Seagoe Hotel Portadown
22 Upper Church Lane Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, GT63 5JE, United Kingdom
Travel Blogs Nearby
One Final City
... about Northern Ireland was that it was the centre of a lot of conflict in the 1990s, and actually wasn't very safe for a while. I knew about the IRA, and had some vague knowledge about the troubles that had gone on there between the nationalist and unionist parties regarding the issue of Home Rule, but besides that, the city of Belfast, and the country of Northern Ireland really did remain a mystery.
However, for me, part of my experience abroad this semester ...
Murals and Teeth
... read seem fine but when the story behind it comes out they are a little misleading.
The final thing the driver explained was the history of a tall apartment block that can been seen from pretty much any where. It was located on the Catholic side and the top 3 floors were under the control of the British Army even though their neighbours were not too happy to have them there. The Army figured you want to come after us, you’ll need to hurt your own first.
...
Bonnie Wee Belfast
... lot from Michelle about "The Troubles" as the war between the Catholics and the Protestants is known. We plied her with questions about what it was like living in Belfast when it was a war-zone and what it is like now.
On the Tour of Terror we saw where Michelle used to live with some other Christians in one of the roughest Catholic areas. It was right next to a rough Protestant area so when things were getting really bad, a "Peace Wall" was ...
Giant's Causeway
... was a single handrail with large gaps between slats, but the current one is very stable, enclosed, and litigious-free.
Lunch at about 4pm in the small town of Cushendall, then on through Larne and down the motorway to Belfast arriving, wouldn't you know it, at 5:15 in the middle of peak hour. Checked in to our shoebox of a room at the euphemistically named 'Paddy's Palace', then had Chinese for tea down the road.
...
No mom, we are not going to get bombed!!
... food and drink for such a low price!!! Things were going all good until I bit into my samosa - it was pure meat (I later found out it was lamb!!!!). The menu clearly said they were veggie samosas. Now that I have eaten cows blood it wasn't a huge deal, but the thing that got me was that Sean had already eaten his LAMB samosa and didn't even notice it had meat in it and therefore failed to warn me of what was coming. How could he not tell there was meat in it???? I think I need ...


