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Wow - imagine being here !!!
Yesterday we drove from Dublin to Dunfanaghy which is in northern Donegal. It was a long drive but we stopped on the way at the Belleek pottery centre and saw some of the work there and some of the historic pieces on display. We also watched a video on how they make this pottery. Thanks to Laura for telling me about Belleek - I hadn't known about it before. We also stopped at a place ...
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
... cross to a small Island. On the Island, Salmon fisherman lived and worked and had built the bridge to get across. When we arrived we were disappointed to find out that we weren’t allowed to cross due to the windy conditions as by the time we arrived at the bridge it would was to be closed. We were told we could still walk down to it and have a look so off we went. When we arrived, the guy manning the bridge told us we could still cross! So he let us go. It ...
Day 9
No Internet last night so I didn't send a blog. We arrived in Belfast at about 1900. Then had a tour of the city. Very interesting place. The guide was insistent that the 'troubles' where over but they had their 3rd night of riots last night and the city is divided by high fences with razor wire on top with one side catholic and the other side Protestant. As we travelled north ...
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