Ireland was my first stop when I went backpacking in Europe in April and May, 2002. Hanah was studying at Queens University in Belfast so I visited her there for a week, then headed to Dublin for a day before we caught our plane to Paris.
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Dublin Castle
looking into part of Dublin Castle in Ireland
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Belfast Opera House
The balconies in the Belfast Opera House, where Hanah and I went to see...
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Box seat at the Belfast Opera House
From where we were sitting, we had a good view of the posh luxury that...
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Oscar Wilde's Statue
In a park in Dublin, I found this monument to Oscar Wilde, who had lived nearby.
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Dublin and the Liffey River
This is looking down the Liffey River in Dublin near sunset, across the river...
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Fire Away!
Derry (or Londonderry, depending on your political views) is one of the few...
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Belfast Opera House
Looking up in the Belfast Opera House, towards the elephant on the...
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Outside the City Walls...
A view from the city walls in Derry towards the Protestant side of town- note...
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Church steeple in Derry
While wandering around the city, we turned up one alley to see this church...
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O'Connell Station in Dublin
This is a picture of the train station in Dublin. An election was about to...
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Dublin Castle
Believe it or not, these brightly colored buildings are part of Dublin...
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Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
This is the Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. It looks a lot more modern on the...
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Hands Across the Divide
This is a famous monument in Derry, known as "Hands Across the...
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Weekday morning, Dublin
As I was wandering through Temple Bar one weekday morning, I noted the large...
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Dublin Castle
Another part of Dublin Castle. I believe this was a church.
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Lindsay in Derry
Lindsay, sitting on some of the cannons pointed at the Town Hall on the city...
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Pub in Dublin
When I arrived in Dublin, the first thing I did was have lunch in this pub. I...
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Visitor Center, Dublin
The Visitor's Center in Dublin had recently moved to this church,...
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Irish Music Session
One night in Belfast we went to a local pub where a bunch of musicians were...
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Queens University's Canoe Club
During my week in Belfast, I attended one of the local university's Canoe...
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Oscar Wilde's monument
This is the other part to Oscar Wilde's monument in Dublin.
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Western Europe
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