Bushmills High Street
A Day in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland - 15th August 2019
As we wend our way from Dublin to Manorhamilton in the north west of Ireland, we've gone through Belfast and stopped off at the Giant's Causeway in Antrim. However now we're in the city of Derry/Londonderry for a night, on the 50th anniversary of the start of The Troubles, which started in Derry in August 1969 with the Battle of the Bogside. As we're walking around the city walls, we can see the paint and broken glass and smell the petrol from the petrol bombs the night before, which gives a certain gravitas to the exploration. It's also interesting to see the graffiti around the Bogside on Rossville Street, much of which has been re-worked by UV Arts to paint a less sectarian image, although it's also become something of a tourist magnet, especially since the "Derry Girls" mural went viral. However, the divisions still exist, as on one side of the city walls is the Nationalist Bogside with the murals and the tricolour flags, whilst the other side is clearly Loyalist, with its red, white and blue kerbs and the red hand flags. After we leave Derry, we drive down to Manorhamilton, with a quick stop off in Donegal and a couple of hours or so at Bundoran beach.
next album: Open Mic Night, Bía Sláinte, Manorhamilton, Ireland - 17th August 2019
previous album: The Giant's Causeway, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland - 14th August 2019
The main roundabout in Bushmills
Some nice flowers on the roundabout
Bush House bar, with ancient Tennents and Bass signs
We walk up the road to Molly Malone's bar
Fred plays a bit of Molly Malone in the bar
The boys play Connect 4
Bar life in Molly Malone's
Fred plays his Irish piccolo by Molly Malone
Harry and Fred in the B&B bedroom
Our bedroom for the night
The B&B's drive
Harry at breakfast in the Derry B&B
The boys mess around at William Street car park
We look at some foxglove graffiti on Kells Walk
Harry roams around Kells Walk
Bobby Sands and various other Nationalist graffiti
Another Derry mural
Some IRA graffiti
A small mural outside the Museum of Free Derry
Civil Right and Anti Sectarian mural
A boy holds a rock in the face of an armoured car
Coloured squares and the shape of a dove
A British Army sledgehammer smashes down doors
A mural dedicated to Ernesto 'Che Guevara' Lynch
A Civil Rights Association mural
The gang roam around on Rossville Street
More murals
Tourists wander around by the Battle of the Bogside
The famous 'Free Derry' sign is a bit blocked
The Bogside Estate, and a Catholic schoolgirl mural
Some dudes set up a firework dragon
Paint splatters, from the protests the night before
The Bogside
Waterloo Street in Derry
We enter the old city walls at Butcher Gate
Fred and Harry look out over the walls
Brightly-painted building on Magazine Street
Castle Gate Buildings on Waterloo Street
Isobel outside an 'Irish Shop'
Harry runs off
Harry's on a cannon
A square by the cathedral
The dudes at the hipster barbers are bored
Musical graffiti
An interesting sculpture at the Millenium Forum
Someone has vaguely Tippexed a smile on the statue
The Derry Girls mural, by UV Arts
A yellow Guiness sign on the Bentley Bar's gate
The Derry Girls and Debenhams in the background
Fred hugs a cannon
The Loyalist side of Derry
The kerb stones are all red, white and blue
The red hand flag
There's a nice musical painted bull in a garden
A local dude tells a tale about Cú Chulainn
The boys are mesmerised by the story telling
Fred spots a 'Stitch in Time' sign on the horizon
There's a massive pallet bonfire being built
Women of the Republican Struggle
Nelson Mandela makes an appearance in mural form
Inside the traditionally-built café in Craft Village
Harry pours a Lemon Fanta
There's some sort of craft workshop going on
The red-and-white Foyle Books
We walk down Harvey Street
Some very Republican murals on Harvey Street
There's a full-on tourist thing on Rossville Street
Phone checking by photos of the Battle of the Bogside
Looking out over Lough Swilly
Isobel in the iron-age ring fort at Burt
The hills of Burt
Looking back over the City of Derry
Isobel sits on a wall
Within minutes, the boys have reverted to scrapping
Harry hurls himself around
