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Northern Irish towns: strange and interesting facts

Select the town or city in Northern Ireland which matches each description.
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Last updated: July 10, 2024
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A well-known whiskey is made in this Antrim village, which is close to the northernmost point in the province.
A man from this Fermanagh town was jailed in 2011 for setting fire to a block of flats while trying to make gold from his own faeces using a heater.
The archbishop of this county town (recently given city status) has the title Primate of All Ireland.
This small County Down city, a popular seaside resort, has the same name as a city in Wales and 14 towns in North America.
This Antrim town is one of the oldest in Ireland, dating back to 1177, and was historically larger and more important than nearby Belfast. Football team Carrick Rangers play here.
William III's supporters set fire to this Tyrone county town in 1689.
In 2014, a naked, axe-wielding man was injured after jumping from a second floor window in this Armagh town.
A monastery was built at the site of this county town on Lough Neagh in 495 AD; its tower is still standing today.
The 2019 Open Championship was held at this Antrim town's golf course.
This town in County Londonderry has a Mesolithic site dating from around 5935 BC.
This suburb of Belfast now has city status. In 1641, the Irish drove 400 cows into the town gates to ram them and try to batter them down.
A Flybe pilot lost control of his plane on approach to this city's airport in 2014, when his prosthetic arm fell off.
The headland by this village marks the closest point of the island of Ireland to Great Britain, a 12-mile gap (to the Mull of Kintyre).
This city had a well-known local drunk, "Tights" Downey, who would sing and play his harmonica on the bus.
In 2013, police in this Derry suburb chased a man wearing only stockings and suspenders through the woods. A local councillor stated that up to 150 people a day were indulging in sexual and deviant activity at that spot.
Antrim
Armagh
Bangor
Belfast
Bushmills
Carrickfergus
Coleraine
Derry
Enniskillen
Lisburn
Lurgan
Omagh
Portrush
Prehen
Torr
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