I Am Northern Ireland
The Ancestral Home Of The Scots Irish
I AM Northern Ireland
It has taken a while to put the site together. I would like to thank Lynette Conlon and Tourism Northern Ireland for letting me access material from their library.
The song I Am Northern Ireland is one of the songs on the site recorded in Nashville. Many thanks to Tom Manche and the great musicians he works with.
I Am Northern Ireland
I am the river Lagan the city of Belfast
I am the Mourne Mountains the village of Ardglass
I am the beauty of Lough Neagh the town-ship of Strabane
If you wonder who I am I am Northern Ireland
I am the Antrim coast The Giants Causeway
I am Londonderry's walls the shores of Bangor Bay
I am the Lakes of Fermanagh The Sperrins of Tyrone
If you wonder who I am I am Northern Ireland
And if you come to see me I won't let you down
New places seen new friends found
I am the one who built the liners that sailed the seven seas
I am the one who lost her sons to many far off fields
I am a castle in Carrickfergus I am the river Bann
If you wonder who I am I am Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Wherever I will be
Wherever I lay my head
You will always be home to me
I AM Northern Ireland 2
I was asked by some of the Northern Ireland football fans to write a shorter version for them to sing. Hopefully, when we get back to more normal that will happen.
Groomsport
Where the first ship left Ireland for America on the 9th of September, 1693. It was called The Eagle Wing. It did not make it because of the storms and had to turn back. The two ministers on board John Livingstone and John Blair said it was a message from God. One child was born on the attempted voyage. He was called Seaborn. The first ship to arrive was in 1717. Northern Ireland is the ancestral home of the Scots Irish.
Northern Ireland beaches. Northern Ireland has been strict on greenbelt areas so the buildings are not beach side. There isn't a nicer drive than the Antrim coast - one of the most popular parts of the coast. There are plenty of surfing beaches along this part of coastline.
Dunluce Castle situated on the north coast. Dunluce Castle is a ruined medieval castle. There is no problem parking so one can easily visit the Castle situated on the Antrim coast near the Giants Causeway.
A list of people from Northern Ireland who have achieved in their respective fields are listed below. There are many others who have achieved in many different fields. Ffor more information on people from Northern Ireland you will find them at Wikipedia.
Rory Mcilroy
Learned to play golf at Hollywood golf course which is about a fifteen minute drive from Belfast.
Grame McDowel
Learned his golf at Portrush where they have just held the 2019 Open.
Game of Thrones
Made in Northern Ireland. This show is now viewed all over the world. There is a Game Of Thrones exhibition now in Belfast to visit. Many of the sites where it was filmed are easy to get to one being Dark Hedges.
George Best
George played for Manchester United and was born in Belfast. George was one of the best footballers the game has ever produced.
Alex Higgins
Alexander Gordon Higgins was born on the 18th of March 1949 and died on the 24th of July 2010. His nick name was Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play. He won the World Championship on 1972 and 1982. He also won the UK Championship plus the Masters making him one of only eleven players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown.
William James McBride CBE
He was better known as Willie John McBride who Played rugby for Ireland and the British Lions. He played 63 tests for Ireland including 11 as captain. He toured with the Lions five times - that give him a record 17 Lions Test caps.
Rory David Best
Rory Best was born on the 15th of August 1982. Rory is a former Rugby Union player and was the Captain of the Ireland Rugby team. Rory Best earned 124 capes for Ireland making his debut in 2005 and retired at the end of the 2019 World Cup. He played hi local rugby for Ulster when thy won the 2005-2006 Pro 12.
Jonathan Rea MBE
Jonathan Rea was born in Larne on the 2nd February 1987. He is the Super Bike World Champion and rides for the Kawasaki Racing Team.
Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters
Lady Mary Elizabeth Peters, LH, CH, DBE, DStJ, is a Northern Ireland former athlete, best known as a competitor in the pentathlon and shot putt. She won the gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in the womens Pentathlon. Lady Mary peters was born on the 6th of July 1939.
William Joseph Dunlop OBE
Joey Dunlop was a Northern Ireland motorcyclist from Ballymoney. In 2016 he was voted through motorcyclist news as the 5th greatest motor cycling icon ever. Joey was born on the 25th of February 1952 and sadly lost his life in an event in Tallinn, Estonia on the 2nd of July 2000.
Sir George Van Morrison
Sir George Van Morrison was born in Belfast. He is a songwriter, instrumentalist and record producer. Wherever I have traveled there is always someone playing Brown Eyed Girl.
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh
He was born on December, 1960 in Belfast Northern Ireland. Branagh is an actor, director, film producer and screen writer. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and succeeded Richard Attenborough as the president.
Liam Neeson
Liam John Nesson was born in Ballymena Co.Antrim June 1952.
He joined the Lyric Players in Belfast for two years before appearing in many films like Schindler's List.
Clive Staples Lewis
Born in Belfast C. S. Lewis has written more than thirty books which have been translated into 30 languages. The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularised on stage,TV, Radio and Cinema. Born Novembe,r 1898 and died 1963.
Seamus Heaney Poet
Seamus was born in 1939 in Castledawson. He was a playwright and translator and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. Among his best works were Death Of A Naturalist.
Jimmy Kennedy
James Kennedy OBE was born in July 1902 in Omagh and died in 1984. Jimmy was a songwriter, predominantly a lyricist putting words to existing music such as Teddy Bears Picnic and My Prayer. Sometimes under the pen names Hugh Williams and Nat Simon he wrote over 2000 songs like Red Sails in The Sunset, South of the Border, Hokey Cokey and Harbour Lights.
The New Titanic Exhibition.
One of the most visited exhibitions in the world.
A must for every visitor to Northern Ireland.
Giants Causeway another major tourist spot for visitors.
The Giants Causeway is an area of 40,000 interlocking basalt columns.
It is located in Co Antrim on the North coast.
Carrick-a-Rede Bridge
It is situated in Co Antrim on the North Coast. It is easy to visit the Giants Causeway and the bridge on the same day.
Royal Portrush Golf Course where the 2019 Open was held was won by Shane Lowry. The course has two eighteen hole golf courses The Dunluce Championship course and the Valley Links. The course was established in 1888. The courses are on the the Antrim Coast close to the Giants Causeway.
Northern Ireland walking tours
You can contact the group to join them on many walks around Northern Ireland
