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The Wilson Ancestral Home

The Wilson Ancestral Home
Location Strabane
Address 28 Spout Road,Dergalt,Strabane, BT82 8NB
Tel 028 7138 4444
Fax 028 7188 6142
Web www.strabanedc.com
Email pmcshane@strabanedc.com

Take a step back in time and enter the world of the "White House" with a visit to the Wilson Ancestral Home.Guided tours during July/August give an insight into the history behind our rich Ulster-American connections and how the fate of the 28th Presidency of the United States was to lie in the hands of local man James Wilson.

Visitors can also relive the ambience of bygone days in front of the traditional hearth fire, and in the carefully conserved rooms. Authentic artefacts on display include a wide selection of household furnishings, kitchen utensils and farm implements.

Opening Hours:

Open: July and August
Tuesday - Sunday:2.00pm - 5.00pm


(The facility also opens on European Heritage Open Days )

Free Entry

Situated 2 miles South-East of Strabane on B536 towards Plumbridge. Facilities nearby include car and coach parking at the the base of lane.

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