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The Murals of Belfast

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November 2nd 2008
Time for a bit of history. Lonely Planet suggested that if you only have a day in Belfast, you eat at Maggie May’s (best suggestion ever!) and you see the murals. We drove around and tried to find as many as we could. Many of the murals were political and especially moving. Being that I have only learned little bits of the Northern Ireland “Troubles” as they call it, I decided to researc ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Northern Ireland » County Antrim » Belfast

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more