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Day trip to Belfast on the Enterprise

"What if you crossed a border, changed currency and were home for dinner?"

Why this is so fun

There is something quietly brilliant about leaving Dublin Connolly on a Tuesday morning and stepping off in Belfast two hours later feeling like you have actually gone somewhere. The accent shifts, the currency changes, the murals on the Falls and Shankill roads tell stories your history books only half explained. You grab a coffee in the Cathedral Quarter, wander St George's Market, and realise a border crossed on a train feels less like a boundary and more like an invitation. You are home for dinner, but something has shifted a little.

Someone who did this

Ciara (31), Roscommon — works in credit union admin, keeps meaning to take up swimming

I'd been saying I'd do Belfast for about three years, so when I saw a return on the Enterprise for €29 I just booked it before I could talk myself out of it.

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First 3 steps

  1. 1Book a cheap advance Enterprise fare at irishrail.ie for any weekday soon.
  2. 2Plan a walk from Lanyon Place through Cathedral Quarter to St George's Market.
  3. 3Bring sterling cash — Belfast runs on pounds, not euro.
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