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Graffiti Artist, Belfast, Northern Ireland

July 24, 2013July 8, 2013 by Tom Bartel
graffiti artist belfast

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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Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

November 26, 2018July 7, 2013 by Tom Bartel
giants causeway northern ireland

When we’re somewhat close, we usually go out of our way to visit Unesco World Heritage sites. In this case, we tore ourselves away from the Bushmill’s Irish Whiskey Distillery … Read more

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The Bogside Artists, Derry, Northern Ireland

January 31, 2016July 6, 2013 by Tom Bartel

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 illustrate the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland.

Categories Europe, Ireland, Northern Ireland

Bloody Sunday Monument, Derry, Northern Ireland

July 24, 2013July 3, 2013 by Tom Bartel
bloody sunday monument derry northern ireland

The “Troubles” in Northern Island may be over, but they’re not forgotten. In Bogside, the Catholic area of Derry, signs, murals, monuments still proliferate in the streets.

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Yeats’ Lake Isle of Innisfree, Sligo, Ireland

November 27, 2019July 3, 2013 by Tom Bartel
lake isle innisfree ireland

The Isle of Innisfree is an uninhabited island within Lough Gill, in County Sligo, Ireland, where Yeats spent his summers as a child. Yeats never actually lived on Innisfree. Nor does anyone else. … Read more

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Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland

March 17, 2020June 27, 2013 by Tom Bartel
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As the line of Union Jacks in the transept of Dublin’s Saint Patrick’s Cathedral suggests, this Saint Patrick’s is not a Catholic church. It’s the cathedral of the Church of … Read more

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Wolfe Tone’s Grave, County Kildare, Ireland

June 27, 2013 by Tom Bartel
wolfe tone's grave bodenstown Kildare

Wolfe Tone was known as the father of Irish republicanism. Inspired by the American and French Revolutions, he believed that the Irish would also have to fight to achieve their … Read more

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Churchyard, Glendalough, Wicklow, Ireland

June 26, 2013 by Tom Bartel
church glendalough ireland

As we strolled around the Upper Lake at Glendalough National Park in County Wicklow, Ireland, signs led us to the ruins of this small Romanesque church tucked back in a … Read more

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