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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is an underrated and often overlooked region that usually surprises visit-
ors with its memorable scenery and friendly people.
An interesting hybrid of Irish and Scottish cultures, Northern Ireland is only 17 miles
from Scotland at its closest point. The accents you'll hear in the North are distinctly differ-
ent from their counterparts south of the border. When a Northern Irishman on a train asks
to have a look at your “pepper,” he means your “paper” (as in “newspaper”).
Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and occupies six of the nine counties
of the ancient Irish province of Ulster. With a population just a bit larger than that of
Phoenix, it's small enough to have one phone book for the entire province. Its coast boasts
the alligator-skin volcanic geology of the Giant's Causeway and the lush Glens of Antrim,
while its interior is dominated by rolling hills of pastoral serenity and Lough Neagh, the
UK's biggest lake.
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