looking for troubles

Some observations about “the Troubles”… Having spent all of four days in Northern Ireland, I would not presume to be able to tell you what it was/is all about, but I can tell you what I saw, felt and had relayed to me. Ireland was ruled by the Catholic King James II, and it was […]

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Belfast

We caught the bus up to Belfast from Dublin, a two hour easy trip and were delivered to the Europa Bus terminal. I find it curious that whilst Dublin, as capital of Ireland, is part of the EU, uses the euro, and incoming (non EU) passengers from the UK need to pass through passport control.  […]

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