres of Northern Ireland. To explore the area, you can check the Coleraine According to the Knowhere Guide site; Informal information about the town, supplied by locals.
A list of links to sites which mention Coleraine can be found at Infoseek Guide : Coleraine
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For those who wish to fly direct to NI, there are 2 airports at Belfast; Belfast Alderove and Belfast City.
National Express bus routes to and from the UK towns of your choice; NI bus stations include Belfast, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Ballykelly and Derry - though unfortunately Coleraine is not listed. However, there are regular local buses from Ballymoney to Coleraine, so not to fear!!!
Stenaline HSS from Stranraer [Scotland] to Belfast
P&O European Ferries from Cairnryan [Scotland] to Larne
National Car Rental and British Car Rental each have many offices in UK cities, including Belfast.
Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries from Ballycastle, Co. Antrim to the island of Rathlin.
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Date: 6 Sep 96 15:49:00 +0100
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.irish Subject: Re: FAQ: Tourism [3/10] Date: 6 Sep 96 15:49:00 +0100 > 5) Can I visit Ireland on the web? > > Yes. Here are a few starting points. [ This will probably > grow to become a separate part of the FAQ. ] > > The World Wide Web Virtual Library's Irish sectionhttp://www.itw.ie/itw/wwwlib.html
Entries in the popular catalogs
Nightclubs include
Want to visit the Cinema while in the Coleraine area? Check here!
Check out the Ulster music scene, with online 'Zines like "That's Entertainment", "Fast Fude", and "Oh Yeah", not to mention The Catchers, a Portstewart-based Rock band and Clayface, a Coleraine band. If you're interested in Music, check out the ORB's US-based Music Store.
For live entertainment, how about the world-famous Kellys of Portrush.
Coleraine is well represented in several sports;
Coleraine Jets Ice-Hockey team
For fans of Irish Soccer can try the Coleraine Football Club site, the unofficial home of Coleraine Football Club on the World Wide Web.
Portrush and Portstewart are two of Northern Ireland's most famous resorts. They are famed for their incredible beaches and their top-grade tourist facilities. For more information on Portrush, check the "Portrush According to the Knowhere Guide" page. As coastal resorts they are popular for watersports;
Other passtimes tourists can enjoy in the area include
The Causeway Coast is famed for its golf courses - those interested can try links to
The town is host to several respected educational establishments, some of which have their own web-sites. For example, the University of Ulster at Coleraine is present on-line at the University of Ulster: UUWeb Overview page, the the Faculty of Informatics Contact Database. the Faculty of Informatics at Coleraine page and Andrew Gregg's page.
The University of Ulster's other campuses are represented on-line at the Faculty of Informatics at Jordanstown, the Faculty of Informatics at Magee, the UU: Magee College Campus and the Magee College Campus web pages.
The Coleraine Centre for Irish Literature and Bibliography
The Centre is dedicated to research in the field of Irish literary studies
and the support of living Irish literature.
Down Your Way, Ariadne, issue 13
The University of Ulster consists of a number of campuses which have
integrated managerial, computing and library services and systems.
Information is available on all the Irish Universities Page.
Information on courses at the UUC are on the Merlin Falcon Postgraduate Course Guide,
Coleraine has several splendid secondary education establishments;
Web66: International WWW School Registry.
Other educational establishments in the area include
The Coleraine area plays host to branches of several voluntary organisations such as the Conservation Volunteers of Northern Ireland [CVNI], the Institute of Advanced Motorists [I.A.M.] and the St. John Ambulance.
For modern Coleraine politics, try
To put the area in context with the rest of the British Isles, try the links below;
The Moderator's Year Begins at Home
Presbyterian Moderator Dr Harry Allen begins his year of Moderatorial
engagements in his own home town of Coleraine this Sunday
(16-06-96 at 11.30pm) when he is the visiting preacher ...
Mrs K M Peden, The Mortgage & Property Shop, 29 New Row, Coleraine BT52 1AD. Phone: 01265 320220 fax: 01265 320110.
The Holodeck Cybercafe, Coleraine
The Marketing Institute (MII): Irish Businesses
Coleraine Used Cars and UK FREE Advertiser UK Autosell Premier Vehicle Advertiser. GRAND OPENING FREE OFFER. For a limited period only they are taking advertising details FREE of CHARGE.
Shandwick Northern Ireland clients Shandwick Northern Ireland clients with case studies available...
Wasteland Games [Portrush-based Role-Playing Games publisher]
B&Q's Coleraine DIY Superstore
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