Day 5, April 10, 2008
Day 5 Thursday Tour of Belfast – Hundreds of murals painted on sides of building throughout the city documenting hundreds of years of history. Murals of Belfast - http://voicethread.com/share/105582/
http://www.belfastmurals.co.uk/
We had lunch at the Crown Pub, the oldest pub in Ireland – We had authentic Irish dishes of Irish stew, Sheppard’s Pie and Bangers & Mash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crown_Liquor_Saloon
After lunch we had a live chat with between Mr. McKenzie in Belfast and his students at Kempsville at an Internet Café. Mrs. C had a bit of a problem connecting to a “Hot Spot” for the chat but Dr. Smith prevailed!
Shopping – a very little bit!
Attic Restaurant – delicious dinner
Heritage House Community Center at Bangor Castle – Irish/Scottish Folk music performed live by Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson, “Partners in Crime” CD. Listen to their music at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/player/?item=4450766
Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson first started playing together in 2003. Jarlath is a three time All-Ireland Champion’ Uilleann Piper. In December 2003 he became the first Irish musician to win the prestigious BBC ‘Young Folk Musician of The Year’.
Ross hails from Perth and is a former member of the Grade 1 Vale of Atholl pipe band. He has since toured with his tutor Gordon Duncan and was involved in Ivan Drever’s band ‘Clueless’ before recently playing with Flook!, Dougie Maclean & Salsa Celtica.
Watch a video of their performance from YouTube: