#county down

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Six months on, the people of Belfast still say, "Free Palestine."

-- Gerry Carroll, 6 Apr 2024

[panoramicireland]

The Mourne Mountains and the County Down countryside, green and, in places, white with snow.

Long shadows of a winter afternoon.

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 64,596

[victusinveritas]

An abandoned boreen near the Mourne mountains in County Down. Photo by Mark Doherty

[thedepressedpelican]

Where Narnia began.....

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[mothmiso]

Kilbroney (2) (3) by Mairéad Ni Rodaigh

[territory-of-light]

Northern Ireland, June- part 4 🏔️🏞️🌼🌲

County Down,

A place in my heart you will always be,

For mountains, trees and brooks of a river

You run free,

To capture my heart you have managed,

I will agree,

Oh County Down of Ireland green,

You have appeased me

- Zoé Hawthorne, 2023

[westeroswisdom]

The GOT Studio Tour has won the UKInbound Sustainable Tourism Provider of the Year award.

While the sets and items on display are themselves impressive, the Earth-friendly HVAC systems for the location are what earned them the award.

Recognised at the tourism industry group’s recent annual convention, Game of Thrones Studio Tour was hailed as a ‘world-class ultra-low carbon visitor attraction’. Located at the principal film studios for Game of Thrones – Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge, Co Down – the immersive tourist destination invites fans of TV and film to go behind the scenes and discover the artistry that went into making the TV phenomenon. [ ... ] The Studio Tour’s priceless original film sets and assets are protected within the 110,000 sq. ft visitor experience by an HVAC system with close temperature and humidity control, sensible and latent heat recovery, free cooling and a modular zero-carbon heating system with energy storage. The UKInbound judging panel were already impressed by many aspects of the Sustainable Management plan at Game of Thrones Studio Tour and the scope of future aspiration. UKinbound CEO, Joss Croft, said: “A key part of our new sustainability strategy, is to showcase our member businesses who are doing great work to reduce energy usage and protect and regenerate the environment. In the future, we will use the practices and initiatives used by Game of Thrones Studio Tour to inspire our other members to take similar action in their businesses.”

In the near future I hope that ultra-low carbon systems such as this will be the norm rather than the exception.

[theirishaesthete]

A Rare Insight

Lisburn, County Antrim was originally called Lisnagarvy (from the Irish Lios na gCearrbhach, meaning Ringfort of the Gamesters) and until the early 17th century was under the control of the O’Neill family. However, the Ulster Plantations meant this part of the country, a territory called Killultagh, passed into the hands of an English adventurer, Sir Fulke Conway, younger son of Sir John Conway…

[panoramicireland]

Green fields with long shadows of low afternoon sunlight in the Mourne Mountains, Ireland.

A little ice and frost remains after a week or more of sub zero temperatures.

Tollymore Forest sits between the valley farmland and the mountainous uplands.

[wee-toe]

The wee space wizard from Ballymena, County Down x

[garr8]

Creative Photography.

Photographing in the rain can still be fun.

[thedepressedpelican]

'Mourne Sunset'

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Enchanted Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland

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Enchanted Abbey, County Down, Northern Ireland