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February 11, 2004 |
Bob's photos
from...
Northern Ireland...
Photos taken by Bob O'Dj.
and Prof. Peter Maher
("Pero") |
FROM PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Bob's & Pero's Tour of
Ireland (1998)
To read about Bob's
"Irish
Roots," click
here
I flew into Dublin from Paris. I left Ireland from
Shannon. So if you follow the numbers on the above map (from 1 to
13), you will see the order and the approximate route of our
tour.
Belfast...
The future site of an Annex Research branch office?
:-)
The dock where the "Titanic" was built in 1912, at the
Harland & Wolfe shipyard in Belfast (two above photos)
And now take a look at this photo, taken from
the same spot. The two pictures are a study of contrasts... a rusty,
dilapidated dock of where the majestic "Titanic" once stood, versus a
majestic oil rig and a titanic ferry ("Stena Line") that are now visible
from the same spot.
Belfast - the war
zone...
Immediately upon returning home from Ireland, I published a
TiM Bulletin about our visit to Belfast. To read it, click on "War of Hooligans". You may find it helpful to
read this text first, in order to appreciate some of the context behind
the photos that follow...
Our very helpful cabbie, whose mother was Catholic and
father Protestant
Shankill - the Protestant
area...
The above is what the "peace process", or "piss process,"
as my friend Pero called it, looks like in the Protestant neighborhoods of
Belfast ("tags," or "taigs," correctly spelled, is a derogatory term for
Catholics)
Police
tower...
This is not a scene from a WW II POW film. This is a
police tower that guards the imaginary line which separates the Protestant
and Catholic neighborhoods
Falls - the Catholic
area...
The mural with the lily commemorates the
Easter Rising (1916)
A Nissan billboard (mentioned in the TiM
"Hooligans" story)
© 2004 by Bob Djurdjevic ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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