Cross-Cultural Program: Ireland and Northern Ireland 2001
Websites of Places and Organizations

These are places we've been and organizations with whom we have met. In more-or-less chronological order...

September

• Derry/Londonderry - our Northern Ireland home for the first three weeks
• University of Ulster, Magee College - classes in Derry/Londonderry were here
• Grianán of Aileach - Donegal's most impressive monument
• The Verbal Arts Centre - our Irish cultural lessons were held here
• St. Columb's Cathedral - some students attended a service here
• Tower Museum - we took a tour here
• Derry City Council - we met the mayor
• Bloody Sunday Inquiry - public hearing about the events surrounding Bloody Sunday
• Ulster History Park - walking tour through Irish history
• Ulster American Folk Park - traces the Ulster-American connection
• The Flight of the Earls - they let us dress up in fun clothes
• Carrick-a Rede Rope Bridge - 65-foot rope bridge on the north Irish coast
• Giant's Causeway - probably Northern Ireland's most famous tourist attraction
• Dunluce Castle - our first castle (yea :-)
• Derry Women's Centre - some students visited this organization
• INCORE - organization which specializes in ethnic conflict
• Police Service of Northern Ireland (formerly the Royal Ulster Constabulary)
• Drumcliffe - site of W.B. Yeats' grave
• Sligo - we stayed in B&Bs overnight here
• Galway - our first extended stay in the Republic was here

October

• The Burren - large area of limestone rock in County Clare
• Aillwee Cave - cavern which stretches over a mile into the limestone
• Cliffs of Moher - amazing 700-foot cliffs
• Dr. Anne Byrne - one of our lecturers in Galway
• Kylemore Abbey - probably Ireland's best-known and most-photographed abbey
• Roundstone Musical Instruments - Bodhrán maker we visited
• O'Neachain Tours - company we used for the Burren and Connemara tours
• Limerick - setting of Frank McCourt's book, Angela's Ashes
• Bunratty Castle - host of a medieval banquet we enjoyed very much
• Cork - we stayed here overnight after visting Blarney
• Blarney Castle - site of the infamous Blarney Stone
• Blarney Woolen Mills - shopping centre near Blarney Castle
• Kinlay House, Galway - hostel we stayed at overnight on our return to Galway
• Corrymeela Community - midsemester retreat was here
• Ballycastle - town nearest Corrymeela
• Glenariff Forest Park - a scenic park with hiking paths and waterfalls
• Marine Hotel Apartments - we stayed here over the weekend
• Coleraine - town we visited to get internet access and shop during midsemster
• Rathlin Island - visible from Corrymeela
• Iona Community - members from their community led worship at Corrymeela
• Belfast - largest city in Northern Ireland
• Belfast City Council - we toured City Hall and met the Lord Mayor
• St. Clement's Retreat & Conference Centre - our monastery home in Belfast
• Mediation Network - we met with Joe Campbell from this organization
• Greater Shankill Alternatives - group working withn the Protestant community
• Community Restorative Justice - a Catholic organization we visited
• Stormont - The Northern Ireland Assembly (Parliament)
• Women's Coalition, Socialist Democratic Labor Party (SDLP), Progressive Unionist Party (PUP), Sinn Féin, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - political parties with whom we met

November

• Duncan Morrow - one of our lecturers in Belfast
• Free Presbyterian Church / Reverend Ian Paisley - some people visited his church, Martyr's Memorial
• Belfast Cathedral - others went here for services
• Widows and Widowers Against Violence Empowered (WAVE) - organization which helps those affected by the Troubles
• Belfast Giants / The Odyssey - team and location of the hockey game attended by some students
• Dublin - largest city in the Republic of Ireland
• Monasterboice Inn - we stopped and ate lunch here on the way to Dublin
• St. Patrick's Cathedral, Phoenix Park, Dublin Zoo, Christ Church Cathedral, Trinity College - stops on the bus tour around Dublin
• Book of Kells - famous ancient copy of the Gospels
• Gate Theatre - the group saw several plays here
• The Dáil - the Irish parliment
• Tara Na Rí - where the High King of Ireland ruled from
• Newgrange - very large passage tomb
• National Gallery, National Museum - museums we visited in Dublin
• James Joyce Tower - Martello tower converted into a museum dedicated to Joyce
• Abbey Theatre - two plays were attended here
• Wynn's Hotel - hosts of our Thanksgiving dinner

December

• Belfast International Hostel - we stayed here overnight
• Causeway Hotel - our delicious Christmas banquet was here
• Belfast City Airport - on Dec. 4 we departed from here

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