Worth a Return Trip: Ireland
I’ve been to Ireland (both Northern Ireland and the Republic), but I’m ready to go back again any time. In part that is because we have friends there (I miss you Andrew and Lesley!) and Read More …
Category: Northern Ireland
Photo Thursday: My First Visit to Mount Stewart Gardens, Northern Ireland
In 2004 I visited Ireland for the first time, spending my time in the northern half of the country. Less familiar to most travelers than the south, northern Ireland (both the Republic and Northern Ireland Read More …
Exploring Ireland
Travel journals Ireland 2004 Touring the North of Ireland (December 11, 2012) Ireland 2009 (London and Ireland)
London and Ireland 2009 itinerary
Touring London Day 1: In Christopher Wren’s City (June 17) Day 2: Exploring London’s history (June 18) Breakfast at Apostrophe Apostrophe is the neighborhood bakery and coffee shop where we eat a scrumptious breakfast of Read More …
Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge, Northern Ireland
This was another place I wanted to get to on my last visit to Ireland with Michele in 2004 and didn’t because of howling winds. Today couldn’t be more different, with clear blue skies and Read More …
Giant’s Causeway World Heritage site (Following Finn McCool’s footsteps in Northern Ireland)
The Giant’s Causeway World Heritage site in Northern Ireland is a geologic wonder steeped in legend. The Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast is the only UNESCO World Heritage site in Northern Ireland.
Dunluce Castle, Northern Ireland
The northern coast of Northern Ireland can be lonely place that feels lost in time. Dunluce Castle (Dún Lios) is a melancholy-feeling place that hangs forlornly above the sea as if the ruins are perpetually Read More …
Belfast from the Air
The commercial center of Belfast is a pleasant , walkable place, with a host of historic buildings, including the opera house (which we don’t enter) and the Ulster Hall (which we do). Among the historic Read More …
The Crown Liquor Saloon, Belfast
The Crown Bar as it exists today goes back to 1885, a time when Catholic churches were being built throughout Ireland and highly skilled Italian craftsmen were in Dublin to do that work. It was Read More …
Belfast Black Taxi Tour
Irish history is long, complicated, and pretty tragic. It’s also isn’t really history yet. As an American whose immigrant grandparents mostly left the past behind in the “old country,” history has little hold on me. Read More …