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During my time here in Derry, there are three major highlights that come right to mind, and that I’d like to point out. I will also discuss what these highlights taught me about myself, and about the country. The first and most impactful highlight of this trip was the Free Derry Museum, it made meContinue reading “Northern Ireland and its Wonders”

A person from Derry who I would like to introduce is John Kelly. Mr. Kelly is an education director at the Free Derry museum but before I go into the now I would like to talk about his childhood. He grew up on the bogside in Creggan. Although a poor neighborhood, he described Creggan asContinue reading “John Kelly: The Affects”

Rossville Street was once a normal street with humble housing on the Bogside of Derry Ireland, but after January 30th, 1972, it would never be the same. On that date, around 15 thousand people gathered to peacefully march against the imprisonment of over 300 people without trial for being affiliated with the IRA. (Irish RepublicanContinue reading “The Open Wound of the Bogside.”