Northern Ireland 2 2008

On our drive to Derry, the oldest city in Ireland (6th Cent.), our guide told us about Easter Sunday and IRA Rebellion in 1916; the 1919 war between England and Ireland; and as recently as January 1972 – Bloody Sunday, the beginning of the “Troubles” which began with a Civil Rights march.
Finally, a treaty was signed in 1998 with the intervention of President Bill Clinton. The River Foyle divides the Protestants/Loyalists on one side and the Catholics/Irish on the other. It was renamed Londonderry by the British and referred to as the “Maiden City” since the walls from 1613 had never been breached.
While Kathy went on a walking tour of the walls in the rain, I visited a few museums and saw a replica of a 30 ft. barque with said used by St. Colmcille in 563 A.D. We ended our day by having Bailey’s cheesecake and tea.