OM Dark Sky Park and ObservatoryThe observatory in Davagh Forest sits inside Northern Ireland's only International Dark Sky Park, up in the Sperrin foothills northwest of Cookstown.
Valley
Glenelly Valley
Plumbridge, County Tyrone
The Glenelly River runs west along this valley in the Sperrins down to Plumbridge, with Sawel, the highest of the range, on the ridge to the north.
- Where
- Plumbridge, County Tyrone
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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OM Dark Sky Park and ObservatoryThe observatory in Davagh Forest sits inside Northern Ireland's only International Dark Sky Park, up in the Sperrin foothills northwest of Cookstown.
Beaghmore Stone CirclesSeven stone circles with cairns and stone rows, uncovered by turf cutting on open moorland at the edge of the Sperrins.
Banagher GlenOak and ash grow on the steep sides of the glen south of Dungiven, and a surfaced road runs up from the car park to the dam at Altnaheglish Reservoir.
Gortin Glen Forest ParkThe first forest park in Northern Ireland to be opened in a conifer plantation, on the B48 between Omagh and Gortin, with a scenic drive and waymarked trails.
Banagher Old ChurchSt Muiredach O'Heney is said to have founded the church on this hill of sand and gravel, and the sand from his little mortuary house is held to bring luck to anyone of his name.More in Tyrone
Ulster American Folk ParkMuseum · OmaghAn open air museum outside Omagh about emigration from Ulster to North America. You walk from thatched Ulster farmhouses onto an emigrant sailing ship and off into an American street.
Tullaghoge FortFort · CookstownThe O'Neills were inaugurated at this hilltop enclosure south of Cookstown. A path climbs to it from a small car park at the foot of the hill.
Wellbrook Beetling MillMuseum · CookstownA water powered linen mill in a wooded glen on the Ballinderry River west of Cookstown, where the wheel drives wooden hammers that pound the cloth to a sheen.
Knockmany Passage TombPrehistoric site · AugherA neolithic passage tomb on a hilltop above the Clogher valley near Augher. Its chamber stones are carved with spirals and circles, and a modern dome covers them now.
Ardboe CrossMonastic site · CookstownThe tenth century high cross on the Lough Neagh shore at Ardboe has twenty-two carved panels of Bible scenes, with a church ruin beside it.
Harry Avery's CastleCastle · NewtownstewartThe two towers on the hill outside Newtownstewart belong to a castle an O'Neill chief built around 1320, when Irish chiefs rarely built in stone.
Castle CaulfieldCastle · DungannonSir Toby Caulfield built this house in 1619. The ruin in the village west of Dungannon keeps its dressed stone windows, and the family arms are over the gatehouse.
Hill of The O'Neill and Ranfurly HouseHeritage centre · DungannonThe O'Neills ruled Tyrone from this hilltop in Dungannon from 1305 until 1607. The exhibition is down in Ranfurly House, the old bank building in Market Square.