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Intervarsities
... following day. We won all 6 games we played, which were against all the possible teams we could play the next day. The 4-seed ended up forfeiting so we had an auto-bid to the championship game for the Plate. When we played in this game, we simply were outplayed by the other team, who we had beaten twice the previous day, and we lost in two. I had a lot of fun playing a lot of volleyball, though, I've missed playing ...
Castle of the Orangeman
... Though the battle was fought for England the actual fighting took place in Ireland - the famous Battle of the Boyne secured a victory for William (made king) and Protestantism in the British Isles.
We were able to get off the bus for a few minutes to take some snapshots, but the castle itself was apparently closed to the public that day. Even so - I'm pretty sure I saw some tourists in the castle windows. Perhaps the driver just wanted us to be punctual.
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Day 8/Carrick
... Carrie then took us to Belfast where we drove around and observed the murals.Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present divisions. Northern Ireland contains arguably the most famous political murals.
Almost 2,000 murals have been documented in Northern Ireland since the
1970s. The murals more often ...
Murals and Teeth
... night, this particular gate is also linked to the CCTV network so that if there is any trouble they shut automatically and eliminate what is a very quick escape route.
During the height of the trouble, there were a series of gates (Ring of Steel) which were shut between 11pm – 6am every night. These gates when shut closed off the city centre minimising opportunities to plant bombs at night and further divided the two sides during the night.
After the ...
Béal Feirsde - Mouth of Sandbars
... and a plaque with the names of the people (army and civilians) who were killed just from that immediate area. the houses along the wall had cages on the back of the houses where the porch would usually go to protect them from anything coming over the wall. next we went to falls road where there were lots of catholic murals. we drove past the ira's family garden but didn't stop because the irish flag was raised which meant members and their families were there and they're not ...
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