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Travel Blogs from Clogher
A Day of Information and Reflection
... city, go to school separately, and avoid each other as much as possible. There are 48 walls separating them in many places of the city. The Peace Wall that is 3 miles long was built in 1970 as a temporary measure to keep people from the Shankill Road (Protestant) area and the Falls Road (Catholic) area apart so the army didn’t have to be there all of the time. In places, this wall is 45 – 47 feet tall. In the Catholic area where some homes back onto ...
A Wonderful Weekend in the Lakelands
... tress covered in moss! There were fields and fields of bluebells, which only bloom towards the end of April and through May. There was a rocky river that led down to rushing waterfalls and each bit of the forest was covered in a different shade of green, with water droplets falling from each surface. It was so mystical and other-worldly that I never wanted to leave Claddagh Glens. We experienced a small bit of rain on our walk, but I hardly noticed as I was sheltered by ...
Day 10 - Derry to Omagh
... land in the church graveyard and blow the graves up, one time sending an occupant of the grave back over the wall into Bogside :/ At St Columb’s cathedral we learnt about a book which is housed in this location which tells how many people died from starvation or clashes per day during ‘The Siege’ and the cost of ‘food’…A rat cost one shilling, a mouse, sixpence and a dogs head was 2 shillings and sixpence!
We then headed ...
Report back Day 19 Sligo to Cavan
... of huge rocks for miles just to bury someone. Great commitment. We then went to the most beautiful church I have ever seen. This was the Tobernault Holy well. We were advised during Henry VIII reign all of the catholic priests were hunted down and the churches we taken. As a result the priests were driven underground. If located performing Mass the priests were taken tortured and killed. So Mass was held in the woods at places called Holy wells. There was ...
Returning To Our Roots
Killeshandra was the local identified as the birthplace of my 2nd Great Grandfather, William Follis (7/30/1830). The town is small and reminded me quite a bit of Whatcom county where William finally settled and lived out his days (11/25/1918). It must have reminded him of home. Rolling hills and lots of cattle. The area is famous for its creamery. We went to Kilmore ...
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