Portal:Northern Ireland/Did you know
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- ... that the dry dock of Harland and Wolff shipyard, builders of the RMS Titanic, is the largest in the world?
- ... that Lough Neagh is the largest lough, or body of freshwater by surface area, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres?
- ... that author C. S. Lewis was from Belfast, where he attended Campbell College?
- ... that Emain Macha, or Navan Fort, is the oldest archeological site in the province of Ulster, having once been the seat of Conchobar mac Nessa?
- ... that actor Simon Callow studied in Belfast's Queen's University before dropping out to pursue his acting career?
- ... that well-known star of Jurassic Park, actor Sam Neill, was born in Omagh, County Tyrone?