Northern Ireland Photo Gallery

Not in Northern Ireland here, but flying into Dublin. The green is beautiful!
Our first night in Ireland our host at Hillview House in Lusk recommended this restaurant which opened in 1595AD. It's so old and we loved it!
My first Irish meal at Man O' War Restaurant, such good comfort food!
After spending the night in Lusk, then took a road trip to Northern Ireland. We passed so many beautiful churches.
Another pretty church, notice rhododendron beside both churches. It is in bloom everywhere.
On one of the roads traveling north from Lusk.
Another thing you see everywhere is sheep.
Along Torr Head Scenic Drive.
This road was described as one not for the nervous driver because of the narrow, steep and twisting road.
See how narrow the road is here, because a motorcycle fills up the whole lane.
Sheep near Torr Head. The farmers paint their sheep to identify them because they roam all around the hills.
Looking at Torr Head.
Walking to the top of Torr Head and enjoying the wildflowers.
Fair Head Cliffs, Northern Ireland's tallest cliff, 643 feet above the sea level.
A view from the top of Torr Head.
Brian and I on top of Torr Head on an old abandoned coastguard station.
On top of the old coast guard station on Torr Head.
Another shot on Torr Head looking towards the Fair Head Cliffs.
Scotland is just 12 miles across the North Channel from here at Torr Head and we could see a bit of it.
Brian at the gate of the abandoned 19th century Coastguard station..
A beautiful white horse on the side of the road. We keep seeing a lot of white horses in Ireland.
This ram was across the road from the white horse.
The hiking trail to the Giant's Causeway.
At the Giant's Causeway.
At the Giant's Causeway.
The Middle Causeway.
The Grand Causeway. It was a little scary to climb by myself on top of this, but I didi it!
The backside of the Giant's Causeway.
Up close photo shows the smaller rocks look like they've been stacked.
Do you see Humphrey the Camel lying on the shore side?
The Lawrence House-Where we stayed in Londonderry. It was originally owned by a Smith family, but we didn't know this when we booked it.
The Lawrence House had a writer's theme, so this crest has Latin words that translate to "The pen is mightier than the sword."
The Lawrence House sitting room where we enjoyed the fire and visiting with two couples, one from Oregon and the other Australia.
In Londonderry Brian met another Brian Smith from Australia at the Lawrence House.
We had a great breakfast at Doherty's of pastries and this egg and sausage bap. We liked it so much we also bought sandwiches for a picnic lunch.
Bogside murals depicting The Troubles, a common name for the Northern Ireland Conflict which lasted roughly from 1968 until the late 1990’s. OPERATION MOTORMAN and THE RUNNER. There are 12 of these large scale murals.
This monument in the shape of a ‘H’ commemorates those who died in the 1981 hunger strike.
"The Derry Girls" mural, which features the popular cast of Derry Girls, a BAFTA TV award winning comedy series which follows a group of five secondary school students — navigating adolescence in the early-1990s, amid "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Now I want to watch this.
Derry Guildhall- It was bombed in 1972 during "The Troubles." No one was injured, but there was a lot of damage to the building. The Clock was designed as a replica of ‘Big Ben’ in London and was the largest of its kind in Ireland.
The Guildhall has 23 stained glass windows. They tell the story of the city and many were gifted by the London Companies. At first we thought that this building was a church.
The original Guildhall organ was installed in the Main Hall in 1891. The organ is the largest in Ulster with the exception of the Mulholland Organ in the Ulster Hall, Belfast
This is the only remaining completely walled city in Ireland, built 1613-1618 AD and forms a walkway around the inner city.
Magazine Gate in the Derry Walls.
Here Brian is standing beside one of the cannons on the ramparts.
Fahan Street, located in the Bogside area of Derry, photo was taken from the Wall.
St. Augustine's Church of Ireland, built in 1872, but people have worshipped on this site for over 1400 years. Their motto is, "The wee Church with a Big Welcome."
Fear Not Window-They had pretty stained glass windows.
The Grand Parade area of the wall.
Looking out over Derry and St Eugene's Cathedral.
Church Bastion, one of 8 bastions and named because of its proximity to St. Columb's Cathedral.
St. Columb's Cathedral.