The Bogside... (1 Viewer)

[andy63]

Had an hour or so to kill on my way over to moville in donegal.
Had a quick wander through part of the Bogside in Derry, a place at one time I couldn't have drempt of wandering round...
Pictures arnt great but thought I'd post..
Mixed emotions as I wandered round but I think one of sorrow was the overriding one.
Part of the old walls.

And some of the many murals /memorials

 

[Wildbill]

Verry emotive and emotional imiges certainly brought the hars on the back of my neck up
Bill

 

[ambulancekidd]

Hazel & I took a wee drive around the Bogside fairly recently & like yourself we (particularly me) were taken aback by how laid back it felt. The last time I'd been there was in the 70s & it was a very dark different place. We can see Ireland on a clear day from my area, the Antrim coast looks gorgeous from south west Scotland but I often looked across & thanked my lucky starts that I didn't live there. Now we're friendly with a couple who own a farm near Larne & one is a protestant one is catholic, now that was a huge no no when I was younger but I envy them living in such a beautiful place.
Thanks for posting the pictures, very very nice indeed.

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[nelly]

Its Londonderry

 

[Red Sonja]

Nelly
In my part of the world it's Derry or Doire.

Andy
What you doing in Moville. I have a house about a mile or so outside of town.

Sonja

 

[The general]

Too much politics and reliving the troubles , and it is Londonderry. We had the good Friday agreement lets move on.

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[andy63]

Its Londonderry

Too much politics and reliving the troubles , and it is Londonderry. We had the good Friday agreement lets move on.

Its what ever I choose to call it...
I'm from a protestant background but have little time for the politics of it all..
I feel for all who have suffered and that includes the poor soldiers who had to try and keep the peace.. it is a better place now ,but still a ways to go as your comments demonstrate..
I've always refered to it as Derry... always will..
Andy.

 

[andy63]

Andy
What you doing in Moville. I have a house about a mile or so outside of town.

Hi.. weekend kayaking with Adrian who runs Inish adventures in moville. . It's their sea symposium weekend..
You're lucky having a house in the area...
Love donegal. On par with parts of Scotland. ..
Andy.

 

[Red Sonja]

Yes it's a lovely area. I was left the house by my Mother. It overlooks the Greencastle ferry on the upper road.

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