All along Rossville Street, in Bogside, Derry, are murals painted by a trio of artists collectively known as The Bogside Artists. Tom Kelly, his brother William Kelly, and Kevin Hasson started painting the murals in 1993 to memorialize the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland.
The Isle of Innisfree is an uninhabited island within Lough Gill, in County Sligo, Ireland, where the poet W.B. Yeats spent his summers as a child.
Famous Ben Bulben mountain can be seen from the gravestone of the Irish poet W. B. Yeats, author of the poem “Under Ben Bulben,” which features his burial instructions. “Horseman, pass by.”
More than 35 years after our first visit, we returned to Sligo, the town and the county of Ireland made famous by the poetry of W.B. Yeats. We wanted to … Read more
Kris and I visited 13 foreign countries in 2013. In order: Spain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Japan, back to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. … Read more
I can talk about this now, and I’ll start by saying Tom is a very good driver. And I am a very good navigator. I can read a map, have a good sense of direction, and am good at planning routes, scenic or otherwise. But things are different here in the UK and in the Republic of Ireland, and I’m not just talking about driving on the left. For both driver and passenger, I offer these true stories and tidbits of advice.
The message read, “This site has been blocked as potentially politically controversial. If you think this message has appeared in error, please see your network administrator,” or something like that. Had I accidentally Googled my way into a terrorist site? No, as a matter of fact, I was trying to look up UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ireland. I was in my room at Bewley’s Hotel in the Ballsbridge neighborhood of Dublin, a fairly nice place, the nicest place I’d been in for quite a while.
From various high points in County Wicklow, you can see the sea both to the west and to the east. It’s just a faint blue line from here, so you … Read more
I’m told that fans of Game of Thrones will recognize this scene from Northern Ireland, where much of Game of Thrones is filmed, evidently. Sorry, but I’ve only seen snippets … Read more
Just after finishing a spray paint portrait of Margaret Thatcher, a graffiti artist sprayed a white rectangle next to Maggie to prepare his next canvas. We stopped a bit and … Read more
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