Northern Ireland Travel Blogs

     The next day we got up and headed towards Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, I've always wanted to go there based solely on the fact that it is one of my favorite Irish songs. There was a thick fog that morning that made Carlingford appear mystical. We weren't …

Northern Ireland is the region that contains an extraordinary beauty of spectacular coastal scenery of dramatic cliffs and headlands broken by the wide sweep of fresh sandy beaches backed by Dunes. Within the days of my stay, I enjoyed these fantastic landscapes and the most beautiful and…

Im into the final 2 days of working life - for a while at least - and im looking at my bank balance wondering how i managed to save so much money..... then i remember i have lived like a hermit for the past 6 months.  LA first.... they say learn to walk before you can  run so i hop…

Seeing as this hostel sucked and they never even told us what time check-out was we decided to just sleep in and not set an alarm and get up when we felt like it. We woke around 10ish I think and then just started to pack up our stuff to leave. They had storage for bags so that was nice and we left…

I set out to collect my biggest son Rudi from Belfast International Airport and took the camera along as the weather was changeable with occasional sun. I drove the back roads from home (Ardsbeg, Gortahork - Donegal), over the Muckish Gap (Muckish is a local mountain see description), pas…

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…

Queens university was founded by Queen Victoria in 1845 but it's roots go back as far as 1810. The university is set in a beautiful part of Belfast,next door is the Botanic Gardens.    

Summer Madness is a yearly event run by a Christian organisation called Exodus to serve Irelands youth and give them a Soul Survivor-like experience.I first sent a demo in to Summer Madness about 8 years ago in my old band. Did try 2 more times over the years but never got a chance to go over. Ho…

After working on the great bridge night and day for a week, Finn was tired. He needed to rest so that he would be ready to fight his foe, a giant named Benandonner.  So he bought time (and, as it turned out, achieved victory) by a cunning ruse.  Benandonner came to Finn's house, ready to …

Home ready for the next trip! Since this is a retrospective look at some trips I have done as I didn't have this account at the time, I'll just swing right through onto my next forrage up the coast. This time it was with mum on a sunny day in March....

So here I am, just over a week to go before the off and yet I still haven't bought a suitcase. I decided a few months ago I needed a change of scenery. I needed to stop just plodding along and get myself out there and experience other cultures and places. There is so much out there that is worth se…

Heading into Northern Ireland was very odd.  Once again my police ID helped smooth the way as I went through the border.  The country is still in the grips of terror and I saw several graffiti slogans as the train came closer to IRA country.  Belfast must be the quietest city in …

This profile shot seemed too dark for me, so I lightened it a little. Brings the attractive girls' face out more!  Lou, (silvercircle) said she liked the shot like it was so as to show off the cliffs and ocean behind her, but I felt I could lighten her face some without detracting from the bac…

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 …

A bloke phoned me up and asked me: 'Hey how about a beer?' And I said: 'Sure.' 'And how about a beer in Dublin?'And I said: 'Sure.' And so we went to Belfast. The three of us. I know it doesn't make sense. Hang on.There was three of us because we phoned a third guy, and it was Belfast because we di…