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Carrick-a-Rede, Northern Ireland Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 29 July 2011
I begin the one-kilometer trek out to cross the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, one of the most well known attractions in Northern Ireland. After leaving the sun on the Giant’s Causeway just down the road, I was hopeful for the same weather here. I have no such luck as a sea mist hangs over my walk. [...]
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Beoga: How to Tune a Fish
Blog: Music Road - 14 July 2011
How do you tune a fish? The wry and coming coming at things from and angle perspective that question implies infuses the music offered by the five members of the band Beoga on their album How to Tune a Fish. A like titled set opens the music, and it draws you right in, just as though you were hearing them at a session in their based in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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The Story of Irish Belleek Pottery
Blog: Irish Fireside - 13 July 2011
www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNyEu8cd9k The notable pottery produced in Belleek has been produced for 150 years. Tours of the factory get you up close to the craftspeople as they work. The clip above offers a great introduction, and this episode of Ireland’s Countrywise takes an even closer look. If you’ve got a piece of Belleek in your home, [...]
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twelfth of July: Ireland north and south
Blog: Music Road - 11 July 2011
"Come pledge again your heart and your hand One grasp that never will sever Our password be our native land Our motto, love foreverLet the orange lily be Your badge, my patriot brother It's the everlasting green for me And we for one another..."from Sean Tyrrell's song The Twelfth of July (Lament of the Children)
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July 11th Bonfires, July 12th, The Orange Order, and the Marching Season in Northern Ireland
Blog: Irish Fireside - 11 July 2011
Tomorrow is 12th of July, a day members of The Orange Order commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne when the Dutch Protestant King William of Orange defeated his father-in-law, Catholic King James ll of England and Vll of Scotland. A couple years ago, Heidi McAlpin, editor of Belfast In Your Pocket, took Liam and [...]
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Northern Ireland: Sound Neighbours
Blog: Music Road - 29 June 2011
The six counties which make up the north of Ireland, the area of the island which is part of the United Kingdom, hold beauty and welcome and legend, along with troubled political history which seems to come in waves. It is also the home place of many gifted musicians.
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Q & A: Should I Change My Plans to Visit Belfast and Northern Ireland?
Blog: Irish Fireside - 29 June 2011
I’m going to Belfast this summer. Don’t know whether I should be worried about the recent riots? – Tanya Wren via Twitter I should start by confessing my bias. I love Northern Ireland, so it pains me every time the country gets bad press. Last week at the same time one of her own was [...]
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learning about Irish music
Blog: Music Road - 6 June 2011
One of the things you are able to do here at Music Road is learn about Irish music. Perhaps you will learn more about things you are familiar with, maybe hear about music and musicians you didn’t know, perhaps see and hear music in new ways through the essays and ideas and photographs I offer here.This is a selection of articles that will help you learn more.
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Belfast Reborn
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 13 May 2011
I've just spent three days in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland. Of course we've all heard of Belfast, and for all the wrong reasons - for decades it was in the news as a result of its sectarian violence, euphemistically known as "The Troubles".However, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 put an end to that, and every year of normality since has seen Belfast mature into an attractive small city with some lively nightlife. It's also enabled the city to rediscover its 19th century heritage as a mighty industrial hub.
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Toppling Belfast Bonfire for FriFotos
Blog: Irish Fireside - 13 May 2011
A few years ago, we were invited to Belfast during The Twelfth celebrations in the city. On the eve of the biggest day in the Orange Order calendar, Protestant neighborhoods throughout the city light bonfires… some being quite large. This photo shows the one from the Shaw’s Bridge area. We also took some video [...]
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Dunluce Castle
Blog: Irish Fireside - 5 May 2011
Dunluce Castle, a medieval and 17th century castle, is located in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, perched on basalt cliffs 100 feet above the ocean. In addition to the beauty of its location, it is situated in an important spot for defense, which is no surprise since it’s a castle. Like most all of Ireland’s ancient [...]
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Belfast, Northern Ireland Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 4 April 2011
Belfast and I got off on the wrong foot, perhaps long before someone decided to help themselves to my wallet. I remember my Dad driving my brothers and sisters and I through West Belfast. I was scared. Men holding machines guns through the streets, barbed wire and a great line dividing two neighborhoods and faiths [...]
