Today has been full of amazingness, education and learning, beauty, realization, happiness, and so on with all the good words in the world! After I filled my stomach with good heartwarming breakfast, we checked out of our guesthouse in Belfast, Pearlcourt. Then, our journey for today began by getting on the Black cab tour to Derry - three people per taxi. Our taxi drivers were just fantastic – humorous, informative, comfortable, and very friendly. As we went, we stopped at many important and beautiful places - murals, Peace Walls (where I left my signature in both Korean and English and this was also where I saw Justin Bieber's and Rihanna's signatures!), Sectarian neighborhoods (Shankill road and Crumlin road - saw the courthouse and the prison), Garden of Reflection, North Antrim Coast, Giant's Causeway, and Dunluce Castle. What fascinated me the most was the Giant's Causeway and Dunluce Castle. Of course, seeing the actual murals and Peace Walls, being able to walk around those places were amazing and caused me to think more deeply about what happened, and I was able to feel it - the sadness, anger, fear, threat, revenge, grudge... I was also able to get a better and broader perspective on both Protestant and Catholic and the events that happened and the people that were involved. Seeing the tension that still exists and visiting historical places that still hold meaning were invaluable experiences that I won't forget.
Orange Order, which is also called Loyal Orange Association, is an Irish Protestant and political society. The original name is Orange Society, and its byname is Orangemen. It is named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II. The society was formed in 1795 to help maintain the status of Protestants in Ireland in the face of increase in demand for Catholic Emancipation.
Fences were still present in most places, and some of them were crazily high. It was crazy to see that even today, Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods are separated with their own flags. I can't imagine the tension and the fear that was present during that time living in these neighborhoods. Was killing really necessary?
Just a random question to think about: I noticed that most of the domes or roofs of building in Ireland are turquoise color, and I started to wonder why and tried looking it up, but I wasn't able to find the answer...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430926/Orange-Order
Orange Order, which is also called Loyal Orange Association, is an Irish Protestant and political society. The original name is Orange Society, and its byname is Orangemen. It is named for the Protestant William of Orange, who, as King William III of Great Britain, had defeated the Roman Catholic king James II. The society was formed in 1795 to help maintain the status of Protestants in Ireland in the face of increase in demand for Catholic Emancipation.
Fences were still present in most places, and some of them were crazily high. It was crazy to see that even today, Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods are separated with their own flags. I can't imagine the tension and the fear that was present during that time living in these neighborhoods. Was killing really necessary?
Just a random question to think about: I noticed that most of the domes or roofs of building in Ireland are turquoise color, and I started to wonder why and tried looking it up, but I wasn't able to find the answer...
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/430926/Orange-Order