If you didn’t know any better, you might think that Strangford (population: about 500) is simply one of Northern Ireland’s most picturesque coastal villages. Its houses are pastel-painted, it ...

The world's first tidal current energy turbine, in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough, has been given an environmental all-clear by a group of scientists. Generating electricity from two massive ...

March 03, 2023 at 4:33pm GMT. A CO Down mother-of-two has made maritime history in Northern Ireland after becoming the first female skipper of the Strangford ferry.

A second area in Northern Ireland has been formally designated as a Unesco global geopark. Mourne Gullion Strangford encompasses three areas of outstanding natural beauty, Mourne, Ring of Gullion ...

June 21, 2024 at 6:00am BST. On a clear day, much of the Strangford constituency can be viewed from the heights of Scrabo Tower in Newtownards.. Taking in most of the Ards Peninsula and an area of ...

The inspiration for Northern Ireland's carol ship of lights hails from Canada, where the festival has been running for half a century Bracing the cold weather on a boat in December doesn't seem ...

A sailing club in Co Down has been gutted in a fire. It happened at Strangford Sailing Club on Tuesday night and destroying the premises. Club secretary Jane Meekin told the Belfast Telegraph that ...

Virginia Hardy from Strangford, Co. Down in Northern Ireland learned to drive in 1947 in a Rover Saloon and has since then completed driving tests in Scotland, China, and the USA.

Strangford Community Association chairman Gary Laverty said the news was a blow to local residents: "Basically, we're down to one ferry at the moment. If that one breaks down, that's it, I don't ...