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Game of Thrones Set to be Turned into Tourist Attractions in Northern Ireland

By Maggie Holland, Assistant Editor
May / June 2019

May 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

"The world’s most popular show," Game of Thrones, may have wrapped up, but that doesn’t mean you’ve seen the last of Westeros. HBO plans to convert several of the series’ filming locations in Northern Ireland into tourist destinations in an attraction called Game of Thrones Legacy, with a target opening date sometime in 2019. Winterfell, Castle Black, … [Read more...] about Game of Thrones Set to be Turned into Tourist Attractions in Northern Ireland

July 6, 1907

Ireland’s Crown Jewels are found missing on this day in 1907, just before days before a state visit by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The theft remains a mystery to this day. Arthur Vicars, Officer of Arms at Dublin Castle, held the jewels in his office and publicly accused his second in command, Francis Shackleton. Shackleton was exonerated and the case was never solved. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used this historical event as the influence for his Sherlock Holmes story “The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.”

Game of Thrones Set to be Turned into Tourist Attractions in Northern Ireland

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