Fred runs down a boardwalk
Isobel queues up for coffee and hot chocolate
The gang look out over Lough Swilly
The river at Donegal
The boys on the beach at Bundoran
The beach at Bundoran
The lifeguard's surfboard needs rescueing
The rescue sufboard is hauled off
The boys dig around in the sand
The lifeguard plants a flag
Fairground horses
Isobel and Harry at the Bundoran fairground
Fred gets ready for a bounce
Fred's up in the air
Isobel looks pensive on the dodgems
Some kids are hurled around
Fred has a go on the flying chairs
Fred even manages to do a 'dab'
Fred's ride is over
Gaudy knock-off Mickey Mice
The Bundoran lifeguard station
Builders' providers and firearms dealers
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Bushmills High Street
Bushmills High Street
The main roundabout in Bushmills
Some nice flowers on the roundabout
Bush House bar, with ancient Tennents and Bass signs
We walk up the road to Molly Malone's bar
Fred plays a bit of Molly Malone in the bar
The boys play Connect 4
Bar life in Molly Malone's
Fred plays his Irish piccolo by Molly Malone
Harry and Fred in the B&B bedroom
Our bedroom for the night
The B&B's drive
Harry at breakfast in the Derry B&B
The boys mess around at William Street car park
We look at some foxglove graffiti on Kells Walk
Harry roams around Kells Walk
Bobby Sands and various other Nationalist graffiti
Another Derry mural
Some IRA graffiti
A small mural outside the Museum of Free Derry
Civil Right and Anti Sectarian mural
A boy holds a rock in the face of an armoured car
Coloured squares and the shape of a dove
A British Army sledgehammer smashes down doors
A mural dedicated to Ernesto 'Che Guevara' Lynch
A Civil Rights Association mural
The gang roam around on Rossville Street
More murals
Tourists wander around by the Battle of the Bogside
The famous 'Free Derry' sign is a bit blocked
The Bogside Estate, and a Catholic schoolgirl mural
Some dudes set up a firework dragon
Paint splatters, from the protests the night before
The Bogside
Waterloo Street in Derry
We enter the old city walls at Butcher Gate
Fred and Harry look out over the walls
Brightly-painted building on Magazine Street
Castle Gate Buildings on Waterloo Street
Isobel outside an 'Irish Shop'
Harry runs off
Harry's on a cannon
A square by the cathedral
The dudes at the hipster barbers are bored
Musical graffiti
An interesting sculpture at the Millenium Forum
Someone has vaguely Tippexed a smile on the statue
The Derry Girls mural, by UV Arts
A yellow Guiness sign on the Bentley Bar's gate
The Derry Girls and Debenhams in the background
Fred hugs a cannon
The Loyalist side of Derry
The kerb stones are all red, white and blue
The red hand flag
There's a nice musical painted bull in a garden
A local dude tells a tale about Cú Chulainn
The boys are mesmerised by the story telling
Fred spots a 'Stitch in Time' sign on the horizon
There's a massive pallet bonfire being built
Women of the Republican Struggle
Nelson Mandela makes an appearance in mural form
Inside the traditionally-built café in Craft Village
Harry pours a Lemon Fanta
There's some sort of craft workshop going on
The red-and-white Foyle Books
We walk down Harvey Street
Some very Republican murals on Harvey Street
There's a full-on tourist thing on Rossville Street
Phone checking by photos of the Battle of the Bogside
Looking out over Lough Swilly
Isobel in the iron-age ring fort at Burt
The hills of Burt
Looking back over the City of Derry
Isobel sits on a wall
Within minutes, the boys have reverted to scrapping
Harry hurls himself around
Fred runs down a boardwalk
Isobel queues up for coffee and hot chocolate
The gang look out over Lough Swilly
The river at Donegal
The boys on the beach at Bundoran
The beach at Bundoran
The lifeguard's surfboard needs rescueing
The rescue sufboard is hauled off
The boys dig around in the sand
The lifeguard plants a flag
Fairground horses
Isobel and Harry at the Bundoran fairground
Fred gets ready for a bounce
Fred's up in the air
Isobel looks pensive on the dodgems
Some kids are hurled around
Fred has a go on the flying chairs
Fred even manages to do a 'dab'
Fred's ride is over
Gaudy knock-off Mickey Mice
The Bundoran lifeguard station
Builders' providers and firearms dealers