Foreign Perspectives

As befits its status as the largest inland lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland is host to numerous water activities in the tourist season.

What’s on offer varies around the circumferance of the lake with some areas being devoted to nature reserves, others to more active water sports and nearly everywhere various boating activities. Naturally, these are combined in various spots and in the area near the town of Antrim there is a particularly mixed bag with quite a reasonable nature reserve running along the coastline, a golf course on one side, a small café, marina and boating activities on offer ranging from a boat trip on a pirate ship to jet skis.

This particular area is quite rich in other tourist sites too with numerous small castles within perhaps 20 minutes of Antrim along with a number of historic homesteads (eg that of the Bronte sisters and a few with links to various American presidents). Well under an hour from here will let you sample exhibitions on the history of the plantation and on the emigration from Ireland over the centuries.

It’s quite an interesting spot to base a holiday and Belfast International Airport (BFS) is just around the corner.