Derry Travel Blogs

My last day in Derry was a rainy day, so I checked out the Tower Museum, which chronicles the history of the City and also the discovery of one of the sunken ships of the Spanish Armada, which was a failed attempt to invade England in 1588.  After that I grabbed groceries and headed back to th…

After leaving Drogheda, we headed north toward Derry, our destination for the day.  On the way, we made a stop at a rather random cemetary.  This, however, turned out to be a really neat place!  The graves were hundreds of years old and there were celtic crosses that dated back over …

I was not nervous at all going to Northern Ireland just anxious. Back home, people said we should be extra careful, stay on the bus with all the troubles going on with the political conflict, but I figured what happens, happens and is beyond our control. Our director said we could possibly be …

So I just recently got back from a three week intensive visit to Ireland/Northern Ireland where I was studying for school credit. I got some studying done, lots of sightseeing, and even more drinking with the locals and my new friends! Enjoy!

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com) To me the only indication that we had crossed out of the Republic of Ireland and into the United Kingdom was that the speed-limit signs suddenly switched to miles per hour. But, given all the political turmoil over the allegiance of the s…

Today the guide had a short tour scheduled for us.  The bus took us into town where the inner part of the city is completely surrounded by a wall.  We walked around the wall and a local guide gave us some of the history.  He pointed out some of the murals from their famous "Bloody Su…

Hey and welcome to the blog about me and my trip to Ireland. I'll be abroad the whole semester so expect constant updates from about the end of August to the middle of December.

Recorrido por la ciudad antigua y sus murallas. Vistas de los famosos murales en Free Derry´s Corner y monumento del Bloody Sunday

Nessie, a wedding and family, oh my!

A few pics from Northern Ireland

Let's see where this will take me...

The Cross of Saint George waved from the lampposts leading into Derry.  The name of the town was actually changed to Londonderry back in 1613 during the Plantation of Ulster, but the Irish and most Northern Irish, particularly nationalists who resent the insertion of the “London” prefix an…

First of all, I'd like ot explain why I keep writing "Derry / Londondery". As You maybe know, Northern Ireland has been in conflict for many years. The general problem was whether Northern Ireland should belong to Republic of Ireland (idea supported by Catholics) or to Unit…

A road trip around the United Kingdom and travelling throughout Europe!

So i decided to take a trip around coleraine and castlerock for the day and it was very intersting.