Category: Northern Ireland
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May 15, 2023 – Derry, Northern Ireland
Took the train and a bus from Derry to the Giant’s Causeway. The trip took about two hours to the site. The Giant’s Causeway is exposed columns of basalt. The columns are hexagonal (six sided). They were created about 60 million years ago when lava cooled rapidly caused by seawater. Nah, just kidding. The Causeway…
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May 14, 2023 – Derry, Northern Ireland
Derry was another hub of violence during The Troubles, the period between 1969 and 1998 when those mainly of the Protestant persuasion couldn’t get along with the Catholics and vice versa. The Protestants had the power and the backing of the British. Things started to escalate in the late 60s and early 70s. The British…
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May 13, 2023 – Derry, Northern Ireland
Took a train around noon from Belfast to Derry. On this train trip I had plenty of legroom. The ride was pleasant with nice countryside and sometimes sea coast to look at. The sun even came out and shined. The trip was about two hours and cost 14 Ulster pounds which is about $17.50. Found…
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May 12, 2023 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
Went on an hour and a half tour of a segregated section of Belfast. By segregated, Protestants, who are pro-Britain, and Catholics, who are for a united Ireland, live in separate neighborhoods. Belfast is like a chess board of Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods. In this section there’s even a wall with gates that open mainly…
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May 11, 2023 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
One of the highlights of Belfast is Titanic Belfast, a great museum devoted to the ship Titanic. You may have heard of it. It was built here. There are lots of displays explaining the design, construction, working conditions of the ship builders, Belfast in the early 1900s, the voyage of the Titanic and the sinking…
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May 10, 2023 – Belfast, Northern Ireland
Took the train to Belfast late this morning. It took just over two hours from Dublin. The train isn’t fast. The isle of Ireland just isn’t large. Wish I could say the train ride was a pleasure but there wasn’t enough legroom. Sat at a table with three other people and it was hard to…
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