Derry or Londonderry is the second-biggest city in Northern Ireland, and the fourth-biggest city on the island of Ireland. Even though the legal name is Londonderry, it’s more commonly known as Derry. The city covers both banks of the River Foyle, but the old walled city is on the west bank of the river. [...]
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. According to wikipedia, it’s the 15th largest city in the United Kingdom and the second largest on the island of Ireland, and the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly.The city forms part of the largest urban area in Northern Ireland, [...]
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My recent trip to Ireland was with my mother, and Polly #2! My mother had never been there, and had a pretty good idea of what she wanted to see. First of all, we did an eight day bus tour that took us completely [...]
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Debbie and Polly were very excited to learn that they would be visiting the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Debbie had heard of it, but had never had the opportunity to go there. As you can see from the pictures, it couldn’t have been a more perfect day! According to the Giant’s Causeway Official Guide: [...]
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We had a nice visit to Cobh (pronounced Cove) when we were in Ireland. Cobh was once known as Queenstown, and was the last port of call for the Titanic. We had a very interesting tour given to us by Micheal Martin, a local historian. Cobh is a very pretty, picturesque town that’s located in [...]
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One of the places we visited in Ireland was Glendalough, where we visited the monastic ruins. According to wikipedia: Glendalough (Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning “Glen of Two Lakes”) is a glacial valley located in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit [...]
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During the Famine period, an estimated half-million Irish were evicted from their cottages, and there were two ways that they were removed. The first one was by putting the male of the family in jail for owing back rent, and then the rest of his family would be put out into the streets. The other [...]
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As we were driving through County Donegal, we came across a quaint little Folk Village museum in Glencolmcille. We didn’t have much time to stop and actually tour the museum, but we did check out the nearby beach, and had a quick bite to eat in the restaurant that near the gift shop of the [...]
We had an absolutely gorgeous day to visit the Cliffs of Moher. Debbie and Candee visited the cliffs when they were in Ireland several years ago, but unfortunately they didn’t arrive until evening when it was close to sunset. They got some great views and pictures, but didn’t have as much time to spend there [...]
Killybegs is the largest fishing port in Ireland, and is located in County Donegal. It’s a natural deep water harbor which handles big fishing ships, and also deals with the shipping industry. Recently, Killybegs has become a port for the importation of wind turbines, and is a service port for the offshore gas/oil drilling rigs. [...]
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