Falls Road Mural

Belfast, Day 1: Cab Tour, Crumlin Gaol, Titanic

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March 30th 2016
Geo: 54.5973, -5.93019Belfast Day 1 (March 30)At 9:00 am sharp Ken Harper (010), aBelfast tour guide, picked me up from my hotel for a taxi cab tour ofthe working class Catholic neighborhood and working class Protestantneighborhood where much of the violence of the Troubles of the 1970s,80s, and 90s took place. The Troubles was a sectarian conflict thatdrew in troops of the British empire ... read more

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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