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At last - we got to see the Giant's Causeway
... of the inner walled part of the city that dates back to 1600's. Most of the tour information focused on the recent troubles - 1967 to 1980's. Most of the information has already left my brain but made such good sense at the time. We bought a DVD of the tour so I can get refreshed about what caused all of those terrible times.
Then we drove to Bushmills, a small town on the north coast just east of Derry. We drove out to ...
Wow - imagine being here !!!
... a great meal and looking forward to a walking tour of Derry tomorrow. We are staying close to Bogside where many of the "troubles" occurred back in the 70's. Then we are on to the Antrim coast and the Giant's Causeway. Being here is a bit of a bonus as it was not on "MY" agenda - but we are ahead of schedule so have time to do some looking around in what seems to be an interesting city.
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Derry
We spent two days here in Derry, Northern Ireland. Back to using pounds as currency so the exchange rate is rough but the price of things seem a wee bit less than when on the euro. Tje giants causeway was cool but it was a freezing windy raining day as well so we didnt stay out as long as we would have, by the end i was almost jogging. The ditillary was interesting andI was assuming we ...
Day 10 - Derry to Omagh
... when you visit the Free Derry catholic republican area. We stopped at the Tower Museum in Derry which had some interesting exhibits including more information on the potato blights effect, World War II's effect and 'The Troubles’ including Bloody Sunday and on a more light hearted note, an exhibition on the Spice Girls.
Wandering the walls near Bogside, we passed a church which when bombings occurred in the 1960’s, bombs thrown over the wall from ...
Day 9 - Northern Ireland Coast
... of stone that look so orderly. It was freezing and we were being blown away so we retreated to the car and headed on.
Our next stop was Londonderry (Derry). We arrived late at night and thought we’d try and see if they had a place available at a B&B in Bogside (the Catholic area at the heart of troubles during many of the riots). No such luck so we relied on our GPS to take us to a nearby hotel where we were happy to shower and hop into nice double ...
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