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The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 26 March 2011
Like a game of Tetris gone horribly wrong, in the distance, I can see the rubble. A beast has torn through the landscape. A bomb has gone off and now children are using the remains as their playground of skipping stones. On top of the mismatched pieces of land, tourists stand, propping up their cameras [...]
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Ireland elsewhere
Blog: Music Road - 14 March 2011
Along the music road, Ireland is a frequent stop. As everyone is tuning up for Saint Patrick’s day, here’s a chance to explore ideas about Ireland through stories I've told at other places.
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American visits Northern Ireland
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 21 February 2011
Destination: Northern Ireland Book Review: Northern Ireland: An Old Castle Standing on a Ford: One Yank’s Life in an Almost Peaceful Belfast (2010) by Caroline Oceana Ryan A GUEST POST by Kerry Dexter, Music editor at Wandering Educators.com Caroline Oceana Ryan is an American poet, playwright and travel writer who in 2000 left her life [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library.
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Michele’s Hot Deals in Ireland 2011
Blog: Irish Fireside - 3 February 2011
Save money and get some great deals and offers in Ireland. Give your budget a break; get a discount, special extra or an upgrade by staying in excellent accommodations throughout Ireland and Northern Ireland. All of these offers are from reputable lodgings that I have personally inspected and stayed at. All are reviewed in my [...]
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Ireland: the best free thing
Blog: Music Road - 18 November 2010
What is the best thing to do in Ireland that is free? This was asked of me recently.
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Blog carnival: Your favourite place on earth
Blog: Sophie's World - 20 September 2010
It’s my great pleasure to host the 10th Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Carnival. For this edition, I asked my fellow bloggers: Which is your favourite place on earth? Is it a...
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#109 About Those Northern Ireland Travel Warnings
Blog: Irish Fireside - 5 September 2010
Episode Guide – Podcast #109 News on Those Northern Ireland Travel Warnings After the U.S. and Australia adjusted their travel information to Northern Ireland, we chatted with Heidi McAlpin, Belfast resident and editor of Belfast in Your Pocket. CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON below to listen. Our Podcasts are availble on iTunes – here’s our link [...]
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an Irish blessing
Blog: Music Road - 15 August 2010
Irish blessings can sometimes be problematic: loads of far too sentimental stuff printed on tea towels and quoted by folk with fake Irish accents. In reality, such blessings are usually much more practical: a grandmother dousing her grand kids with holy water as they settle in for sleep at night, a quiet touch of hand and heart and a kind word at the outset of a journey, an evening’s light turning to night across the hills.
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music and hope: Derry
Blog: Music Road - 18 June 2010
Memory and emotion have run high in Derry with the release of the Saville Report, the result of a twelve year investigation into the events of Bloody Sunday thirty eight years ago. People lay dead on the streets of Derry then, and it is one of the events which deepened the divisions and struggles across the political and personal landscapes of Ireland.
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Ireland & Scotland: 3 travel tips
Blog: Music Road - 27 May 2010
Perhaps a trip to Ireland or Scotland is in your plans, or in your dreams ?Three travel tips:
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Bushmills Irish Kiss
Blog: Irish Fireside - 13 May 2010
Last December Bit shared her recipe for a chocolaty delicious drink called an Irish Kiss. This month I would like to share with everyone a Bushmills Irish Kiss. It is a refreshing beverage for hot summer evenings as you study your map of Ireland planning your next big trip to the Emerald Isle. Bushmills Irish [...]
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Giants Causeway, a spectacular rock formation in Northern Ireland
Blog: Nono in Guatemala - 9 April 2010
Giant's Causeway is a spectacular rock formation on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland. The site consists of some 40,000 basalt columns rising out of the sea. The Giant's Causeway is Northern Ireland's only UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Belfast, full of history
Blog: Nono in Guatemala - 9 April 2010
Belfast, in Nothern Ireland is well known for all the troubles (1967-1997) due to the frequency of gun and bomb attacks in the city. But now it’s safe to travel around and there is so much to see. Dublin Airport car hire is the easiest and then take the M1 to Belfast
