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Northern Ireland is a region of blue mountains and forest parks, purple lakes and windswept moors, white Atlantic sands and an inland sea. Dozens of small towns are hidden away among the green places of the countryside, whilst fishing villages string out along the shores. The towers and steeples of parish churches mark the high ground beyond trimmed hedgerows. The country's turbulent past, which still resonates today, has also helped shape this majestic landscape.
Northern Ireland is small and one is never much more than half an hour from the sea. The weather can be fickle, but the rain keeps the land a magical emerald green. When the wind blows the clouds away to sea, the sky is blue, like the mountains. The air is clean and so sweet that you will want to open the car windows to let the breezes in. The only traffic jams are flocks of sheep or cattle changing fields ...
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