Armagh City and District has many places of historical interest as well as other more modern tourist attractions.  A few kilometeres West of the City is Navan Fort - The Seat of the Kings Ulster from about 300B.C to 330A.D and as Emain Macha the location of the great lengths of the Ulster Cycle featuring such characters as Cu Ehulainn and King Conor Mac Nessa.  Nearby also are the even earlier sites of The Kings Stables and Haughey's Fort. 

 

In the City of Armagh itself we have the two Cathedrals of St Patrick - the Church of Ireland one occupying the site where St Patrick had a church built in 445 while on the neighbouring hill is the Roman Catholic Cathedral begun 1840.  The City has many other beautiful churches.  Along the East side of the impressive City park - the Mall - is located, two museums - the Armagh County Museum and the Royal Irish Fusiliers' Museum.  At either end of the Mall is the Gaol (1780 and later) - now closed and the Courthouse (1809).  Along the Mall East one can view some of the best classical architecture in the City. Nearby is the Observatory (1790) and the more modern Planetarium (1967). 

 

In the City Centre beside the Tourist Information Centre is St Patrick's Trian where one can learn more of Armagh's history, the areas links with Dean Swift and much more about Ireland's Patron Saint.  Nearby , in Market Square is the modern Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre. 

 

Armagh City and District cover roughly mid County Armagh and the area is rich in places of historical, cultural and industrial archaelogical interest eg the site of the Battle of the Yellow Ford (1598) a little north of the City or the sites of the Battle of the Daimond (1795) where one can visit Dan Winters' Cottage and Dan Winters Ancestral Home as well as nearby Loughgall where the Orange Order was founded after the battle. Keady and Milford grew in the 19th Centre on the Strength of the linen industry.  Markethill and Tandragee have castle seats of the landed gentry - Markethills, now closed is in the picturesque Gosford Forest Park while Tandragee Castle now houses a potato crisp factory.  In Tynan, the village Celtic Cross is from the 8th Centrury and there are other crosses in nearby Tynan Abbey Estate (private property).

 

One can go for scenic drives along country roads, eg visiting the apple blossom county around Loughgall in early May or stopping off at the two National Trust properties in the area - The Argory and Ardresss Houses near to Moy/Charlemont.  During the years the areas has many cultural, music and sporting festival.  So everyone both local and visitor alike will usually find something to interest them.