Derry Tour and Bloody Sunday

This was the most emotional tour I've ever been on.

We started with the history of Derry and how it became known as Londonderry, toured the city wall, and walked on the first ever cat walk. Our tour guide told us we better shake what we got because its the only time no one with think twice about it. The "cat walk" is a section of the Derry wall. The rich protestant women would dress up in all their finery and parade themselves on the pathway trying to out do each other. All while the poor catholic boys would jeer them from below, "Ah, look at em bunch of cats walkin' up there!"



After that fun we got to the serious part of the tour. We toured the murals of Bloody Sunday and other civil rights movements. Our tour guides were both men in their mid to late sixties. It was extremely sad to hear them speak of the events on and surrounding Bloody Sunday. They each had a brother, friend, or family member that was killed by British soldiers. One guide showed us where his brother laid dead. The building exteriors have since been refinish, but the bullet holes are left exposed.




But to not be completely melancholy, there was something cool that happened there. Our group was filmed for a UK tourism video. And I just happened to be right in front of the camera for part of it. Just coincidence I assure you. ;)

For more photos see my Facebook album Derry Tour