The main reason that we wanted to go on this tour originally was Giant's Causeway. It ended up being either tied with or second to the Belfast black cab tour, but it was pretty special. There are two explanations given for the phenomenon of Giant's Causeway - "science or giants." There's a delightful story about Finn MacCool that is worth reading - making up the "giants" explanation. The scientific reason given is volcanic activity, which has less of a ring to it. Anywa

Last in my series of photos from Dunluce Castle.

This blog continues the tour of Dunluce Castle mentioned in the last blog. I really apparently liked this hole in the wall. Enjoy. Behold the hole in the wall. He actually had a brother, featured right above. JTD looking up at the vent from the stove/fireplace/something that was formerly where he's standing. That land waaaaay in the distance is actually Scotland. Another hole in the wall. This time it looked out on a gorgeous cliff that reminded me a lot of the Cliffs of

Dunluce Castle has had several cultural references. We visited after Belfast on our tour of North of Ireland.

Our black cab tour of Belfast began at the site of the Polgrom of 1969, the site where the RUC murdered a 9-year-old boy in his bed during the Troubles.