Broomhill Hotel Derry

on friday jen, alana and i started the northern shocker tour (with about 20 other people). we caught the bus from dublin to trim castle and had a quick walk around the outside of the walls then got back on the bus. next stop was at a megalithic tomb, we climbed up a mountain through a sheep field in the most delightful weather! the tomb is older than the giza pyramids, we could only fit about 6 people in at a time so we spent alot of time standing outside in the rain ...

... to drink you have this city to thank for your hangover. There are huge murals on both sides of the wall. The Protestant side has images memorializing hit men and thugs who "fought" for their cause and other glorifying the conquest of Ireland by the English. But then you move to the Catholic side. The Irish Republicans up in Belfast relate strongly to the Palestinian cause, and they have murals calling for an end to "Israeli Barbarianism." Others have Jewish Stars and Swastikas side ...

... be part of the republic of Ireland. Derry is also the site of the Bloody Sunday massacres, where peaceful protests were being held, the British Army came in and shot at least 14 people dead, and wounded more. We had a walking tour of Derry and got to check out more beautiful murals. Now i don't have the answers, or the soloution, but i'd like to think that one day people could just get along. <br><br>Off to tea, found a cheap cheap place with jugs of cocktail for £7 and then to bed. <br>

... down the pass and stopped so I could take a picture. When I got out of the car, I could hear running water, so I searched until I found a little rushing stream coming down the mountain. It was a wonderful surprise find.<br><br>Once we cleared the pass, we started back to Buncrana. Near the town of Clonmany, John saw a sign for a waterfall, so we stopped to find it. Gleniven waterfall is a little over ½ mile back in a lovely wooded area, and was a more wonderful find than my ...

... wind and we saw birds that were stationary overhead. Instead, we saw a sign for Doe Castle, and went to investigate. The sun was peeking out as we walked to the ruins, but it started to rain as we left. John went to the car while I huddled in a doorway, and my white knight brought me my raincoat. Of course, the rain stopped as soon as we got to the car.<br><br>We moved on to the Atlantic Drive, a circular tour of the Rosguill Peninsula. The Atlantic was ...

... but we weren&#8217;t up to that, so we just looked at them for a bit, and drove away. Which was lucky, as it ****** down a couple of minutes later.<br><br>Then, we drove across the Glen Gesh Pass, which was supposed to be spectacular, but wasn&#8217;t nearly as good as Healy Pass between Cork and Kerry.

... i seriously recomend going down there by the bus that you only pay 2 pounds as it gives you alot more time to explore this area. I aslo recomend not doing it in the wet as it is very very slipperly!!! Off to Derry we went where we had a local give us a guided tour around the town and the history. I can't remember the guys name but he did a excellent job and really brought reality in front of us to what has happened in the past and what is happening in the future.

... one full day in the city, we started with a tour. Derry (or Londonderry depending who you ask) is a walled city with a violent history from "the troubles." This, after all, is the site of "Bloody Sunday!" Our tour was around the wall of the city with some history of what all took place both a long time ago and recently. It was great- so informative and quite funny. We then toured around the shops a bit and grabbed some ...

... fortified British Army observation post, and then looked down on the Fountain housing estate, with red, white and blue painted kerbs, Union Jacks hanging from the lightposts and Loyalist murals crying &#8220;No Surrender&#8221; showing the Protestant allegiances.<br> <br>Finishing our circuit of the city walls we ended up at the Guildhall, a large and important civic building with some incredible stained-glass windows. The windows ...

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