It’s the first home of the Titanic and one of the best places to learn about the ship’s history. It’s the location of the decades-long Troubles, when unpredictable sectarian violence rocked the nation — and the home of a fragile…
Look, I love a good road trip as much as anyone. On some trips, it’s a real pleasure to rent a car and drive around, free to stop wherever you like and go at your own pace. But I love…
It’s the home of the Titanic, and a witness to tragedies during the Troubles, and the holder of a fragile peace — helped along by physical walls and barriers that keep the city’s most divided populations apart when times are…
Thirty years ago, I probably wouldn’t have gone to Derry. Okay, yes, thirty years ago I was a child, but that’s beside the point, which is: Derry was a very different place then. At that time, the city was finally,…
There are reasons they’re so popular. With Giant’s Causeway, it’s obvious: these bizarre hexagonal columns — formed millions of years ago by cooling lava — are one of the most intriguing things you’ll find anywhere on the island of Ireland….
They say it’s so giants could fight. Here’s how the legend goes: a Scottish giant, Benandonner, challenged an Irish giant, Fionn mac Cumhaill, to a fight. Accepting the challenge, Fionn built a causeway — a path over the strait between…