List of cultural icons of Northern Ireland

The List of cultural icons of Northern Ireland is a list of links to any potential cultural icon in Northern Ireland.

Art

*Arts Council of Northern Ireland
*Basil Blackshaw
*William Conor
*Paul Henry
*Sir John Lavery, John Luke
*Northern Irish murals [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/771541.stm] [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/]
*Ulster Museum [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/archaeology/get_involved/n_ireland/ulster_museum.shtml]

Buildings and structures

*Armagh Cathedral [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A8623136]
*Belfast Castle, Belfast City Hall
*Carrickfergus Castle [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6983444.stm] , Castle Coole, Custom House, Belfast
*Down County Museum [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/down/ww1_craig_downmuseum.shtml] , Dunluce Castle [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/05/14/dunluce_video_feature.shtml]
*Enniskillen Castle [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/fermanagh/A975701_responses.shtml]
*Hillsborough Castle
*Linen Hall Library [http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/The-Linen-Hall-Library-Belfast-P3057]
*Mount Stewart House [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A1323802.shtml] , Mullaghbawn Folk Museum, Newry and Mourne Museum, North Down Museum
*Rathgael House
*Stormont Castle
*Titanic Quarter (birthplace of the Titanic)
*Ulster American Folk Park, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, University of Ulster [http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Featured_institutions/Profile_display/p!epmikfF?mode=View&profileNo=810]
*Waterfront Hall [http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/The-Waterfront-Hall-Belfast-P515]

Emblems

*Celtic cross
*Saint Brigid's Cross [http://www.eurotales.eril.net/brigit.htm]
*Red Hand of Ulster, Ulster flag
*Irish Tricolour, Shamrock, Harp
*Union Jack, Bulldog
*Bowler hat, sash [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7503169.stm]

Festivals

*Easter
*Saint Patrick's Day [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/spring/patricks/index.shtml]
*Glorious Twelfth
*Magnus Barelegs Festival

Food and Drink

*Bushmills Distillery
*Irish Coffee created by Joe Sheridan

Government

*Belfast Agreement, British-Irish Council [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/ministerial-code/ministerial-code-3.22-work-of-the-british]
*Devolution, Devolved government, Dundonald House
*MLA
*Netherleigh House, Northern Ireland Act 1998, Northern Ireland Assembly, Northern Ireland Executive [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/] , Northern Ireland Government, Northern Ireland Office, Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, North-South Ministerial Council [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/ministerial-code/ministerial-code-3.21-work-of-the-north-south] , North-South implementation bodies
*Power sharing
*Rathgael House
*Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, St Andrews Agreement, Stormont Castle

History

*Irish Rebellion of 1798
*Ulster Plantations
*1916 Rising
*Battle of the Boyne, July 12, Belfast Agreement [http://www.nio.gov.uk/the-agreement]
*Good Friday Agreement [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4079267.stm]
*Irish famine
*Long Kesh
*Marching season, Maze (HM Prison)
*Northern Ireland conflict, Northern Irish murals [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/771541.stm]
*Parades Commission [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4633751.stm]
*RMS Titanic [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/titanic_06.shtml]
*Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Ulster Hall
*Bobby Sands [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7593383.stm]
*Ulster Volunteer Force [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7463800.stm] , UDA [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7601047.stm] , Irish Republican Army [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/northern_ireland_politics/7590709.stm]

Language

*Ulster Scots or Ullans [http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news-dcal-120308-3million-boost-in]
* Irish language [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/irish/] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsline/content/articles/2008/06/17/irishfundining_video_feature.shtml]

Literature

*Tom Clancy, William Crawley
*Brian Friel [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/entertainment/theatre/afterplay.shtml] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2005/10/12/theatre_translationsreview_feature.shtml]
*Seamus Heaney [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/heaneys1.shtml] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/londonderry/A803639.shtml] , John Hewitt, Jack Higgins
*Jennifer Johnson
*C S Lewis [http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/people/cslewis_17.shtml]
*Bernard McLaverty, Louis MacNeice, Brian Moore, Paul Muldoon
*Tom Paulin

Music

*Paul Brady
*Barry Douglas, pianist
*Angela Feeney, soprano
*James Galway [http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2006/04/26/james_galway_1205_event_feature.shtml]
*Vernon Handley [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7608956.stm]
*Brian Kennedy [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/whatson/musiclive_kennedy.shtml]
*Kenneth Montgomery, conductor
*Ulster Orchestra, Ulster Youth Choir
*Van Morrison [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artist/c5vr/]
*Brian Kennedy (singer)

People

*Gerry Adams [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7022307.stm]
*Brigid of Kildare
*Jack Chambers (Vauxhall car); Mairead Corrigan, Sir James Craig, Viscount Craigavon
*Samuel Davidson (ventilation); James Drumm (rechargeable battery); John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of pneumatic tyre
*Sir Reg Empey
*Harry Ferguson, inventor of farm tractor;
*John Hume
*Sir James Martin (ejector seat); Martin McGuinness, Paul Muldoon
*Saint Patrick, Ian Paisley, Frank Pantridge (ambulance)
*Paul Rankin, Peter Robinson
*Sir Hans Sloane
*David Trimble
*william Whitelaw, Betty Williams

Places

*Antrim Round Tower
*Belfast Botanic Gardens [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A1317502.shtml]
*Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve
*Giant's Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Glenariff Forest Park
*Harland and Wolff [http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/A847703.shtml]
*Marble Arch Caves
*Navan Fort

port

*Gaelic Football, George Best [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/672852.stm] , Billie Bingham, Danny Blanchflower
*Darren Clarke
*Tony Dobbin, Joey Dunlop
*Janet Gray
*David Healey, Alex Higgins, Hurling
*Irish Football Association, Irish Rugby Football Union, Eddie Irvine
*Neill Lennon
*Willie John McBride, Tony McCoy
*Martin O'Neill
*Mary Peters
*Royal County Down, Royal Portrush
*Dennis Taylor

Television, Theatre, Film, Radio

*Colin Blakely, Stephen Boyd, Kenneth Branagh, Amanda Burton
*Frank Carson, Andrea Catherwood, Jimmy Cricket
*Roma Downey, Adrian Dunbar
*Eamonn Holmes, Gloria Hunniford
*John Irvine
*Patrick Kielty
*Dermot Murnaghan
*Bill Neely, Liam Neeson, Sam Neill, James Nesbitt
*Stephen Rea
*Derek Thompson
*Roy Walker

ee also

*Cultural icon
*List of cultural icons of England
*List of cultural icons of Scotland
*List of cultural icons of Wales
*Northern Ireland