Visitor Attractions - Visitor Centres

Dungannon Park

Tyrone Crystal Visitor
Centre

Be dazzled by the colourful floral displays throughout the seasons from the spring daffodils and rhododendrons to the russets of autumn. Watch the swans on the trout-
fishing lake and enjoy the walking and cycling trails. Children’s play & picnic area.

Directions: Take junction 15 off M1, signposted off A29, on the outskirts of Dungannon

Tel: (028) 8772 7327
Fax: (028) 8772 9169
Email: dpreception@dungannon.gov.uk

Witness the art, craft and history of crystal making, relax in our restaurant or browse through crystal, gifts, tableware, cutlery, fragrances and food in a relaxed shopping atmosphere. Audiovisual presentation available to visitors. Tours welcome. Times and availability of tours vary according to season, phone for up-to-date information. Accessible to wheelchair users travelling independently.

Directions: Well signposted around Dungannon.

Open: 9am- 5pm Mon- Sat. Sunday opening times vary with season. Small charge for tour. Adults £5. Children under 12, over 60’s, free.

Tel: (028) 8772 5335
Fax: (028) 8772 6260
Email: info@tyronecrystal.com
Web: www.tyronecrystal.com

The Linen Green

Peatlands Park

Go shopping for some of the greatest designer names in this whole new concept in retail occupying a brilliantly refurbished linen weaving mill. The complex includes Paul Costello factory store, Ann Storey, Helen McAlinden, Ulster Weavers gift and fabric store, Foxford and many more. Moygashel Visitor Centre has an exhibition on the rich industrial heritage of the area. The Loft Coffee Bar specialises in local fare. Coach parties welcome - please pre-book for food.

Directions: Well signposted from M1 motorway junction 15. The complex is located just south of Dungannon. Free coach/car parking and disabled access available.

Complex open: Mon-Sat 10.00am - 5.00pm. Open lunch hour.

Tel/ Fax: (028) 8775 3761
Email: enquiries@thelinengreen.com
Web: www.thelinengreen.com

Grant Ancestral
Homestead

Irish World Family History
Services

Explore the cottage of the Simpson family with close ties to Ulysses Simpson Grant, the Commander of the victorious Union troops in the American Civil War. U.S. Grant served two terms as U.S. President and visited his homeland. Play area for children. Cottage and grounds open all year round, for tours. To view audiovisual show booking required. Facilities are accessible to a wheelchair user with assistance. Picnic and BBQ area, children’s play area, toilets, bike rental and wildlife garden.

Directions: At Dergina, Ballygawley. Off A4, 13 miles west of Dungannon.

Tel: (028) 8776 7259

Irish World located in Coalisland, Co. Tyrone, offers a worldwide service to people whose ancestors came from Ulster. Irish World’s genealogy database includes all civil records of births and marriages for Tyrone and Fermanagh, and practically all Tyrone RC church records.

Other major sources are the Flax-grower lists of 1796; Tithe Applotment Books of the 18 0s; Griffith Valuation and the 1901 Census. There are also gravestone inscriptions for some 800 cemeteries throughout Ulster. In addition to research, Irish World also produces full colour coats of arms for thousands of names associated with Ireland. Irish World will be glad to help trace the path to your Irish roots.

Irish World, 51 Dungannon Road, Coalisland, Co. Tyrone BT71 4HP
Tel: (028) 8774 6065
Email: info@irish-world.com
Web: www.irish-world.com

Blessingbourne Carriage
& Costume Museum

Island Turf Crafts Gift Shop
& Visitor Centre

Take an imaginary ride into the past at this enchanting collection of coaches, carriages, cabs and buggies as well as horse-drawn farm machinery. Lovely collection of fashions from yesteryear. Among the numerous coaches on display is an 18 London - to Oxford stagecoach.

Open: Easter - Sept. Phone for times
Adm: Adults £3, Child £1

Blessingbourne, Fivemiletown
Tel: (028) 8952 1188
Email: info@blessingbourne.com
Web: www.blessingbourne.com

Step back in time in the bog museum with a treasure house of exhibits of old artefacts which reveal much about the rich and varied history of Ireland before and after the Ice Age.
Visit the indoor bog and the showroom with a complete range of Celtic crosses, harps, jewellery etc. Group & educational visits welcome. Large coach park and restaurant facilities.

Open: Mon - Sat 9.30am - 5.30pm
Admission free

Coalisland Enterprise Centre, 51 Dungannon Road, Coalisland, Co Tyrone BT71 4HP
Tel/Fax: (028) 8774 9041
Email: brian@islandturfcrafts.com
Web: www.islandturfcrafts.com

Ulster American Folk Park

The Ulster American Folk Park is an outdoor museum of emigration which tells the remarkable story of the vast human tide of emigration across the Atlantic, to the New
World of North America.

The Old World and New World layout of the Park illustrates the various aspects of emigrant life on both sides of the Atlantic. Traditional thatched buildings, American log houses and a full-scale replica emigrant ship and the dockside gallery help to bring a bygone era back to life. Costumed demonstrators go about their everyday tasks including spinning, open hearth cookery, printing and blacksmithing.

The museum also includes an indoor ‘Emigrants’ Exhibition and a Centre for Migration Studies/library which is accessible to all visitors if they wish to find further information on the history of emigration and the place of their families in it.

A full programme of special events is organized throughout the year.

Disabled Access - Suitable for wheelchair users

Opening Times
Oct - Mar: Mon - Fri 10.30am - 5.00pm
Closed weekends and public holidays
Apr - Sept: Mon - Sat 10.30am
6.00pm; Sundays and public holidays
11.00am - 6.30pm
Last admission 1½ hours before closing

Rates
Adults: £5.00
Children (5yrs-18yrs): £13.00
Under 5’s Free
Family Day Ticket
[2 adults and up to 3 children]: £13.00
Family Day Ticket
[1 adult and up to 3 children]: £10.00
Concession: £3.00

Directions
3 miles north of Omagh on the main A5 road to Strabane (on the main North West passage route).

2 Mellon Road, Castletown, Omagh, Co Tyrone, BT78 5QY
Tel: (028) 8224 3292
Fax: (028) 8224 2241
Email: uafp.info@magni.org.uk
Web: www.folkpark.com

Carleton’s Cottage

Annaginny Park Farm

Visit the childhood home of the much-loved Victorian novelist William Carleton, well versed in Irish folklore and described by Yeats as “the greatest novelist of Ireland”. An annual literary festival in the Clogher Valley celebrates Carleton’s work.

Directions: At Springtown, 1 mile south of Augher.

Tel: (028) 8776 7259

Includes: wallaby, raccoon, rheas, emu, deer, highland cattle, aquarium (with native fish) plus many more, so why not enjoy a great day of family fun with forest walk and BBQ facilities available.

Annaginny Park Farm, 40B Annaginny Road, Newmills Dungannon, Co Tyrone
Fishery Office: (028) 8774 7808
Mobile: 07922 276 445
After Hours: (028) 8774 8650
Web: www.annaginnyfarmandfishery.com

Barrontop Fun Farm

Feed the animals, including lots of baby animals and rare breeds. Have fun in the new indoor heated soft play area. Enjoy a cart ride, and let off steam in the adventure playground. Enjoy home-baking and browse in the gift shop.

35 Barron Road, Donemana, Strabane, Co Tyrone, BT82 0JD
Tel: (028) 7139 8649
Fax: (028) 7139 8649
Email: barrontop@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.barrontop.co.uk