IRELAND
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(Ireland Map)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008:
DUBLIN
My plane landed in Dublin, Ireland before sunrise.
I arrived at the Morrison Hotel in downtown Dublin around 6:00 A.M.
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The River Liffey runs through the center of Dublin.
The middle photo is the Ha'penny Bridge, a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey.
Left, Trinity College, was founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I.
O'Connell Street is Dublin's main thoroughfare. One of Europe's widest streets.
Left, The Custom House, is a neoclassical 18th century building which houses the Department of Environment.
Center, Christ Church Cathedral, is the elder of the city's two mediæval cathedrals.
Right, Guinness Brewery, a popular dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness' brewery at St. James's Gate.
11 minute video of Dublin, Ireland. Click on the ©YouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008:
NORTHERN IRELAND'S ANTRIM COAST
I took the early morning train to Belfast, Northern Ireland.
From there I began my tour of Northern Ireland's beautiful Antrim Coast.
Carnlough is a village situated at the foot of Glencloy, the second of the nine Glens of Antrim.
2 minute video of the village of Carnlough on Northern Ireland's Antrim Coast. Click on the ©YouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
The Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge that links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island.
Carrick-a-rede means 'rock in the road'. It is thought fishermen have been erecting bridges to the island for 350 years.
4 minute video of the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge on Northern Ireland's Antrim Coast. Click on the ©YouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
The Giant's Causeway is located on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption.
The Giant's Causeway was named as the fourth greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea.
Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven and eight sides.
The tallest are about 36 feet high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 92 feet thick in places.
10 minute video of the Giant's Causeway on Northern Ireland's Antrim Coast. Click on the ©YouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
After a quick photo stop at Dunluce Castle is was back to Belfast to catch the last train back to Dublin.
36 minute video of my 2 days spent in Ireland. Click on the ©YouTube player below to watch the video. | ||
Click on the arrow above to continue to my next adventure, SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND.
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