Ulster American Folk Park
Conferences & Meetings at the Ulster American Folk Park
As a conference highlight, a special cultural programme, including hospitality, tours, demonstrations and traditional music can be tailored to your event. The Ship and Dockside Gallery can facilitate both business and social functions and the latest meeting amenities can be made available.
Ship and Dockside Gallery
The Ship and Dockside Gallery at the heart of the Ulster American Folk Park is located beside the full-scale replica emigrant ship. This space is ideal for a breakfast meeting or evening lecture or seminar. Guests can then take a tour of the Folk Park pre or post meeting.
| At a glance |
| Room Name |
Banquet |
Cabaret |
Theatre |
Classroom |
Available for hire |
Floor Level |
Wheel-
chair access |
Min booking period |
| Ship Gallery |
80 |
60 |
120 |
TBC |
7am-9am
6pm-1am
|
Ground |
Yes |
2hours |
Education Suite
The Education Centre is located at the heart of the Ulster American Folk Park and overlooks both the Old World at Ulster Street and the New World at American Street. It contains a number of breakout rooms.
The Education Suite’s classrooms are ideal for workshops or meetings of approx 15-40 people. The seminar room has a screen and data projector. All of the rooms on this floor have disabled access. Please note we do not provide an AV technician to oversee your meeting as part of our facilities hire but we can organize this for an additional fee. Alternatively, you may bring in your own technician.
| At a glance |
| Room Name |
Banquet |
Cabaret |
Theatre |
Classroom |
Available for hire |
Floor Level |
Wheel-
chair access |
Min booking period |
| Seminar Room |
- |
- |
40 |
- |
9am-6pm
|
1st floor |
Yes |
4 hours |
| Education 1 |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
9am-6pm
|
1st floor |
Yes |
4 hours |
| Education 2 |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
9am-6pm
|
1st floor |
Yes |
4 hours |
| Education 3 |
- |
- |
15 |
- |
9am-6pm
|
1st floor |
Yes |
4 hours |
Additional information
Catering
Our resident caterers have a range of dining options and are happy to tailor menus for conference breakfasts, comfort breaks, lunches and dinners, or you may bring in your own caterer.
Car parking
Parking is available in the grounds of the Ulster American Folk Park. There are 12 parking bays for coaches and 275 car spaces as well as 14 disabled spaces.
Location
Ulster American Folk Park is 45 minutes from Derry and 1.5 hours from Belfast. It is 4 miles north of Omagh on the A5 road to Strabane.
Accommodation
There are a number of hotels close to the Ulster American Folk Park, including the Mellon Country Hotel and the Silverbirch Hotel. For further information and special offers on accommodation please go to www.discovernorthernireland/convention.
Accompanying person programmes
If your delegates are bringing their partners with them to Omagh for the duration of the conference we can also offer accompanying persons programmes at the Ulster American Folk Park.
Event Services
We have a number of preferred suppliers with experience of setting up and executing a variety of events at the Ulster American Folk Park, from AV and lighting to stage hire. For further information please speak to our events team.
Events Team
Members of our dedicated events team are available to provide support and to facilitate your conference at the Ulster American Folk Park. For further information on our conference & meeting facilities, or to organize a site visit, please contact our Events Executive on +44 (0) 28 9039 5108 or complete the short form below:
Contact our events team