Day Six
Monday -
It's a bank holiday, so most folks are off. Ciara & Seamus let Aoife stay home from
school, Rignach & Eimile are out. We take a walking tour around Derry. It is amazing.
We get a super tour of the murals in Derry. We meet Blackie's family. They live in Snow
White's Cottage. His Dad is sacristan at the Catholic Cathedral in Derry. We can't
remember the name of it. In the Afternoon, we're off to Donegal again, the Poison Glen,
Mt. Erigal ( the highest point in Donegal, Enya Country and the Bloody Foreland (Enya's Da
has a pub there), we've got sick kids again. A flat tire, home again & out to the
pubs!
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This greeted us when we first drove into Derry.
It kind of let us know the troubles weren't over. |
We're headin' out for a tour of Donegal.
that's Aiofe in the helmet. Rignach took a turn
on the back of her Da's bike, too. |
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This is a striking mural of Bloody Sunday. You'll notice the priest waving the
white handkerchief. |
| Here' s another moving mural. |
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The girls gathered in the backyard before we venture out to the Poison Glen! |
| Seamus in a contemplative mood, and a do-rag for protection from the sun. |
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Mike & Seamus strolling the historic wall of the city. |
This is a window in the Church of Ireland Cathedral in Derry.
Do you think the Pentax might have helped? |
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A mural in commemoration of the Battle of the Bogside. |
| This is a must have.............not exactly a Kodak moment, but a moving feeling in
your gut! |
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This is Mt. Erigal. It is the highest point in Donegal.
This is from the car, after we pass the Poison Glen. |
| Here's Mike & Seamus swapping stories at Leo's Tavern. Leo is Enya's father. He
runs a pub in northern Donegal. It's deep in the heart of the Gaelic country. We really
like Enya, so this is special to us. We also enjoy Seamus's stories....he can really tell
a good story! |
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Here's Eimile & Mike into a duet on the piano at Leo's Tavern. Eimile is really
a natural. She picked up her part quite easily. We have some cheese Toasties at Leo's.
Sorry to say that after we leave, Eimile & Aoife get sick. At the same time we have a
flat tire. The people around couldn't have been nicer. They even brought water to the
girls. |
| Here's Seamus and Rignach on the bike as we leave Leo's Tavern. That's a great
bike.
A '63
Triumph, I believe. |
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You won't believe what Seamus is doing here. We're off on the back roads of
Donegal, and he wants to show us some peat. Turf, sod. They burn it for heat. |
It has been a very long day. We have had such a marvelous time, I'm not sure we've
absorbed all that we've learned. Back to the house for a rest, a good meal and then we're
out again to see Derry at night! This time it's dark when we get to sleep!
