Exploris in Portaferry is Northern Ireland's only aquarium. It's one of a kind and was opened as 'The Northern Ireland Aquarium' in 1987 and then later re-opened by Prince Charles in 1994 as Exploris. Personally, when I think of aquariums I think of cold, blue spaces that smell of fish and damp...so when it was| Exploris in Portaferry is Northern Ireland's only aquarium. It's one of a kind and was opened as 'The Northern Ireland Aquarium' in 1987 and then later re-opened by Prince Charles in 1994 as Exploris. Personally, when I think of aquariums I think of cold, blue spaces that smell of fish and damp...so when it was