A few questions for the folks in Northern Ireland!?

Question

1. How cold does it get during the winter months?

2. What are the most populated cities?

3. What is Northern Ireland known for, insofar as exports etc?

4. Are there homes for sale that have lots of open acres (25

acres), minimum?

5. What do you do for entertainment during the summer

months and during the winter months?

Thank you in advance for your support

Answer 1

1. Very. Frost and rain most days sometimes snow although the older people say it used to be worse 50 years ago

2. Belfast then Derry. The other 'cities' arent that populous Newry, Lisburn, Craigavon, Armagh - just really big towns

3. Agricultural produce. Used to be linen and ships one time but those have declined

4. Very, very few and those that are the prices will be massively inflated. Rural planning restrictions have caused an explosion in the price of development sites rurally. A site that size with planning permission would be worth millions nowadays. Buy one with a dwelling on and no permission to build it'll be less but still costly.

5. Summer, one half watches/plays GAA football the other watches/marches in Orange Order parades. Stereotype but partly true. Just parties, sport, holiday making much like the rest of the world. Winters can be miserable - socialising, pubs, nightclubs, restaurants, cinema all of that as long as its indoors.

Answer 2

Well, thanks for asking - this is a great wee country! Here are my replies to your questions, but just interested what prompted them? Are you thinking of moving to live here? going on holiday here?? writing a Uni assignment on us???

1. between 0 and about 15 degrees, just very occasionally below zero.

2. Belfast is the most populated with 180,000 people,

Lisburn, 112,000

Derry, 85,000

Newry, 48,000

Armagh, 10-18,000

3. Was known for ship-building and the linen industry and shirt making. Now a farming area, with milk and meat exports

4. Yes, lots of homes can be bought (at a price!) with open space around.

5. Summer, beautiful tourism sights, sport, walking caravanning; winter, local arts and theatre, Waterfront concert Hall and Odyssey sports arena, Ice Hockey, boxing