Ohhh.. If you’re a gin fan this event is for you!!!
Organised by The NI Gin Festival and Bit Of A Do, the Norhtern Ireland Gin Festival makes its’ first visit to the Town Hall, Portrush on 20th October.
There are two sessions – afternoon and evening. £12 ‘Early Bird’ Tickets Available until 30th September. There will be over 50 Gins to enjoy, great live music and the opportunity to meet the gin creators.
Why not book an overnight stay with us at Magherabuoy House on 20th October to co-incide with the NI Gin Festival at Portrush Town Hall?
If you book directly we’ll even throw in a ‘crafty’ G&T as a welcome drink at check-in. Guests staying on this offer can choose from Jawbox, Shortcross and Boatyard, along with a choice of Fevertree tonics and garnishes. Check-in is from 3pm, the complimentary gins will be served in the Lounge from 3pm-8pm only.
Full pre-payment is required for this offer, payment is non-refundable and non-transferable.
The rate for two people sharing a Standard Room including B&B with complimentary welcome G&T on Saturday 20th October is £108.
To book, simply call us on 028 7082 3507, or PM us the word ‘Gin’ through our social media pages along with a contact number and we’ll call you.
At Magherabuoy, we love our food and drink. So here’s an early ‘heads up’ – dates have now been confirmed for this year’s beer and food festival. It’s back again to Portrush Town Hall on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October.
The Portrush Beer & Food Festival is brought to the North Coast by the team behind Lacada Brewery Co-Operative.
The story here is simple. Lacada is a community owned Co-Operative brewery based on the world famous Causeway Coast, Northern Ireland. The Beer and Food Festival enables the Lacada Co-operative to put on show its’ range of artisan beers alongside other local brews, as well as product from the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. For example, Yellow Belly Beer from Wexford were amongst those who attended the 2017 event. Closer to home, Glens of Antrim Craft Ales and Beers were also in attendance. No doubt details will emerge soon of what we can expect from this year’s event.
The festival attracts a great crowd and is growing in poularity every year. It really is a gentle way to break into the autumn and the long dark evenings. Book your stay with us now.
The Festival also supports charitable causes. The 2018 charity partner is the Alzheimer’s Society. All money raised at the festival will go towards helping local projects.
After 68 years, it’s coming home.
Nothing to do with football, despite the hugely entertaining FIFA World Cup we’ve just been glued to in Russia.
We mean a different discipline altogether. Golf.
The Open – last held in Northern Ireland in 1951 – returns to Royal Portrushfrom 14th-21st July 2019.
We deliberately say golf is ‘coming home’ even though our Scottish cousins may have other ideas. But for a country of just 1.8m people, Northern Ireland boasts a golfing pedigree well above its’ punching weight. It’s the home of champions – Rory McIlroy (US Open winner 2011, Open winner 2014), Graeme McDowell (US Open winner 2010) and Darren Clarke (Open winner 2011). Why so many from such a small population? Most will agree it’s easy to learn to play golf here, because there are so many top quality courses to learn on including Royal Portrush – named by Golf Digest as the World Number 1 course outside the US – or nearby Portstewart or Castlerock.
Aside from hosting The Open 2019, our corner of the world is renowned for its’ stunning scenary. Between rounds you can take in some what Lonely Planet named the ‘must see’ destination of 2018. Don’t miss the Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, Bushmills Distillery or Mussenden Temple.
With so much to offer, the world will descend on the famous Causeway Coast in July 2019 to watch the great and the good battle it out for the coveted Claret Jug. We hope you’ll be there and you’ve got your tickets – if not you can register for future ticket sales here.
Country music, comedy and good craic comes to the Causeway Coast this July!
Everyone loves ‘your uncle sHugo’, tay and cream buns and all! So who better to host your show for the evening than BBC Radio Ulster’s own Hugo Duncan. He will be keeping the show moving with some of your best-loved songs, and might even squeeze in a joke or two as well.
One of the most popular things to do is something we hardly even think about – walking. There really is nothing more invigorating than a walking tour around the peninsula town of Portrush. We recommend you start at West Bay, parking up in the spacious free car park.
Make your way along the Promenade north in the direction of the Harbour.
Here you can stop for a coffee or a meal in one of the many eateries in the area. Next, move on towards Ramore Head where you can enjoy magnificent views out across the Atlantic ocean. Mind though, it can be blowy up here, and take care on the cliff paths.
When you come off Ramore Head, walk towards Landsdowne and past the old Lifeboat Shelter and onto the Area of Special Scientific Interest. The rocks between the Shelter and the Countryside Centre are protected because of their unique geology. Check out the rock pools for marine life.
After the Countryside Centre you will go down a small hill to the Salmon Fishery.
Take the promenade past the Salmon Fishery and on your left you will see the old ‘Ladies Bathing Place’, a small beach tucked in beside the Arcadia.
Continue south past the Arcadia and you will arrive at what used to be called Curran Strand, now known as East Strand. You can extend your walk by a couple of miles by continuing east along the beach to the Whiterocks. Alternatively, exit East Strand car park onto Causeway Street. Follow south to the mini roundabout and turn right onto Croc-na-mac Road. Follow this road past the Primary School, and when you pass the second roundabout turn right into West Bay car park. You are back where you started.
Weather-wise it’s been a poor Easter break right across Northern Ireland. But with many people off work, and the schools on holiday until next week, there’s still time to find something to see or do. A short break at Magherabuoy on the Cuaseway Coast, close to Coleraine, puts you at the centre of an area where there is so much to see and do.