Very interesting video, N.I. is a stunning part of the world & the people are fantastic. I used to love walking part the Antrim coastal path from Bangor to Holywood looking out across Belfast Lough, the scenery is stunning. Northern Irelands Gold Coast? Hillsborough is a lovely place too, but Im sure you showed a picture in that sequence that was of Mount Stewart? Which is nearer Bangor & Newtownards. And when you said Strangford is just 15 minutes from Losburn, well it take almost 15 minutes just to drive to Downpatrick! But I enjoyed the video otherwise. Thanks for sharing.
Your pronunciation of the names of towns and villages is hilarious. Would it have caused you too much trouble to consult someone local to guide you on naming them properly?
Oh by the way there is another village on the other side of the Lough accessible by means of a car ferry called portaferry very surprised you didn't include this in your video
I am baffled that strangford is on the list instead of portaferry. It has hotels an aquarium views of windmill hill and has veen used as a location in several bbc drama programmes. Plus it has the secluded and quiet countryside of the lower ards peninsula.
This video sounds and reads like it was narrated by AI. Totally irrelevant facts, boring commentary and unless you have a good map it's probably impossible to locate many of the villages mentioned. I've been to some of these villages and they are typically Irish. Albeit with different accents. Please don't mention the variety of flegs, unless you want to cause controversy.
Moira is anything but a village; it’s a small town! The best thing you could mention is one of the three butchers within it, which has deep-seated biased notoriety in your video. Ruined by traffic congestion. Lack of infrastructure investment and the blow ins from the masses of new overpriced housing developments. Forcing the original people living there out to other places. It is not the village place I remember growing up as a youth. 😢
Thank you for this. We've been searching retirement places and Northern Ireland is on our list. ETA: It would be great if you also added things like which have good medical services, shopping, median house prices, and community activities. :)
Broughshane is pretty enough but a lot of people are odd; even people from Ballymena say that about them! The walk by the river is lovely, the view of Slemish is spectacular, and McAllister's is a great butchers. Gracehill is nicer, in my opinion.
There is no way you can drive from Strangford to Lisburn in 15 minutes, and why would you bypass Downpatrick. Have you even been to Killough or Portaferry.
The Dee is a great spot, so much better than Bangor and Millisle located on either side of the place. worked in the Dee many years ago and always fancied moving there.
@@kodiak64the fact that it's in the UK doesn't mean that it's in Great Britain. It's actually on an entirely separate island from Great Britain, that island is the island of Ireland.
@@larrykavanagh5197 I live in NI and was born and bred here. We, in the unionist community, often refer to it as "Britain", but never "Great Britain", in which regard Britain is used as a generic term for all of the UK. If one wanted to be ultra pedantic, one could make a fuss that Ireland is part of the British Isles, but I won't go there.
@@kodiak64 Britain comprises only England and Wales, Great Britain was so named when Scotland also became included. No part of Ireland has ever been in Britain or Great Britain. The fact that NI Unionists refer to NI as Britain doesn't alter the fact that it's not Britain irrespective of how Unionists wish to identify. The term "British Isles" is redundant and has had no geopolitical recognition or meaning for the past 80 years. Even during the writing of the Belfast Agreement the term "British Isles" was not used but the nomenclature "These Islands" was agreed and adopted. How you like to identify is one thing but the reality of your actual geographical location is a different matter. Northern Ireland is part the island called Ireland but while NI is within the UK it is not within Britain. Your identity confusion is a matter that only you can reconcile.
@@larrykavanagh5197 I'm not sure you read what I said. We informally call NI "Britain" but none of us think it is part of the island of Great Britain. However, you are mistaken in thinking Ireland was never referred to in any way using the "Britain" moniker; the Romans called it "Britannia Parva" (Little Britain). I just think - going by your name - you are an Irish Catholic who hates the thought of Ireland having any association with Britain and are looking for arguments accordingly.
The Anglicisation of Ireland is ugly, naff architecture, overwide crossroads, too many motors, not enough agricultural vehicles, closed shops and crap flags. Just like any nondescript Tory-voting dive in England. And people retire there?
Can't believe you left out Richhill in Co. Armagh. It or Broughshane would be #1. Saintfield would be another gem.
I live 3 miles outside Hillsborough. Very nice town but expensive place
Very interesting video, N.I. is a stunning part of the world & the people are fantastic. I used to love walking part the Antrim coastal path from Bangor to Holywood looking out across Belfast Lough, the scenery is stunning. Northern Irelands Gold Coast? Hillsborough is a lovely place too, but Im sure you showed a picture in that sequence that was of Mount Stewart? Which is nearer Bangor & Newtownards. And when you said Strangford is just 15 minutes from Losburn, well it take almost 15 minutes just to drive to Downpatrick! But I enjoyed the video otherwise. Thanks for sharing.
Tt is count
y DOWN.... NOT Antrim. !!
Your pronunciation of the names of towns and villages is hilarious. Would it have caused you too much trouble to consult someone local to guide you on naming them properly?
The spelling aswelll
Camlock? Camlough I assume.
Cashel? I assume it meant kesh.
