Giant's Causeway

Amazing!

Giant's Causeway!

Local salmon with potatoe-leek soup for a quick lunch break on the tour.

Antrim Coast

Feeling the breeze off the Irish Sea along the Antrim coast.

There are a lot of sheep in Ireland!

Guarding the approach to Belfast Lough since 1177.

Giant's Causeway Tour. First as top: Carrickfergus Castle

Great art all around.

Fish and chips with mushy peas for my first Northern Ireland dinner.

Sunset Bullitt lager on the rooftop.

213 year old building burned last week. Smoke smell in the air. Major streets closed in the city center.

WWI battle memorial installation outside City Hall. 3775 men from Belfast killed in the Battle of the Somme, none of which have a grave.

Seeing Belfast City Hall for the first time.

Deep wounds. Very powerful.

Then learning the Tory side.

Adding my name to the wall.

At the wall

At the Peace Wall, still separating parts of West Belfast.

At one of the six gates separating Catholics and Protestants. Shut every night at 7pm until 7am.

At Sinn Féin headquarters.

Learning the Catholic side of the Troubles first. Panels along the road tell the story loud and clear

Hopping in a Black London Taxi and heading into IRA parts of West Belfast!

Meeting Marc, my driver for the Black Taxi Troubles Tour

Seeing the famous Samson and Goliath cranes on Queen's Island, Belfast.

At the Northern Ireland Public Records Office looking for a birth certificate for my Great Great Grandfather. Not an easy task.

Wow, Belfast! Beautiful!

The Big Fish!

Hotel rooftop bar view.

Walkway into the Bullitt Hotel (later at night).

Early Monday morning at Dublin Connolly. Heading north to Belfast!

Bullet holes still in the Dublin Post Office from the 1916 Easter Rising

Homeless street artist

Art

Lots of cool street art.

More classic Dublin sites along the way.

The game ends: Dublin wins the championship! Blue shirted fans everywhere. Red shirts from Tyrone too, with everyone getting along, showing respect and class.

Lunch outside in Temple Bar. Pie of the day with salad and chips ... and a Guiness.

Walking and riding the Luas all around Central Dublin

Flags, gold, history inside St. Patrick's

Inside St. Patrick's

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Dublin Castle

Lots of decorations due to Dublin playing Tyrone for the Gaelic football championship. Dublin won!

My first Irish breakfast

End of run pic without realizing until later it was a Hall moment!

Sunday morning jog down to St. Stephen's Green

Bachelors Walk along the River Liffey

Ha'penny Bridge