Bank Restaurant and Bar (the Dublin Version)
The Bank on College Green: A bit fancier than Bank in Minneapolis. Exploring Ireland
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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 …
The Gardens at Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland
Grey Abbey is along Strangford Lough. So too is Mount Stewart, a stately manor house surrounded by magnificent gardens. I was here with Michele in 2004 and have been eager to return ever since. That Read More …
Grey Abbey church, Northern Ireland
We are in Northern Ireland mostly because we have friends here. This is a good thing for many reasons, including the fact that they have taken my rather scatter-brained ideas about what we would like Read More …
Walking the Burren in Ireland
We are driving along through the limestone pavement that makes up the Burren. From the car it looks as though we are simply driving through rocky meadows etched with stone fences, but I know this Read More …