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The Giant’s Causeway is a star attrac- atop the parapet, just as in olden times. There’s no risk
tion on Northern Ireland’s coastline. of a siege today, however, and Derry has undergone a
This formation of hexagonal rock renaissance as a center of art and culture. It bustles
columns was not, as folklore alleges, with youthful energy, as does much of today’s Ireland.
one end of a causeway that giants We strolled atop the wall for a spell and then visited
used to cross between the Irish and the Guildhall, where the local council meets. We then
Scottish coasts, but frozen pillars of crossed the Peace Bridge over the River Foyle, which
lava. Whichever it is, don’t slip off. connects east and west Derry and was built to sym-
bolize the unification of the two opposing communi-
ties at the end of the Troubles. Most Catholic republi-
cans live on the west side of the river, while Protestant
unionists are concentrated on the east side, so the
bridge ties them together. After crossing the bridge,
we resumed our journey south for County Tyrone.
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