On our way from Westport to Portrush we stopped in at Drumcliffe and Derry.
Drumcliffe is the final resting place of the poet W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) who is buried in the graveyard of St. Columba's Church of Ireland church.
The church was interesting.
We also stopped briefly in Derry. Derry is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland. It is a walled city and the Walls were built in 1613–1619 by The Honourable The Irish Society as defences for early 17th century settlers from England and Scotland. The Walls, which are approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in circumference and which vary in height and width between 12 and 35 feet (3.7 and 10.7 metres), are completely intact and form a walkway around the inner city.
This is the Guildhall which now houses government offices. It is a beautiful building but it was difficult to get good pictures because there had been an Octoberfest event just the weekend before and several big tents and other structures hadn't been taken down yet.
It has a lot of stained glass windows and a beautiful organ.
This is the First Derry Presbyterian Church.
We also drove through the Catholic Bogside area which was the tinderbox of the modern Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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