"Collarain"
I think it’s a bot 🤖 lol 😂
Oh by the way there is another village on the other side of the Lough accessible by means of a car ferry called portaferry very surprised you didn't include this in your video
Kesh is a kip. Ok if you wish to live in the 17th century. For the rest of us give it a very wide berth. Nearby Irvinestown is a better bet.
I am baffled that strangford is on the list instead of portaferry. It has hotels an aquarium views of windmill hill and has veen used as a location in several bbc drama programmes. Plus it has the secluded and quiet countryside of the lower ards peninsula.
Portaferry is a rundown tip of a place, it has the highest suicide rate in Northern Ireland and is the drugs capital of the low country
houses prices in Helens bay do not average 189k more like 650k
More like 1.6 million ffs 🤦♂️ lol 🤣🤣
I lived in Hillsborough ❤
This video sounds and reads like it was narrated by AI. Totally irrelevant facts, boring commentary and unless you have a good map it's probably impossible to locate many of the villages mentioned. I've been to some of these villages and they are typically Irish. Albeit with different accents. Please don't mention the variety of flegs, unless you want to cause controversy.
Plumbridge, Co.Tyrone
Moira is anything but a village; it’s a small town! The best thing you could mention is one of the three butchers within it, which has deep-seated biased notoriety in your video. Ruined by traffic congestion. Lack of infrastructure investment and the blow ins from the masses of new overpriced housing developments. Forcing the original people living there out to other places. It is not the village place I remember growing up as a youth. 😢
Thank you for this. We've been searching retirement places and Northern Ireland is on our list.
ETA: It would be great if you also added things like which have good medical services, shopping, median house prices, and community activities. :)
Broughshane near Ballymena.....I`ve been in all these 12 villages mentioned and none of them come close to Broughshane.
Broughshane is pretty enough but a lot of people are odd; even people from Ballymena say that about them! The walk by the river is lovely, the view of Slemish is spectacular, and McAllister's is a great butchers. Gracehill is nicer, in my opinion.
Please do some research on place names and how to pronounce them.
Love Broughshane.
Some of the place-name pronunciations are guaranteed to set your teeth on edge, but it's an interesting subject for debate.
More northern Ireland please
There is no way you can drive from Strangford to Lisburn in 15 minutes, and why would you bypass Downpatrick. Have you even been to Killough or Portaferry.
Its 15 minutes to Downpatrick tbh
@@JJ-xi5or I know, but it's more than 15 minutes to Lisburn from Strangford unless you have a helicopter
Downpatrick is a tip, best avoided
My family left when it was still one country. UK out of Ireland
What about Donaghadee? This is a sham! 😂
The Dee is a great spot, so much better than Bangor and Millisle located on either side of the place. worked in the Dee many years ago and always fancied moving there.
Nothing would invite me into a town were the union jack greets u.its like inviting the fox into the henhouse.
I feel the same way about seeing the tricolour and I was raised RC. Tricolours adorning any area are guaranteed to be utter kips.
Find out how to pronounce the names before you voice a video.
It's a silent ahoghill
Silent g
Two of these aren't in Northern Ireland and one isn't even a village.
Which two?
They are all in Northern Ireland.
North Eastern Ireland is not part of Britain there happens to be a 10 mile stretch of sea separating ireland and Britain
Oh here we go. It is part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and is the only region of the UK named in its official title.
@@kodiak64the fact that it's in the UK doesn't mean that it's in Great Britain. It's actually on an entirely separate island from Great Britain, that island is the island of Ireland.
@@larrykavanagh5197 I live in NI and was born and bred here. We, in the unionist community, often refer to it as "Britain", but never "Great Britain", in which regard Britain is used as a generic term for all of the UK. If one wanted to be ultra pedantic, one could make a fuss that Ireland is part of the British Isles, but I won't go there.
@@kodiak64 Britain comprises only England and Wales, Great Britain was so named when Scotland also became included. No part of Ireland has ever been in Britain or Great Britain. The fact that NI Unionists refer to NI as Britain doesn't alter the fact that it's not Britain irrespective of how Unionists wish to identify. The term "British Isles" is redundant and has had no geopolitical recognition or meaning for the past 80 years. Even during the writing of the Belfast Agreement the term "British Isles" was not used but the nomenclature "These Islands" was agreed and adopted. How you like to identify is one thing but the reality of your actual geographical location is a different matter. Northern Ireland is part the island called Ireland but while NI is within the UK it is not within Britain. Your identity confusion is a matter that only you can reconcile.
@@larrykavanagh5197 I'm not sure you read what I said. We informally call NI "Britain" but none of us think it is part of the island of Great Britain. However, you are mistaken in thinking Ireland was never referred to in any way using the "Britain" moniker; the Romans called it "Britannia Parva" (Little Britain). I just think - going by your name - you are an Irish Catholic who hates the thought of Ireland having any association with Britain and are looking for arguments accordingly.
The Anglicisation of Ireland is ugly, naff architecture, overwide crossroads, too many motors, not enough agricultural vehicles, closed shops and crap flags. Just like any nondescript Tory-voting dive in England. And people retire there?
Sure thing.......comrade.
Day ya loik dawgs?
Éirinn go Brách
United Ireland