Derry - the Bogside

Wow. The amount of history I have learned this morning is incredible. Our tour director did an amazing job of setting us up so that we would understand what we saw when we reached Derry. Firstly, in Ireland, all the signs mention “Derry”, but once you cross the border they say “Londonderry”. The flags change from area to area. There is no possible way I can get into the intricacies here, but it was certainly eye opening.

We started by driving through the Bogside of Derry. This is where “Bloody Sunday” happened. There are an incredible amount of murals.

There is also a walled Protestant community right in the predominantly Catholic community. The walls were meant to come down after the Good Friday agreement, but for safety, this didn’t happen.

It is really hard to fathom what life must have been like here during “the Troubles”.Les mer