Whisky, Temples and Londonderry


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August 25th 2008
Published: September 2nd 2017
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You can't go to Northern Ireland without visiting Bushmill's. Eight
years ago we visited Jameson's so Bushmill's was necessary. The tour
was short and we got a small sample in the tasting room. Not quite the
same experience we had at Jameson's but eight years have passed and safety has changed.

From Bushmill's we went to the Downhill Demesne and Mussenden Temple. This place was strange. An abandoned house in ruin and a temple straddling the cliff's edge. The information we got at the gate didn't tell the story. When we asked the guy working the gate on the way out he said the family sold everything in the house and walked away from it. Still doesn't give you the story.

We drove to Derry, or Londonderry. This town also saw fighting during the Troubles and has it's share of murals. We spent the afternoon walking around town then headed back to the B&B.


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